Matrices are mind maps of word families.
A real word family is one in which the members share the same base element.
Edubabble portrayals of word families as having rhyming relationships are grossly misleading orthographic fallacies.
Matrices serve three main functions:
  1. they give a morphologically rigorous representation of a word family;
  2. they are a ‘machine’ for word construction;
  3. they provide a structural basis for real reading of single words.
 
 
Conventions of using matrices
  1. Read a matrix from left to right.
  2. Make single, complete words from a matrix.
  3. Use only one element from a single column at a time.
  4. You don’t have to take an element from every column of a matrix, but columns may not be ‘leapfrogged’.
  5. Watch the joins! You must be on the lookout for spelling patterns when you construct a word from a matrix.
  6. Use the Big Suffix Checker to help.
 
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