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Grammar & Mechanics
Reading Grade Levels
When discussing reading grade levels, we can get deeply into the weeds. However the purpose of this article is to help teachers deal with the parent…
CORE and LETRS Phonics Screeners
In my following criticisms of the CORE and LETRS phonics screeners, I'm reminded that it's unfair to criticize a duck for being a duck. Of the…
Structured Word Inquiry
If you've been reading up on morphology and its importance in teaching our students to read and write well, you've been hearing these buzz phrases: structured…
Diagnostic Academic Language Assessments
Three questions about Diagnostic Academic Language Assessments: 1. What if you were able to administer comprehensive diagnostic language assessments to determine exactly which Tier 2 academic…
Create Decodable Text with Artificial Intelligence
Reading specialists, language coaches, SLPs, EL/EB, SPED, and reading teachers will appreciate a new free tool to create decodable text with artificial intelligence (AI). The recently…
ChatGPT Essay Detection
How can we English teachers detect ChatGPT-produced essays? We can bury our heads in the sand like snooty ostriches and claim that our superior literary backgrounds…
Syntax and Pronouns
An outstanding fourth grade teacher posted in one of my favorite Facebook groups posted a question regarding syntax and pronouns. She asked how to get students…
Scarborough’s Other Side of the Rope
We all know about word recognition, but what about Scarborough's Other Side of the Rope? In 2001, Dr. Hollis Scarborough, a developmental psychologist, helped parents and…