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Grammar & Mechanics
Diagnostic Spelling Assessment
Diagnostic Spelling Assessment Following are accurate and teachable spelling assessments and corresponding recording matrices to help teachers determine what students know and what they do not know. Each assessment…
The Science of Reading Intervention Program: Assessment-based Instruction
There's never enough instructional time to teach students who struggle with reading. However... The Science of Reading Intervention Program: Assessment-based Instruction provides diagnostically-based instructional resources to individualize…
Executive Function Skills
If you googled Executive Function Skills to get this article, you know that this is a trending educational topic. As educators, parents, and students, we've learned a lot…
Syntax in Reading and Writing
The greatest bang for the buck for fluent readers to improve academic reading comprehension and writing sophistication? Syntax What does the research say about syntax? “In…
Heart Wordles
Do you love Wordle? For those of you teaching reading intervention, SPED, or ELL classes, here’s a set of 43 FREE Google slide games to help…
Reading Comprehension Cues
I developed the five simple SCRIP Comprehension Cues to help students improve their reading comprehension by building better and deeper understanding of the text as they…
School Jingles
Twas the Night before Christmas The most famous Christmas poem, was originally titled "A Visit." It was published anonymously on December 23, 1823. Not until 1837…
School Songs
Interested in developing your school’s brand, establishing traditions, and building school spirit with original, customized music? As a professional songwriter and musician, I write and record three type…