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Grammar & Mechanics
Vocabulary Assessments | Academic Language Tier 2 Words
Vocabulary Assessments | Academic Language Tier 2 Words Following are free diagnostic academic language assessments in self-correcting Google forms to help teachers determine what students know…
Re-thinking Reading Assessment
The pandemic effectively suspended the implementation of standards-based summative reading assessments, and most teachers did not shed any tears. However, the anti-testing movement tends to broad-brush…
Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Diagnostic Assessments
Teachers rarely use grammar, usage, and mechanics diagnostic assessments to determine individual needs. All too often, students either receive the same grammatical instruction year after year…
FREE Sound Wall Resources
FREE Sound Wall Resources provide teachers and students much more than colorful bulletin boards or replacements for Word Walls. For students who struggle with making the…
Reading and Spelling Assessments
Following are accurate and teachable diagnostic phonemic awareness, reading, and spelling assessments with audio files, Google forms, Google sheets, and corresponding recording matrices to help teachers…
Corrective Writing Feedback
Not every English teacher believes in corrective writing feedback. Some devolve responsibility to the student writer or peer editors. Others feel that identifying grammar, usage, and…
SSR Reading Research
As a secondary ELA teacher and reading specialist, I get some interesting reactions when asked why I don't allot time for SSR sustained silent reading in…
Heart Word Flash Cards
Call it false advertising, but the title of this article, Heart Word Flash Cards, is misleading. The resource I'm providing is Heart Word Game Cards. A…