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Heggerty Bridge the Gap Review
A comparative review between Heggerty's Bridge the Gap phonemic awareness intervention program and Pennington Publishing's two reading intervention programs.
Tier 3 Reading and Spelling Assessments
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Vocabulary Review Baseball Game
Baseball provides a great vocabulary review opportunity. Check out this fun, no-prep vocabulary review game and get four free lessons, vocabulary flashcards, and a unit test.
Syllable Transformers
Syllable Transformers is a whole-class instructional strategy that teaches students to master the basic syllable patterns. Download FREE this five-week unit.
How to Eliminate Passive Voice
In the passive voice the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb. For example, in “Her mistake was noticed by the students,” the…
Reading Counts! Claims and Counterclaims
The purpose of this article on Reading Counts! is threefold: 1. To briefly summarize the basics of the Reading Counts! (RC) independent reading management program 2.…
ELA Language Anchor Standards | Curriculum Maps
Download these FREE full-year ELA Language Anchor Standards | Curriculum Maps for 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade.
Don’t Use Metaphors in Essays
A metaphor is an implied (suggested) comparison of two unlike things. An extended metaphor continues the comparison through several sentences in a story or through several…