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Computer-Graded Essays
Computer-gradingof student writing is being actively marketed to K-12 schools and universities. The NCTE and CCCC are adamantly against this trend. But, is there a middle…
California Common Core Language Standards
Teachers in California and Massachusetts are asking plenty of questions. For example, how do the Common Core State Standards differ from those of their states. How…
Common Core Language Standards
Here are the questions teachers are asking about the language strand of the Common Core State Standards. Teachers are naturally concerned with such a monumental change…
Essay e-Grading
Good teachers know that students need detailed, prescriptive, and personal comments on their essays throughout the writing process to make significant improvement. However, the process can…
Grammar Research and Balanced Instruction
A balanced approach to grammatical instruction just makes the best sense of the grammar research. An approach that involves direct grammatical instruction in partnership with plenty…
Teaching Reading to Your Child
Whether your child is in pre-school, kindergarten, or first grade he or she can and will learn to read with your help. Get free diagnostic assessments…
Word Families (Rimes) Activities
Although systematic explicit phonics instruction should be the core of beginning reading instruction, as a reading specialist I support an eclectic approach to ensure success for…
Sight Word Activities
Most every reading teacher places some value on sight words instruction; however, just what teachers mean by sight words varies more than the flavors at the…