English-Language Arts and Reading Intervention Articles and Resources
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- Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
- Vocabulary and Morphology
- English-language Arts Standards
- English-language Arts Instruction
- Essay Resources and Lessons
- The Writing Process/Writers Workshop
- Writing Style
- Writing Feedback
- Spelling
- Structural Analysis/Syllabication/Oral Language
- ELA/Reading Assessments
- Independent Reading
- EL/ESL/ELD/ESOL/MLL
- Assessment-based Individualized Instruction/Differentiated Instruction
- Critical Thinking
- Study Skills
- Test Preparation
- Developmental Characteristics
- Professional Development
- Close Reading
- Reading Comprehension
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Every ELA and reading intervention teacher is interested in improving the vocabulary of their students. Most teach Greek and Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes (Common Core Standards). But which ones should we teach. Check out this FREE resource including updated research on high frequency Greek and Latin word parts and a clever instructional resource: 25 Greek and Latin Power Words. These 25 words combine the 60 high frequency Greek and Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Once you download a few of my FREE resources or use one of my FREE assessments and see their value for your students, my take is that you will be more interested in purchasing my program resources.
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Diagnostic reading and ELA assessments, each with its recording matrix.
From the store · grades 4–8
Teaching Grammar, Usage and Mechanics
Grade-level lessons, remedial worksheets keyed to the diagnostic assessments, and unit tests. $49.99 per grade, licensed per teacher.
Questions teachers ask
Which grammar assessments are free?
The grammar and usage assessment and the mechanics assessment are both in the free toolkit. Each comes with a recording matrix that shows which conventions a student has and has not mastered, so instruction can be targeted instead of whole-class.
Do I have to buy anything to use the assessments?
No. Every diagnostic assessment on this site is free. Enter your email on the Free ELA Diagnostic Assessment Toolkit page and the diagnostic assessments arrive as downloads, each with its recording matrix.
How are the programs licensed?
Every program is a digital download licensed for one teacher. School and district purchase orders are accepted through the store.
Mark Pennington, M.A. Reading Specialist
Thirty-six years teaching ELA and reading, elementary through community college, plus district reading specialist. He wrote every program on this site.
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