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FREE GRADES 4-8 Vocabulary Resources and Lessons
Watch the short (less than a minute) YouTube videos to see the resources and lessons. Click on the link in the YouTube product description to safely…
Don’t Teach with Grammarly®
Don't teach with Grammarly® because it promotes incidental learning, limits assessment data, perpetuates the fallacy that writing is correct or incorrect, creates lazy and tech-reliant writers,…
Spelling Tests and Instruction
Learn how to diagnose and remediate spelling deficits.
Words Their Way® Spelling Inventories v. the Diagnostic Spelling Assessment
Teachers who are committed to differentiated and individualized spelling to help students catch up, while they keep up with grade-level instruction believe that spelling assessment should…
How to Update e-Comments
How to Update e-Comments 1. Click to access the e-Comments zip file updates: e-Comments-Bundle …
Individualized Spelling Patterns Instruction
Reading research demonstrates that your students can learn what they’ve missed while they learn grade-level spelling rules and patterns. But, first you need to determine specifically…
How to Teach Spelling
Learn how to use the traditional Monday spelling pretest to create a diagnostically-based grade-level spelling program.
Roman Numerals Lesson
Students need to be able to understand, read, and write Roman numerals. Get this free lesson and a link to a Roman numeral generator.