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Making Sense of Guided Reading
Most elementary teachers in the United States use one form of guided reading or another. In fact, the two most popular reading programs (Fountas & Pinnell…
10 Reasons Middle School Teachers Should Teach Spelling
Intermediate, upper elementary, and middle school teachers are not doing their jobs teaching spelling. But they can! Spelling is connected to reading, vocabulary, and writing... even…
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Phonics in 10 Minutes
In this 10-minute read, you'll find out what the following terms mean and what they have to do with teaching phonics, enough to keep you from…
The Phonics Wars
The Phonics Wars have heated up again among those who favor the synthetic, analytic, and embedded approaches.
FREE Reading and Spelling Assessments
Get 13 FREE diagnostic reading and spelling assessments, most of which include audio files to pinpoint literacy deficits. Appropriate for reading intervention program placement and assessment-based…
Reading Intervention Programs
High-priced, computer-based reading intervention programs don't always deliver results. The Science of Reading Intervention Program doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but it provides the…
Writing Feedback
Check out these articles on providing writing feedback with customizable canned comments in Google Classroom and Google docs and slides.