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UFLI Resources for Older Students
What instructional resources do teachers need to supplement UFLI for Older Students? Many intermediate and upper elementary, middle school, high school, and adult literacy teachers, who…
Targeted Worksheets for Independent Practice
Few common teacher instructional practices have generated more pejorative comments than targeted worksheets for independent practice. For example, for many teachers, the adjectival phrase, “drill and…
Shanahan’s Six Goals for Vocabulary Programs
I’m Mark Pennington, reading specialist and author of the popular grade-level vocabulary programs, titled Comprehensive Vocabulary Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. As I was…
Language Comprehension Literacy Knowledge
Literacy knowledge refers to how language and text are organized to communicate. “We have long known that students benefit from instruction in common structures and elements…
The Weekly Spelling Test
I often hear that the weekly spelling test is not supported by research. More explicitly, I hear that (or biweekly) spelling lists and tests with the…
FREE Diagnostic Literacy Assessments
Teachers love these FREE Diagnostic Literacy Assessments because, unlike random sample screeners or inventories, these diagnostic literacy assessments are comprehensive and teachable. For example, what good…
FREE Transition Worksheets
With these FREE transition worksheets, students will learn to identify these syntactic tools in challenging reading text and join ideas, establish relationships, create logical connections between…
FREE Interactive Morphology Walls
If you are adding more morphology to your reading and ELA lessons, you will love these FREE Interactive Morphology Walls. Developed as a drag and drop…