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Grade-level 4-adult standards and assessment-based ELA and reading instruction. Free Diagnostic Reading and ELA Assessments
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Heart Wordles
Do you love Wordle? For those of you teaching reading intervention, SPED, or ELL classes, here’s a set of 43 FREE Google slide games to help…
Reading Comprehension Cues
I developed the five simple SCRIP Comprehension Cues to help students improve their reading comprehension by building better and deeper understanding of the text as they…
School Jingles
Twas the Night before Christmas The most famous Christmas poem, was originally titled "A Visit." It was published anonymously on December 23, 1823. Not until 1837…
School Songs
Interested in developing your school’s brand, establishing traditions, and building school spirit with original, customized music? As a professional songwriter and musician, I write and record three type…
Vocabulary Assessments | Academic Language Tier 2 Words
Vocabulary Assessments | Academic Language Tier 2 Words Following are free diagnostic academic language assessments in self-correcting Google forms to help teachers determine what students know…
Re-thinking Reading Assessment
The pandemic effectively suspended the implementation of standards-based summative reading assessments, and most teachers did not shed any tears. However, the anti-testing movement tends to broad-brush…
Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Diagnostic Assessments
Teachers rarely use grammar, usage, and mechanics diagnostic assessments to determine individual needs. All too often, students either receive the same grammatical instruction year after year…
FREE Sound Wall Resources
FREE Sound Wall Resources provide teachers and students much more than colorful bulletin boards or replacements for Word Walls. For students who struggle with making the…