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Reading and Spelling Assessments
Following are accurate and teachable diagnostic phonemic awareness, reading, and spelling assessments with audio files, Google forms, Google sheets, and corresponding recording matrices to help teachers…
Corrective Writing Feedback
Not every English teacher believes in corrective writing feedback. Some devolve responsibility to the student writer or peer editors. Others feel that identifying grammar, usage, and…
SSR Reading Research
As a secondary ELA teacher and reading specialist, I get some interesting reactions when asked why I don't allot time for SSR sustained silent reading in…
Heart Word Flash Cards
Call it false advertising, but the title of this article, Heart Word Flash Cards, is misleading. The resource I'm providing is Heart Word Game Cards. A…
Reading Assessments for Middle and High School
Yes, these assessments are free: Phonemic Awareness, Vowel Sounds Phonics, Consonant Sound Phonics, Heart Words, Rimes, Spelling, Fluency. All but the fluency assessment are designed for…
Phonemic Awareness for Older Kids
Having recently reviewed Literary Resources LLC Bridge the Gap (Heggerty), I wanted to share my own approach to teaching phonemic awareness to older kids. My reading interventions…
How to Teach Heart Words
Want to watch how I teach two Heart Words to older reading intervention students and lead them in guided practice? Check out my "real-time" (7:52) lesson…
Sound-Spelling Cards
Reading teachers know the value of picture mnemonics to help students master phoneme-grapheme relationships. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. Sound-spelling cards can…