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Tag: Mark Pennington
Research-Based Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Worksheets
Worksheets can target practice in a specific skill or help students learn a new concept. Worksheets can serve as excellent independent practice. Teachers can use worksheets…
Drill and Kill Worksheets
Although deliberate practice is not solely reserved for worksheets, it would certainly seem that targeted, independent worksheets can certainly provide deliberate practice that involves "attention, rehearsal,…
Reading Program Placement
Although no reading program placement criteria are perfect for establishing reading intervention classes, numerous pitfalls can be avoided and efficient, teachable reading placement tests can be…
Student-Centered Reading Intervention
Starting at the instructional needs of below grade level readers and establishing instructional priorities should determine the essentials of any reading intervention program. In other words,…
Schoolwide Independent Reading Program
As an MA reading specialist, author, and frequent blogger on independent reading, I am constantly receiving posts and emails regarding the Accelerated Reading™ program. I frequently joke…
High Fluency Low Reading Comprehension
Quite often I get emails from both parents and teachers regarding what to do for children with high fluency, but low reading comprehension. What can we,…
30 Spelling Questions, Answers, and Resources
Spelling instruction remains a contentious topic. No other literacy skill seems to run the complete gamut of instructional implementation from emphasis to de-emphasis. This article deals…
How to Teach Grammar to Primary Students
Teaching grammar, usage, mechanics, spelling, and vocabulary to primary students can be challenging. Here's a fun instructional approach to teach the rigorous Language Strand Standards.