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Tag: Mark Pennington
Vocabulary Word Part Games
Students are more likely to use study and practice procedures that are “game-like” and less boring than simple rote memorization. Here are some fun and effective…
Vowel Team Spelling Games
Spellers often struggle in the “Within Word” stage of spelling development. The key challenge for spellers within this spelling stage involves the vowel sound-spellings. These three…
Should We Teach Standards or Children?
The excesses of the standards-based movement frequently run contrary to the need to differentiate instruction, according to the diagnostic needs of children.
Effective Secondary School Reading Staff Development
Reading staff developments at the middle and high school levels can be challenging. However, accomplishing three goals will improve results significantly. Learn three sure-fire components for…
Help! My Child Won’t Read or Write
Most children will not read or write with accountability. Providing that accountability will not ruin a child's love of reading or writing in the long run.
How and Why to Teach Fluency
Knowing why and how to teach reading fluency is of critical importance to developing readers. Learn four strategies to help students improve reading fluency.
Free Informal Reading Assessments
Individual reading assessments are time-consuming and inefficient. Effective reading assessments that are 1. comprehensive 2. diagnostic and 3. They must be easy to give, easy to…
Ten Tips to Improving Writing Coherency
Writing coherency refers to how well sentences and paragraphs are organized into an understandable whole. Good writing coherency is reader-centered. From the reader’s point of view,…