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How to Teach the Common Core Spelling Standards
In How to Teach the Common Core Spelling Standards, author Mark Pennington details what the authors of the Common Core have to say about spelling instruction.
How to Teach the Common Core Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Standards
Read the research and organizational design of the Common Core Language Strand and learn How to Teach the Common Core Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Standards with…
The Parts of an Essay
We confuse students about the parts of an essay by the labels we use. The problem is compounded by the fact that students are exposed to…
Common Core Vocabulary: 12 Program Assessment Questions
The Common Core State Standards affirm much of what elementary and secondary ELA/reading teachers have always been doing. However, the breadth, complexity, and depth of instruction…
Selective Implementation of the Common Core
Many district curriculum specialists are simply not providing training and budget allocations for the other Language Strand and Speaking and Listening Strand precisely because they don’t…
Cherry Picking the Common Core
Teachers can implement the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects as they are designed--each part…
Common Nouns
Today we are studying Common Nouns.
How to Use the Spelling Pretest
Experienced teachers learn how to use the spelling pretest as a diagnostic tool.