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8 Great Spelling Song Videos
Introducing the Eight Great Spelling Rules audio files and YouTube video links to 8 memorable songs. Help your students (and you) remember and apply the spelling rules…
Spelling Tests and Instruction
Learn how to diagnose and remediate spelling deficits.
Words Their Way® Spelling Inventories v. the Diagnostic Spelling Assessment
Teachers who are committed to differentiated and individualized spelling to help students catch up, while they keep up with grade-level instruction believe that spelling assessment should…
The Problem with Words Their Way®
According to noted spelling researcher and author, J. Richard Gentry, "Words Their Way is a guidebook for studying words; it is not a spelling curriculum. The original preface…
How to Teach Multiple Meaning Words Vocabulary
The Common Core authors include multiple meaning words in the Language Strand as Standard L.4.a., but word play is also included in word relationships Standard L.5.b.…
Figures of Speech and Idiomatic Expressions
The authors of the Common Core State Standards recognize the essential roles that figures of speech play in our English language. I especially appreciate the author's…
How to Teach Connotations | Shades of Meaning Vocabulary
One great way to teach connotations is with semantic spectrums. Just like a rainbow is a color spectrum, certain vocabulary words can be placed within their…
How to Teach Word Relationships Vocabulary
ears ago the SAT tested vocabulary through word relationships, known as analogies. Knowing the typical analogy categories helped students make educated guesses to be able to…