Should We Teach Standards or Children?
This may well be professional suicide. But, it’s time to come out of the closet. I say I teach the standards, but I really teach children. As an educational publisher and author, I sell books that...
View ArticleTen Criteria for Effective ELA/Reading Diagnostic Assessments
Diagnostic assessments are essential instructional tools for effective English-language Arts and reading teachers. However, many teachers resist using these tools because they can be time-consuming to...
View ArticleFree Resources for Test Preparation
Like most teachers, I teach test preparation strategies in my content area-English-language arts. I teach how to study and how to take tests. As an MA Reading Specialist, I happen to think that it’s an...
View ArticleFree Resources for Teaching Study Skills
Teachers frequently are shocked by their students’ lack of study skills. Some teachers assume that most study skills are simply common sense and do not need instruction. Or, maybe each teacher thinks...
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Mechanics Quiz for Teachers
Mechanics Quiz for Teachers See how much you know about mechanics (commas, capitalization, quotation marks, colons, apostrophes, semicolons, punctuation, etc.) by taking the 10 Question Mechanics Quiz...
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