Common Core Language Standards
As an author of both a spelling series and a grammar and mechanics curriculum, I am constantly deluged with questions regarding the language strand of the new Common Core State Standards. Teachers are...
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At the outset of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, the research and writing committees latched upon the California and Massachusetts state standards to serve as reference points for...
View ArticleGrammar and the Common Core
I hear the same two comments at English-language arts conferences all the time: 1. “I’ve heard that research has proven grammar, usage, mechanics, spelling, and vocabulary instruction doesn’t work.” 2....
View ArticleGrammar and Mechanics Tailwind Tribe
Grammar and Mechanics Tailwind Tribe Fellow teachers, authors, and publishers who love creating wonderful grammar, usage, and mechanics resources and programs are welcome to join my Grammar and...
View ArticleHow to Teach Interactive Grammar
If I’m going to entice you to read this article by offering some how-to’s and free resources to teach grammar interactively, we had best get on the same page about what we both mean by grammar. I like...
View ArticleGrammar | Teaching in the Social Context
Language Conventions Academic Literacy Centers If we consider the traditional four communicative contexts of English-language arts (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and add on a fifth, the...
View ArticleGrammar Quiz for Teachers
Grammar Quiz for Teachers See how much you know about grammar by taking the 10 Question Grammar Quiz for Teachers. Don’t worry; I’ll dispense with the usual “If you score 9 or 10 out of 10, you are…”...
View ArticleDon’t Teach Grammar Mini-Lessons
Don’t Teach Grammar Mini-Lessons Don’t teach grammar mini-lessons for two reasons: this instructional methodology is implicit and ineffective. Currently, the top Google search for “new research on...
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