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Writing Woes

Writing is difficult.  It is difficult for children, and it is difficult for adults.  It certainly proves to be difficult for the very adult writing the words on this page. 😉   As Natalie Wexler recently reminded 200+ Iowa educators at Amplify’s Science of Writing Summit on Thursday of this past week, “Writing skills never become … [Read more…]

The Importance of Spelling Instruction

A Reading Journey

I did not intend for this blog to be a confessional, yet I feel compelled to confess to yet another of my many missteps in the classroom, this time around spelling instruction.  In the January 5, 2021 Psychology Today article “Why Spelling Instruction Should Be Hot in 2021,” J. Richard Gentry highlights the current research … [Read more…]