ELA relies on so much of a learner’s toolkit: reading, writing, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, speaking and listening, speech and debate, poetry and research. With such a robust landscape, we promise to provide equally rich resources.
In the 2003 film Love Actually, the ever-rumpled Hugh Grant informs the audience that “Love, actually, is all around.” As someone who loves to write and always strives to be better at it, bear …
Author: Kellie Schmidt, NWEA
Topics: ELA
Do you wonder how to help students build their reading fluency? We recently spoke with Jan Hasbrouck, a researcher, author, leading expert in reading fluency, and co-developer, with Gerald Tindal, of …
Author: Tiffany Peltier, NWEA
Many of our earliest memories of school are about learning to read. Do you remember what your experience was like? Did you have a fairly smooth journey? Or did your “literacy story” include a lot …
Author: Chris Orcutt, NWEA
It can be difficult to get students excited about writing. Growing up, I liked to write. More specifically, though, I liked to write about things I liked. While I could crank out a decent enough …
Author: Kayla McLaughlin, NWEA
In many discussions on the science of reading, phonics is featured on the main stage. This is most likely because, unlike language comprehension, word recognition is a constrained skill—one with a …
Writing, like teaching, is an art form. You often learn what works best from doing the work itself. When I was a new teacher, I made several newbie mistakes when it came to writing instruction. And …
Author: Julie Richardson, NWEA
Many people have been talking about the need for phonics instruction, but most of these conversations come to a screeching halt after talking about instruction in basic decoding skills. …
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“Science of reading” has become a ubiquitous phrase in education, but it’s more than just a buzzword. Learn how to confidently use it in your classroom.
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