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How Do I Assess Students in Word Study?
For most of my life (as a student and as a teacher), word study assessments were a weekly spelling test. As a student, I numbered down...

How can I bring a sense of DISCOVERY to word study?
“The important thing is to not stop questioning: curiosity has its own reason for existing.” -Albert Einstein I am an optimist......

How might I schedule MY time during word study to meet the needs of all students?
I find tremendous value and flexibility in the structure of workshop. Instruction across subjects and throughout my day has a tendency...

What Do Our Word Study Notebooks Look Like?
Many teachers I know (myself included) keep their own reading and writing notebooks. We want to show students that we live this work...

What is Word Study?
“Words mean more than is set down on paper. It takes human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.” -Maya Angelou Word study is a hot...

CELEBRATING THE WAYS TEACHERS SHOW UP AS LEARNERS
One of the privileges of my job is that I get to sit with teachers during professional development sessions, workshops, and study groups...