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Teacher Question: I'm looking at finding a spelling program for my school. What are the elements that should be in a good program? Should the lists of words be based on phonics/spelling patterns like silent e, la...
Blast from the Past: This blog entry posted first on February 22, 2020, and was reposted on March 21, 2026. The major update to this piece is the inclusion of a reference list, only one of the studies included in it would not have been available in 2020. Aside from that and a few minor wording changes, this is the same blog entry that originally generated 26 comments. That version is linked here for those who want to the reaction. Teacher question: Everyone says reading and writing are connected. But our school focuses on only reading. We have a reading program (we don’t have a w...
Blast from the Past: This blog first posted on November 3, 2018, and was reposted in revised form on March 14, 2026. The original title was, “The Whys and Hows of Research and the Teaching of Reading.” As you can see, I’ve...
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