🟢 PRESENTATIONS 📘 Phenomenal Word Power A nationally recognized word study routine designed to accelerate vocabulary, comprehension, and academic language.… READ MORE
What Are Context Clues? Context clues are the words, phrases, or sentences around an unfamiliar word that help readers figure… READ MORE
What Is Explicit ELA? Explicit ELA is a structured, mastery-based approach to reading and writing instruction. It focuses on teaching… READ MORE
What is Bloom’s Taxonomy? Bloom’s Taxonomy is a framework for classifying educational objectives, originally developed by Benjamin Bloom and his… READ MORE
Elements Of Plot (Knowledge/Comprehension) Intro: Over the past few years, I’ve developed a method to teach Elements of Plot in… READ MORE
Date(s): June 11th-12th Where: Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel Tuesday and Wednesday, I had the pleasure of attending the Inclusive Practices Conferences… READ MORE
Inference (Application/Analyze) Intro: Over the past few years, I’ve developed a method to teach Inferencing(Background Knowledge + What’s In The… READ MORE
Early in the school year, I told my students that our first goal-In ELA(English/Language Arts) was to reach District-Level performance… READ MORE
Intro: Education is experiencing a shift from the Balanced Literacy(Small Group) to the Structured Literacy(Whole Group) model. No longer can… READ MORE
Over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure to get interviewed by a few podcasters. Here they are in one… READ MORE
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