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I'm sharing one of my favorite online resources for teaching phonics and spelling—Mr. Spelling on YouTube! His rap songs ...
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In a world dominated by autocorrect and communication by emoji, a sacred annual gathering of linguistic student phenoms persists. These word whizzes have advanced from regional competitions to ...
ANN ARBOR, MI -- The Family Learning Institute, which provides free tutoring to approximately 150 young local students each year, will hold its 11th Annual Spelling Bee on May 5. A silent auction ...
Spelling lists. Spelling tests. Spelling bees. Adults of a certain age who remember anything about elementary school likely recall spelling as central to their literacy instruction. That’s not ...
Between three and six percent of schoolchildren suffer from an arithmetic-related learning disability. Researchers now show that these children are also more likely to exhibit deficits in reading and ...
Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring, 1998), pp. 106-122 (17 pages) Children with only spelling (n=24) or handwriting and spelling disabilities (n=24) were randomly assigned to a ...