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What Does a Weekly Spelling Test Really DO FOR and TO Kids and Parents??? PART 2

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Last week I introduced you to my former student, Luke, who requested testing and tutoring since he was “tired of needing parental signatures on his tests and then having to serve in ‘time out’.”  How many fifth grader pre-adolescent boys do you know who would have done that? This week, I want to share with […]

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“If I Ate Smarties Every Day, I Thought I Would Get Smarter”

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Today, I bring you sage words of wisdom from one of my students in the form of a conversation  we had several weeks ago. I have known this lovely young girl since she was a  struggling first grader. When I first met Jordyn, she arrived on the doorstep of my office as pretty much a

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