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These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story. If you have a facility for language and imagery and the sound of your voice pleases you, invisibility is not what you are after, and you can skip the rules. Still, you might look them over.
Here are a collection of grammatical cues that will help you improve writing and copy editing. They'll help you persuade; to share your ideas and promote your agenda in a way that other people want to hear; to speak without speaking, to customers, would-be clients, or anyone else who should hear what you have to say.
Free-Reading is an ongoing, collaborative, teacher-based, curriculum-sharing experiment. We're looking to provide a reliable forum where teachers can openly and freely share their successful and effective methods for teaching reading in grades K-1.
Our premises are:
* The research on how students learn to read is well-established.
* The research on which instructional techniques work is well-understood.
* The voices of those who know what works best -- the classroom teachers -- are rarely heard in instructional design.
* The power of "we" is far greater than the power of "you" or "I."
As simple as it is to see a giant word list describing actions, it resonates quite well. Take a peek.
That is until today. Rory Sullivan, the creator of Clean Cut Blog displayed some remarkable generosity (that he calls nerdishness). He took the time to update all 50 of the links and he asked that Dumb Little Man republish this great list. The decision was pretty simple for me because I actually use these sites as reference for my own writing.
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While this page is heavy with advertisements, it maintains a good collection of state math and ELA sample assessments.
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