Alice Nine Professional Development Center
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WELCOME
Welcome to Alice Nine's Professional Development Center. And because you are here, we will assume that you want to help students become proficient readers and writers. Well, it is our mission to help you do that!
Empower with English Proficiency!-
Do you want to know why JCSpell works? Why teachers continue to use the routines year after year? Read this Iowa Reading Research Center blog post!
Alice Nine's word study lesson routines, known as Johnny Can Spell, work because they explicitly and systematically engage students in the six major elements of word recognition.
Johnny Can Spell routines align with the science of reading research.
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FEATURED WORKSHOPS
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BRIDGING GRAMMAR TO WRITING -
a virtual workshop
Crafting sentences can be challenging--even for good writers. But with a knowledge of sentence structures and guided opportunities to apply that knowledge, students can learn how to purposefully craft their sentences and lift the level of their writing. It's easy to do with Alice Nine's "Tactical Sentence Instruction" routine.
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JOHNNY CAN SPELL WORD STUDY -
a virtual workshop
Do you want to raise student reading and writing levels?
Use the Johnny Can Spell approach to integrate phonics and spelling using Alice Nine's "Think to Spell" learning routine.Enroll now and learn how.
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"It's a great day to be teaching reading and writing!"
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"I've been there. I know the feeling and frustration."
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WRITING FOR STAAR 2023 -
WATCH Writing for STAAR, Module 8, Video 1. (a student-friendly video)
Video Sketch: What is a central idea statement? How do I write one? Viewing Time: 9 minutes