Testimonials
Here’s what teachers are saying about Pennington Publishing curriculum…
*****
Re: Grammar, Mechanics, Spelling, and Vocabulary
(Teaching the Language Strand)
Written by a teacher for teachers and their students. It shows. You write like I teach.
Jeanne Alread
The most comprehensive and easy to teach grammar, usage, mechanics, spelling, and vocabulary program. The student workbooks are fantastic. I’m teaching each Standard in the Language Strand and remediating previous grade level Standards. The no prep and minimal correction design really respects a teacher’s time. This program frees me up to teach!
Julie Villenueve
Re: Teaching Essay Strategies and Essay Strategies Toolkit
Your method of teaching argumentative essays is the most step-by-step that I have ever seen. Thanks again for the TES program. I plan to use a great deal of it, especially the methods!
Kris Fazi
Great step by step worksheets that help students build or reinforce essay writing skills.
Michelle Hunter
A thoroughly comprehensive format to teach writing. Just what I needed.
Tmwalker
Thanks to you. I’ve been a teacher using e-comments for a about a year now. What great savings of stress and hand-cramps! I just downloaded your Pennington Manual of Style, another great reference.
Charles Young
I needed something that I could use to build writing skills. Wow! I love the step by step instructions. Great product.
Tangela Copelin
Re: Critical Thinking Openers Toolkit
This is an excellent product. Provides nice additional writing practice and is thought provoking.
Lisa Moore
Marvelous tool in helping me to provoke more critical thinking in my students.
Marsha Lewis
Critical Thinking Openers is an excellent product. Provides additional writing practice and is thought provoking.
Lisa Moore
Re: Teaching Grammar and Mechanics and Grammar Openers Toolkit
I’ve been teaching for quite a while and seen quite a few grammar programs. This one is the best I’ve used.
Julie
This is an amazing product. It makes individualized instruction a breeze!
Shawna Pounds
As a newer ELA teacher, this is an awesome product to have. It's very thorough and easy to use!
slinehan46
Great resource for revisiting this skill set. The students are enjoying the variety of the handouts. I love the fact that I can access whether or not if I need to reteach these skills to my students.
Patience Scott
This is a great product for teaching grammar and mechanics. I like how it allows for students to achieve mastery. It has great step by step directions for teaching the skills as well as help on differentiating instruction. It seems overwhelming when you first look at it, but once you take"10 minutes" to figure it out, it's awesome!
Laura P.
This has been very useful. It really helped me come up with a way to teach grammar effectively and in a time saving manner.
Misty K.
Re: Differentiated Spelling Instruction
I work with a large ELL population at my school and was not happy with the weekly spelling tests, etc. Through my research in best practices, I know that spelling patterns and word study are so important at this age group. However, I just couldn't find anything out there that combines the two. We have just adopted RtI at my school and your spelling matrix is a great tool for documentation. The grade level spelling program and remediation are perfect for my students.
Heidi
I have tutored children who are struggling in school for the last 36 years. Using raps and songs to help children remember spelling rules is wonderful!
Cheryl Merrick
Useful for intervention.
Molly Roberts
Re: Essential Study Skills
I teach a study skills class for 7th and 8th graders and this has helped me shape the curriculum for the class. Thanks!
Joseph Blankenship
Very comprehensive. Thanks very much.
Rhondda
Use with both my study skills and reading remediation classes. Wonderful resource!
Debra Kendhammer
Re: Sam and Friends Phonics Books
Just what my struggling middle school and high school readers need!
Joy Hutchings
Re: Grammar Comics!
A sneaky way to get students to learn. Thank you! They love it! 4 stars for quality, accuracy, practicality, thoroughness, creativity, and clarity.
Alex Hernandez
Re: Teaching Reading Strategies and Reading Fluency and Comprehension Toolkit
An extensive product suitable for students of all ages. Love that it is suitable testing and resources for those students at secondary level with reading difficulties- there are too few suitable resources for this age group. Reading passages are appealing with attached ideas on how to best target each one.
Felicia B.
I love the assessments. The students were much more willing to try when they understood that they would work on skills they as individuals were missing. The worksheets are detailed enough to really cover the material without overwhelming the students. The program is structured so that I can easily work with a small group or individual as needed to fill instructional gaps.
Jules Stras
This has been a great resource for my small group instruction!
Carrrie Thornton
A very thorough phonics program. I believe it can also be used based on student's ability levels. If you are looking for a supplementary resource, or a primary resource, this is the one! Thank you!
Sarah Hasbrook
This is a great resource to use with my struggling 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.
Cougar Creations
I just visited your website and, oh my, I actually felt my heart leap with joy! I am working with one class of ESL students and two classes of Read 180 students with behavior issues and have been struggling to find methods to address their specific areas of weakness. I am also teaching three senior level English classes and have found them to have serious deficits in many critical areas that may impact their success if they are attending college level courses in a year's time. I have been trying to find a way to help all of them in specific and measurable ways - and I found you! I just wanted to thank you for creating these explicit and extensive resources for students in need. Thank you!
Cathy Ford
This is a fantastic resource.
Melissa Gartly
Our Middle school has purchased your toolkit for Reading Fluency and Comprehension (a slice of Teaching Reading Strategies). So far we are delighted with it and are happy with the results!
Heather Lewis
I used this with a student I was tutoring, made a great improvement in her fluency skills!
Kira Brower
Used during our after school tutoring to boost DIBELS scores! Great product! Thanks!
Stephanie Pope
Awesome!!!! Great for screening in an SLP clinic.
keeby007
Your reading assessments made me "the hit" at our SHARE faculty meeting!
janesfarris
Excellent! Just what I needed for my ELLs!
Deneise McGowan
This resource provided a quick assessment of my student's trouble areas, and gave m edirection for further investigation. I really, really appreciated the clear directions you provided. You helped me a great deal!
Rebecca Birchler
Re: Common Core Vocabulary Toolkit
I used the 8th Grade Common Core Vocabulary Toolkit for the first time today. It was so cool and the kids loved it!”
Melissa Williams