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Great Books for Teaching Synthesizing

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Teaching synthesizing? Here are some great books for teaching synthesis that can help you model and practice it with your kids or students. Synthesizing is one of those comprehension strategies that may seem a little abstract. Simply put, synthesis just means your thinking changes as you read and add more information from the text. You may think one thing based off…
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Telling Time – Clock Playdough Mats

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Lately, NJoy {6 years old/Kindergarten} has been working on telling time. We had already worked on telling time by the hour, but it was time to work on more. Since my kids are all big playdough fans, I thought that Clock Playdough Mats would make the learning more fun! *This post contains affiliate links. So, I created a pack of…
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Learning the Alphabet – Letter O Printable Pack

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Welcome back to Learning the Alphabet, FREE printable letter packs that will help kids learn their letters and letter sounds in a hands-on way. You can read more about Learning the Alphabet and see lots of images of these packs in action in our introductory post; or purchase all 26 letters + bonus material in our bundle pack. *This post…
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Stamping Sight Words

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When you are teaching multiple children, whether in a classroom setting or at home, low prep and simple activities are a MUST for your sanity. That’s why I’ve come to love this VERY simple, low prep activity of stamping sight words. Stopping to take the time to spell words can help kids become better readers. My kids like doing this…
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Books with a Clear Problem and Solution

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When teaching kids how to comprehend and/or write fiction text, often times it’s good to start with books and stories that have a clear problem and solution text structure. This means that the story line introduces characters and a problem at the beginning –> the character(s) try to solve the problem in the middle, which rises to a climax –>…
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