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FREE Long Vowel CVCe Spell & Stamp Mats

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My son {6 years old} is really beginning to get the concept of the CVCe long vowel pattern. He’s one of these kids that cracked the code early, mostly on his own, and is still cracking the code of reading. He loves to read and is highly interested. Woohoo! {By the way, this has not been the case with my…
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Learning the Alphabet – Letter K Printable Pack

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Ready for the Letter K Printable Pack from Learning the Alphabet? Here it is! *This post contains affiliate links.   Letter K Printable Pack If you’re not familiar with Learning the Alphabet, it’s letter of the week printable packs that you can do to help your child learn the ABC’s. You can read all about it in our introductory post….
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Digraph Sorting Picture Cards {for Beginning and Ending}

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These beginning and ending digraph picture cards {FREE download is at the END of this post} are perfect for some digraph sorting! Challenge kids to sort by two sounds, four sounds or even more. This activity is highly adaptable to meet the needs of the kids you teach. And that’s the beauty of picture cards. They are flexible and can be…
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Teaching Kids to Summarize using Basic Signal Words

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Welcome back to our LAST week of our Reading Comprehension Strategies Series. Can you believe it? We’ve explored quite a few comprehension strategies in this series by SHOWING how to introduce them and release them to your child. Today’s topic is helping readers summarize what they read. Whew. What a big topic! If you thought determining importance and synthesizing were…
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Ready to Read – Reading Readiness Signs and Checklist

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How will I know when my child is ready to read? What are the reading readiness signs and skills that show my child is ready to read? You may have wondered these questions a time or two before. Today, we’re going to explore a few readiness signs and I have a free, printable checklist {at the END of the post}…
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