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FREE Beginning Alphabet Sounds Clip Cards: Which Sound is Different?

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Learning alphabet sounds is a vital part of learning to read. And while it’s important to know which letters are associated with each letter sound, it’s also fun to sometimes take the letters “out” and just play with alphabet sounds. This is particularly helpful for students who are reluctant or struggle a bit with the letters themselves. Playing with and…
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Visualizing- Making Mental Images with Poetry

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Welcome back to our 10 week series on Reading Comprehension Strategies! So far, we’ve covered using your schema, making connections, making predictions, and inferring word meanings. Today, we will cover visualizing, also known as making mental images while reading poetry. If you’re new to this series, I would encourage you to read our introductory post. These lessons aren’t necessarily meant for…
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Roll and Write Words that Rhyme {Short and Long Vowels}

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Helping kids see that many times there is a spelling connection between words that rhyme is a great tool for spellers to have. For example, when my son asks me, “Mom, how do you spell treat?” I often respond with, “Well, how do you spell eat?” I will admit that my answer did frustrate him at first. But one day, he…
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Learning the Alphabet: Letter F Printable Pack

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Our FREE Letter F Printable Pack from Learning the Alphabet is here today! In this pack are 14 different Letter f activities you can do with your child who is learning his/her alphabet. Many of the activities can be done more than once, especially if you use them in hands-on ways, like I wrote about in our introductory post.  …
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12+ FREE Multiplication Games for Kids

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Today, I’m sharing some Multiplication Games as a 3-part free pack with you. {The free download at the end of this post.} My oldest is in the third grade now, and we’ve been working through his multiplication tables. I have discovered that I’m a little rusty myself with some of them. LOL. While we have used some workbooks to practice them,…
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