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Teaching Readers to Use their Schema

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Schema. What does that word even mean? Well, when it comes to teaching reading comprehension strategies, it’s the glue that holds all the comprehension strategies together. Schema is your background knowledge; it’s what you already know before you even pick up the book. Its major “ingredients” are your memories, the books you’ve read, the places you’ve been, the movies you’ve watched,…
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Phonics Word Search for Kids – Paint and Sort

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Phonics. Just the sound of that word might sound boring or tedious. But phonics can actually be fun, especially when you do a phonics word search where kids get to paint, sort and spell words. If you’ve been reading my posts for very long, you know that I love the word study approach to teaching spelling. And if you’ve searched my…
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Learning the Alphabet: Letter B Printable Pack

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Here we are at Letter B of Learning the Alphabet, printable ABC packs designed for kids who need to learn their letters and letter sounds. In this pack are interactive learning activities {not just worksheets} for the Letter B plus a book list of read alouds that correspond with the Letter B in some way. *This post contains affiliate links. Learning the Alphabet…
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FAQ about our NEW Shop

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About two weeks ago, I opened up “shop” on This Reading Mama! This was an exciting move for many reasons. As we have launched the store, emails have arrived with questions. Most every question fits nicely into this collection of FAQ, which I plan on answering in this post. I hope that it will be a helpful resource to you….
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Run and Find Syllables Game

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Today, I’m joining the fun with What Do We Do All Day? as we do an indoor activity blog hop…perfect for those COLD winter days {or even HOT summer days} when you’re “stuck” inside. This is a super fun syllables game that will get kids moving, similar to our puzzle racing game, so get ready! *This post contains affiliate links….
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