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Sorting Words with Fall Leaves

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Today, I’m sharing a little differently for the After School Link up! You can join me today over at Powerful Mothering {the specific link my not be live, yet}. I am sharing a sorting activity we did with the beautiful fall leaves! So easy peasy.   And if you’re visiting from Powerful Mothering today, WELCOME! I’m Becky of This Reading Mama…
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Using Pasta to Learn about Commas {FREE Printable}

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Just recently, as I observed ALuv {my 3rd grade son} writing, I noticed that he was including commas in his writing {Yay!}. As I looked closer, I noticed that his commas were not in the conventional places and sometimes they even took the place of periods. Was I upset? Nope. I was actually super excited, and here’s why… *This post contains affiliate…
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Learning to Add and Subtract {FREE printable}

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Just recently, I attended a training session called Reading in Math. It was an interesting session that really stretched my thoughts about reading. While the session was designed for upper elementary, middle, and high school, I had a lot of take-aways for my own kiddos, especially when it came to word problems and math vocabulary. While my Kindergartner has the…
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Learn to Read: What Comes After the ABCs

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So, your child knows his letters. I mean he really knows them. He can identify them out of order and knows most, if not all the sounds. What’s the next step? How do you get your child to move from letters to reading words? Let’s stop and talk a bit about how kids learn to read. And what comes after…
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Teaching Kids How to Write a Letter {free printable}

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Teaching kids how to write stories and non-fiction texts is very important. For some kids, especially reluctant learners, writing is one of the last things they want to do. Writing letters can actually motivate them like no other because of the interest level involved. And it can be FUN to learn how to write a letter as well with this free printable!…
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