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Learning to Homestead – Take Baby Steps

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Learning to homestead can seem like a daunting task. When I was first dipping my feet in, I was quick to get discouraged as I scrolled through my Instagram feed. It seemed that I had too much to learn. Too far to go. It felt like I would never figure it all out.   Learning to Homestead: One Baby Step…
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Summer Mapping Mats

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These FREE Summer Mapping Mats are a fantastic and FUN way to integrate a summer theme into your word work time! Find more mats in our Seasonal Mapping Mats Pack. Need more summer printables? Find all our Summer Learning Printables. *The FREE download can be found at the END of this post. Scroll down to click on the teal download…
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Balanced Literacy vs. Structured Literacy

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What’s the Difference between balanced literacy and structured literacy? The main purpose of this video series has been to explore and explain the differences between some of the terms and concepts used in the field of literacy. Today, I’m covering the last comparison in this series: balanced literacy and structured literacy. *I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC…
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Leveled Readers and Decodable Readers

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What’s the difference between leveled readers and decodable readers? I’m so glad you asked! 🙂 The main purpose of this video series has been to explore and explain some of the differences and possibly similarities concerning terms and concepts used in the field of literacy. Today, I’m covering the topics of leveled readers and decodable readers specifically for our beginning…
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Harmful vs. Helpful Word Strategies

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What’s the difference between helpful and harmful word strategies? The main purpose of this blog and video series has been to explore and explain some of the differences concerning terms used in the field of literacy. Today, I’m going a little off-road to compare two kinds word strategies. The comparison will be between the word strategies I used years ago,…
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