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Reading and Spelling Words with Silent e (Free Printable Included)

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This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. When teaching reading and spelling, it is important to be explicit. By this, I mean that we stop, “pull out” words from the actual text and talk about them and the patterns within them. What group of letters works together to make a certain sound? Is…
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Christmas Activities that will Make Memories {and After School Link Up}

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Christmas is inching closer and time to build those Christmas memories with your kids is here! Last week, at the After School Link Up, there were lots of fun, Christmas activities shared. I’d love to share a few with you that caught my eye.   Help your kids create a fun Christmas marble run. Buggy and Buddy has a great…
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12 Days of Christmas Math Activity

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While my forte is literacy, ALuv’s {currently 2nd grade} is definitely math. Just last week, my mom {who helps me homeschool three days a week} challenged him with a 12 Days of Christmas math activity. *This post contains affiliate links. **The 2016 updated printables can be found towards the end of this post. Just click on the teal download button….
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FREE Graphic Organizer for Teaching Adjectives to Young Writers

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Recently, ALuv {2nd grade} was using my free December Writing Prompts to help him pick a topic for writing. He decided to take the “Christmas tastes like…” prompt and run with it (similar to his Popcorn Poetry). He chose to write a poem using all of his five senses: Christmas smells like, Christmas looks like, etc. When he finished his…
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Beginning and Ending Sounds Listening Activities {FREE Printable Pack Included!}

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Lately, I’ve noted that NJoy {5 years old} is really beginning to blossom as he listens for sounds in words, especially when spelling words. So I created a beginning and ending sounds listening activity pack I call, “Where’s That Sound?” for him just to see exactly what he could do. I used pictures and sounds only, not the visual letters…
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