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Reading the Alphabet Letter U (Lesson 30)

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Today, I’m sharing Reading the Alphabet Letter U from our free preschool reading curriculum, Reading the Alphabet. There’s only ONE MORE lesson to go! *Keep scrolling until the end of this post to grab the free version of Reading the Alphabet Letter U.   You can purchase our updated Reading the Alphabet Bundle Pack, stream-lined for easy downloading! It also features TONS…
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The Teaching of Sight Words: Part 2

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Last week, I talked a little about how what sight words are and how I pick sight words for my kids to learn.  If you missed that post, please click here or on the picture above to view it.  Today, I’d like a address what to do with the sight words once you know which words and books you want…
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Reading the Alphabet: Letter S {Lesson 29}

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Reading the Alphabet Letter S is finally here! See all the lessons in our free preschool curriculum, Reading the Alphabet. *I know the letter s is more common that some of the letters we’ve already done. One big reason I waited is because s is a hard letter to write. And although this isn’t a handwriting curriculum, I wanted preschoolers…
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The Teaching of Sight Words: Part 1

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I get many questions regarding the teaching of sight words {often called high frequency words}:  Are they really needed?  If so, why?  In what order should they be taught?  How do you help them to “stick”? How do you hold kids accountable to spelling them correctly?  I thought I’d take a couple of weeks to answer these questions by showing you how…
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Missing Addends Recording Page {FREE Printable}

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It’s been review time over the last couple of weeks for ALuv {currently at the end of 1st grade}. One of the activities I wanted to drive home in as many ways as I could was the relationship between addition and subtraction. I had noticed that adding was going well, but when he was asked to subtract, he didn’t seem to be making…
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