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Learning Resources Magnetic Sound Box Answer Boards {Review and Giveaway}

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If you’ve taught reading in the lower grades or have worked with a struggling reader for any amount of time, you are most likely very familiar with Elkonin boxes.  These little boxes are the perfect tool for teaching beginning phonemic awareness and phonics skills, both essential for reading and writing. So, you can only imagine how excited I was to see that Learning…
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School’s Out: A Top 10 Series by KBN

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School’s out!  But the learning continues.  The good news is the bloggers at Kid Blogger Network have done the work for you. Starting tomorrow, over 20 mama bloggers from KBN will be posting their Top 10 ways to keep kids learning while school is out!  Here is the line-up. {As each link goes live, I’ll insert the link so you…
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Reading the Alphabet UG Word Family (Lesson 31)

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We did it!  We’re on the final lesson of Reading the Alphabet! Today, the focus is Reading the Alphabet UG Word Family. If you’re wondering what comes next, check out our Learn to Read curriculum, which piggybacks off of Reading the Alphabet in terms of phonics skills and sight words. You can also snag the free word family books from Learn…
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Activating Prior Knowledge {Part 1}

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Activating prior knowledge before, during, and after reading is a key component to keeping our readers engage with what they are reading. Without interacting with their prior knowledge, readers become passive, negatively affecting their comprehension and fluency. Today, I want to focus in on connecting new content to a reader’s prior knowledge. The term prior knowledge basically means what the…
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After School Link-Up

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Welcome to the After School Link-Up!  Learning happens all the time; not just during “school” time.  Here are some of my favorite teaching activities from last week’s link up that make learning fun and authentic: Teach Beside Me’s Spill the Beans Math Game– I love how it can be adapted for kids on different developmental levels   Science Spark’s 50 Summer…
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