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Words Their Way Giveaway Winners

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Good Saturday morning to you!  I am excited to annouce the winners of the Words Their Way book supplements.  I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the comments, as many of you said how much you love word study to teach spelling.  Amen and amen! And today, I get to giveaway TWO prizes to TWO winners (picked randomnly by Rafflecopter)!  The Letter…
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Felt Board Shape Pumpkins

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MBug has really been into shapes lately.  It seems like everywhere we go, she identifies the shapes she sees.  So last night, I cut up some pumpkins and shapes out of felt and created this simple shape pumpkin activity for her. Here are just a couple shots of her in action.  She enjoyed this activity tremendously, placing each shape on…
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Word Study: It’s WAY More Than Phonics

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*This post contains affiliate links. To read more about this, please see my full disclosure policy. We made it to Day 10 of Teaching Spelling through Word Study and I seriously feel like we’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg!  If you’re joining me for the first time today, welcome to This Reading Mama. You can click HERE or…
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What About Those Irregular Words? (Sight Words)

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Welcome to This Reading Mama!  I hope you are enjoying these days spent in Word Study like I am.  If you’re new, I’m nearing the end of a 10 day series on Using Word Study to Teach Spelling. You can click HERE or on the image above to view all the topics we’ve looked at thus far. So far, we’ve talked a…
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FUN with Word Patterns {a.k.a. phonics}

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We’re on Day 8 of Teaching Spelling Through Word Study.  If you’re joining me for the first time today, you can click HERE or on the photo above to see Days 1-7. Although word sorts are the heartbeat of word study, GAMES and FUN WORD ACTIVITIES can and should accompany the word patterns being studied. Examples of FUN with WORD…
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