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Charlotte’s Web: Fifth Book Club Meeting

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If you’re just now joining This Reading Mama through our book club of Charlotte’s Web, WELCOME!  You can read about the first four meetings by clicking on each link below: 1st Meeting (chapter 1 read aloud) 2nd Meeting (chapters 2-4, 5 read aloud @ meeting) 3rd Meeting (chapters 6-7, 8 read aloud @ meeting) 4th Meeting (chapters 9-11, 12 read…
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Our Schoolroom for 2012-3013

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Our schoolroom for this year isn’t extremely different than the last time I posted about it, but we have made a few changes that I’m excited to share! My absolute favorite change has been our new Ikea storage system!  It is AWESOME!!  My husband was amazed that by day two of having it home, I had it filled completely.  Hehe….
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Books that Help Preschoolers Enjoy Reading

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I am so excited to have Jackie Higgins, author of the blog, Ready. Set. Read 2 Me, guest posting today!  I “met” Jackie through WeTeach and greatly enjoy her literacy posts and activities. *     *     * Books that Help Preschoolers Enjoy Reading I often hear parents complain that their young preschoolers “just aren’t interested in books.” Friends have told me…
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3 Simple and Silly Ways to Play with Sounds in Words

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The ability to play with sounds in words is such a vital part of learning to read. For example, in order for young children to change map to cap, they need to be able to take apart the individual sounds (or phonemes) in the word and then blend another sound on the front. The same is true when changing cap to…
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Sight Word Guess Who?

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Today is the last of my super simple summer sight word games (how’s that for alliteration?).  I’ve adapted a family favorite game of ours called Guess Who? into Sight Word Guess Who? {The FREE download link is at the END of this post.} *This post contains affiliate links.   Sight Word Guess Who? Printable Pack In the pack, there are…
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