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Matthew’s Monsters {review}

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Need a simple tip for checking comprehension? Ask questions throughout the text; not just at the end. That’s exactly what Stephanie Sisler has done in her book, Matthew’s Monsters! Creative Comprehension When her book arrived in the mail, ALuv (currently almost 7 years old) couldn’t stop talking about it.  L.i.t.e.r.a.l.l.y. It took us two days to complete the entire book…
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Charlotte’s Web: Fourth Book Club Meeting

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It’s been a while since I posted about our latest Charlotte’s Web book club meetings.  And with good reason…It’s been a while since we’ve met!  I’m determined we will finish out the book; even if it takes us into the school year! 😉 Before our meeting, ALuv and I read chapters 9-11 and he completed this writing prompt: If you…
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Long o Vowel Pack {Free Printable}

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I created a Short o / Long o Vowel Pack for ALuv (end of Kindergarten) with similar activities like in our Short a / Long a Vowel Pack and Short i / Long i Vowel Pack. Today, I’m sharing it for FREE {download link at the end of this post}. *This post contains affiliate links. Long o Vowel Pack 1….
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Sight Word Cootie Catcher

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Welcome back to Summertime Sight Word Review Games!  If you’ve missed any of these easy games, click on the image above or here to see them! Do you remember playing with cootie catchers as a young child?  I do…except we didn’t call them “cootie catchers”.  We called them “fortune tellers”.  It was so much fun to fold them up and…
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Saturday’s Savorings: Secret Writer Fun!

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I remember having a special set of markers as a kid with an invisible marker included in the pack.  I wrote an invisible message and used the other markers to color on top and my secret message appeared!  I had looked and looked for something like this to use with our schoolwork to no avail…until I came upon it at…
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