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Word Study: What Exactly Is It?

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*This post contains affiliate links. To read more, please see my full disclosure policy. Welcome to day 1 of Teaching Spelling through Word Study. To see all of the posts in this series, please click HERE or on the image above. If you’ve read many of my posts, you know I love the word study approach. It’s very much a…
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Spelling Mechanics Homeschool Word Study {Giveaway}

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WORD STUDY is definitely my “first love” when it comes to teaching spelling. (You can see the Top Ten Reasons why I love Word Study here.)  I have used it as a classroom teacher, as a private reading tutor (with struggling readers), and now; as a homeschooling mama. Word Study for Homeschoolers I was TOTALLY thrilled when I discovered that Spelling Scholar has branched…
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Teaching Spelling Through Word Study

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*This post contains affiliate links. To read more, please see my full disclosure policy. For the next two weeks, I’m honored to be joining 39 other bloggers in iHomeschool Network’s Hopscotch!  I’ll spend 10 days showing how effective Word Study is in teach spelling. I have used word study in the classroom, as a private reading tutor, and now as a homeschooling mom!…
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Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet Word Sort

Halloween Word Sort FREEBIE! (e, ee, and ea word patterns)

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  I just whipped up this Halloween word sort and I’m so excited to share it.  It was SUPER FUN to make!  It reviews the short e and long e patterns (ee and ea). Sort the pieces of candy (with patterns e, ee, or ea words) into the buckets. And a BONUS: I was able to find words that all have…
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Reading the Alphabet AT Word Family (Lesson 7)

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We’ve reached Reading the Alphabet AT Word Family, the first of five word family lessons. This lesson is a review of the letters from lesson 1-6, so be sure you grab them from my post on Reading the Alphabet! *Keep scrolling until the end of this post to grab the free version of Reading the Alphabet Letter AT Word Family….
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