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Phonics by The Book: Expanded & Organized

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Phonics by The Book Expanded: Providing time to review what has already been taught is so important for our readers, but especially our young ones or those struggling to read.  With that in mind, I was originally only going to make 5 Lessons for Unit 1 of my Phonics by The Book series, but am currently working on a Lesson…
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Building Fluency: My Autographs Page {FREE Download}

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When kids make their own books, much of the fun and pride comes from reading it over and over (and over) to other people…albeit classmates, teachers, mamas, dads, brothers, sisters, etc.  This is also an authentic way to build in some fluency. One concept that a veteran teacher passed on to me was an autograph page, placed at the end…
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Nonfiction Text Features: Part 2

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Thank you for joining This Reading Mama as we explore nonfiction.  If you are new to this series, here is what we’ve covered thus far: Nonficiton Re-Defined & Nonficiton Text Features: Part 1.  Before Reading: Before taking any more steps with my students in the teaching of nonficiton text structures, we spent some time reviewing their independent work (you can view…
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H is for Heart: FREE Printables Included

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I thought I’d go ahead and post the Valentine’s Day activities we did this week featuring H is for Heart, seeing that today is Valentine’s and all. If you are looking for the next part of my Nonfiction series, I’ll post it tomorrow. 🙂 H Work I introduced H’s sound with my H sound tub: it contains a hexagon, hair…
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"This Shaped Heart" Emergent Reader: FREE Printable

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I know I’ve already posted today, but I had this idea and went ahead and made it up to share; just in case you’d like to use it before Valentine’s Day (or on Valentine’s Day). This Shaped Heart Emergent Reader: integrating shapes, drawing/writing, and reading.  Directions are included in the download. The download includes: Shape Word Cards pages for the child…
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