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NonFiction Re-Defined

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If you are new to This Reading Mama, welcome!  This is the first post of a series I’m going to be doing on nonfiction.  I’d like to share ideas and activities I’ve done with my reading students as a private reading tutor.  I feel called to do this for three reasons: 1-ideas on nonfiction are a little more difficult to…
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Phonics by The Book: A Mess of God’s Best (Unit 1, Lesson 2)

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Last week, ALuv gave Lesson 2 of my Phonics by The Book series a try. He did very well and helped me work a few kinks out before I posted it for you. For background information behind this series, visit here.  And if you’d like to see the first Lesson (short a) in action, click here. Lesson 2: A Mess…
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Nonfiction Series

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By far, the largest amount of traffic on my blog since the get-go almost a year ago has been the section on Nonfiction Text Features/Structure. So, I’m following your lead.  Starting next week, I’ll spend some time with nonfiction once a week (remembering that I’ll probably need to take a break in there to have a baby…we’re at almost 35 weeks and counting),…
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Polar Opposites: FREE Printable with Sight Words

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My Kindergartner is about to begin a study of the animals of the Arctic and Antarctic during our science time. To integrate a little sight word review, I made a word matching activity with sight words that are opposites. I thought I’d share, just in case you’d like to use it! *This post contains affiliate links. Click HERE or on the image to…
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W is for Winter (3 FREE Printables included)

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Last week, NJoy learned about the letter W.  He enjoyed these winter activities as we also focused in on the things you wear in winter. W WORK: Introducing W’s sound with my sound tub: it contains a whale, windmill, watch, whistle, wagon, & watering can. W Tracing W Poke Page (both kids went wild with this) W Do-a-Dot W-Glue the…
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