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T is for Turtle

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Yes, we’re finally done with the letter T!  It’s only taken a month…but that’s what I get for being so sporadic recently in our schooling.  In a week or so, we’re going to really buckle down and I’m praying my body will hold up. 🙂  It’s the hunger that gets to me the most…seems like every hour or so, my…
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Struggling Readers Need Support Before Reading

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*This post contains affiliate links.  Please read my disclosure policy for more information. Welcome back to 10 Things Struggling Readers Need, a 10-week series! If you’re joining me for the first time today, please click HERE or on the image above for more posts in this series. The students I tutored read texts that I provided during our tutoring sessions, but…
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Give me a U!

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After working on and off (and on and off) for the last few weeks, ALuv officially knows his short u word sort from here. I’ve listed some of the things he did with short u below.  I’m sure we did other things, but I haven’t been documenting so well these days.  I don’t know if it’s the pregnancy brain, but…
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Saturday's Sites

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1. On Monday, I’m going to post some of the things ALuv has done with short u, so here are some free printable short u books from Hubbard’s Cupboard: UG family: All Snug– child copy & one sheet copy A Bed for Bug– child copy & one sheet copy UB family: Monkey Hub-Bub– child copy & one sheet copy In…
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Mommy, What is the Beach?

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When NJoy asked me this question a few weeks ago while we were reading a book, I realized this boy didn’t even know what the beach was!  He was only 9 months old the last time we took a trip and he spent more time inside sleeping than he did at the shore.  I knew right then and there that…
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