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Craft Time: Fine Motor Skills Engaged

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I’ll be honest—I am not a huge fan of crafts.  The poor students in my classroom rarely ever did a craft unless it fulfilled other teaching objectives.  I didn’t do crafts for craft’s sake as some other teachers did. Even with our MOPS crafts, you’ll usually find me at the table talking with the other moms as they do their craft (except…
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How to Ask Questions to Check Comprehension

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Comprehension can be a tricky thing.  Your child may be reading every word correctly and it seems that comprehension is happening, but sometimes it may not be. Asking questions to readers about what they’re reading is a great way to check for comprehension. Here are just a few thoughts in regards to asking and modeling effective questions: 1.  Questions don’t…
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Word Wall Activities

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My 10 Favorite Activities to do with Word Wall Words Please feel free to share your favorites, too! 1. Cheer, Chant, or Spell the Words Out Loud. Jump on an indoor trampoline, saying each letter of the word, then jump off and say the entire word.  Example: s-a-i-d, jump off=said! “Bounce” the ball on each letter (s-a-i-d), then “shoot” when you say…
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-an & -ad Word Activities

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After our -at and -an word activities (see former posts), ALuv and I moved onto comparing -an and -ad word families.  I decided to keep the -an family so I wasn’t moving on into all new territory with him.  We used the word and picture sort #7 from Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Letter Name -Alphabetic Spellers.  This was…
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Green with Literacy

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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and upcoming Earth Day, I thought I’d share some ways we go “green” with literacy: Cereal box puzzles-not sure where I originally got this idea, but one place I saw it just recently was Chasing Cheerios. Make a book cover using cereal boxes.  Cut out the dimensions you want from the cereal box then cover…
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