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Poetry & Punctuation: Reading with Fluency and Expression

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Reading with fluency is SO important for readers. Using poetry is the perfect avenue for reading with fluency and expression. Why poetry? It’s typically short and sweet and if you pick just the right poem, you can find a plethora of punctuation! *This post contains affiliate links. **The free poem download link can be found at the END of this…
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And the Winner is…

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Your 1 winners on “My Very First Giveaway!” are: 1) Bethany: bgr1007@yahoo.com     CONGRATULATIONS!!!  Bethany, I’ll email you so I can get these books to you. The winner of this giveaway was picked via the WordPress Plug-In “Pick Giveaway Winner”.

We're Going on a Vowel Hunt

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One of the things I like about the Montessori approach is the movable alphabet.  The consonants are blue and the vowels are red and you tell an early speller that all words have to have at least 1 red letter. So after ALuv (almost 6 years old) re-matched his short u words and pictures from Words Their Way, we looked at our…
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Last Day

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This is a reminder that this is the last day of my giveaway! 🙂 Гид в греции

Struggling Readers Need a Reading Model

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Welcome to This Reading Mama!  This is part 6 of a 10 week series on struggling readers. Click HERE or on the image above to read what I’ve posted about so far. Today, I’d like to continue my series on struggling readers and the point that struggling readers need a reading model. *This post contains affiliate links.  To learn more…
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