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Struggling Readers Series: 10 Things Struggling Readers Need

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*This post affiliates links.  To learn more about this, please read my disclosure policy. For the next few weeks, I’d like to focus on struggling readers. Struggling readers are a passion of mine. I’ve tutored and taught many of them, from K through 5th grades, and have seen them become confident and capable readers (who actually enjoy reading). Part of why I…
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More Butterfly Writing

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As we’re wrapping up our study on butterflies, I wanted to post a couple of ways we integrated writing into our unit.  I have been SO proud of his attitude while writing lately. 1.  Butterfly Life Cycle I read Becoming Butterflies by Anne Rockwell.  This book tells about the life cycle of Monarch butterflies and we compared it to what…
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"Doing School" with NJoy: B is for Butterfly

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mega millions NJoy is currently 2 years, 8 months.  And this little boy NJOYS learning.  He is actually borderline obsessive! 🙂  He has walked into our new schoolroom several times since its construction and demanded, “I want to ‘do school’!” (It really sounds more like “do cool”; since he can’t say his s blends very well). Magnetic letter play “Mommy,…
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Our New Schoolroom!

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I have been debating for some time over the thought of rearranging our house to create a space for school.  After seeing (and drooling over) Carisa’s schoolroom, I began contemplating my strategy.  My husband took a week’s vacation a couple of weeks ago and we bit the bullet!  It is not complete yet, but I wanted to share with you…
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Saturday’s Sites

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Passing along more great online literacy resources today… I found an awesome online resource related to a question I posted earlier this week on Facebook: What things do you do with your child to keep her from forgetting what she learned the previous year in school?  This PDF ebook gives MANY  ideas of things to do during the summer months. From my…
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