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O What Fun!

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Here are some more things we did with short o: 1. We re-matched the words and pictures.  The 2nd time he re-matched pictures and words, I helped.  But after that, I expected him to do it with minimal help from me. 3. We played Concentration or Memory Match The words are on the left side and the pictures on the…
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Ride Over the Word

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I had planned on posting today about all the things we did this week to work on short o words, but I needed space to write about our absolute favorite way to play with short o…ALuv called it RIDE OVER THE WORD. ALuv has recently learned how to ride his bike without training wheels, and to say he’s addicted would be…
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B and D Reversals: A Developmental Approach {Easy Trick Included}

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B and D reversals are a common issue among younger children. There are many “tricks” teachers and parents try, like holding your fingers up to form the b and d or that the b has a belly and the d doesn’t. But in my experience, these tricks don’t always “do the trick” because kids still have a hard time visualizing…
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Hey! What’s the Big Idea?

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{photo credit} So far in this mini-series, I’ve posted ideas for texts that fit a particular text structure.  Click on the picture above to see all of the posts in this series.   Sometimes fiction texts don’t follow this exact structure.  Maybe there isn’t a clearly defined problem or climax.  I’ve found this to be particularly true of stories around…
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We Play With Words

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I’m a little late in doing this, but Carisa at 1+1+1=1 has started a list of things you can do with your child/students to play with words.  What a great idea!  My word “well” runs dry at times and it’s nice to have a source for more ideas when this happens. So I wanted to join in the fun and share…
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