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Short a Review

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After studying 5 different short a word families (-at, -an, -ad, -ap, and –ag) with ALuv, we took a break from doing more short a word families and reviewed the short a word pattern (CVC).  I felt that he was ready to do this because he was able to sound out and read short a words we had not studied,…
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I successfully have a username for my Facebook fan page!  Thank you to my first 25 Facebook fans! If you’d like to become a fan and have my posts come directly to your FB wall, check me out at:  https://www.facebook.com/thisreadingmama and click on “Like”. If you prefer, you can sign up to follow me via email.  Look on the right sidebar of my blog…
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More Word Family Fun with AP and AG

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After ALuv and I had studied –at, -an, and –ad, we went on to –ap and –ag with the picture sorts from Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Letter Name-Alphabetic Spellers. Here are some of the activities we did with the words and pictures: I introduced the words and pictures like I did with this lesson We highlighted the different…
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Spelling Strategies and Resources to Encourage Independent Spellers

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It’s writing time!  For many, it’s already a dreaded subject for kids {and moms alike}. Well into the first sentence, it begins:  “Mom!  How do you spell…?” *Sigh* Do you ever feel tied down? Like you must sit and spell every unknown word to your young speller? The good news is that you don’t have to! Yay! Here are a…
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Silent Reading Whisper Phone

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Do you have a not so silent reader? Many kids in Stage 2 of literacy still need to say the words out loud, even if you ask them to read silently.  This is very normal.  I remember having a room full of K-1 readers all “silently reading” out loud; which made for a noisy room!  To remedy this, I my…
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