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Making Inferences using “My Lucky Day”

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Making inferences is an important skill that learners need to have as they comprehend text. Making inferences takes comprehension to a deeper level than just the surface. Find more comprehension strategies paired with picture books in our Comprehension Reading Strategies series. *This post contains affiliate links.   Why Making Inferences Can be Tricky Now, making inferences can be tricky for…
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Oversized Letter Cards for Spelling

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These oversized letter cards are a fun way to have learners move as they practice spelling. Just give learners an oversized letter card and let them line up as they spell phonics or sight words. *This post contains affiliate links. **The free download links can be found at the END of this post. Be sure to click on the teal…
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Making Connections – Reading Strategy

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Making connections to the text is just one way we can help learners understand what they are reading. As readers connect the text to self, to other texts, and to events that have or are happening in the world, they have a clearer focus for using many of the other comprehension reading strategies. We want our learners to be actively…
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Color the Suffixes Worksheets

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Here we are at the last of our Color the Chunk pages with some Color the Suffixes Worksheets. Find our entire collection of free Color the Chunk Phonics Pages. You’ll find 20 different sets when you scroll down! *This post contains affiliate links. **The free download can be found at the END of this post. Just click on the teal download…
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Books for Building Fluency with Readers

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Building fluency in our readers is key! Fluency can help unlock both comprehension and enjoyment for reading. I don’t know about you, but I think those are pretty important parts of reading! Today, I’m sharing some of my favorite texts and books for building fluency with our readers. *This post contains affiliate links.   Texts and Books for Building Fluency…
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