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The Importance of Guided Practice

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Guided practice is a vital step in teaching all of our readers. It is an especially important one for our struggling readers. But we are often tempted to skip right over it and head straight to independent work. Today, I want to explore exactly what guided practice is and why it is a necessary component of teaching our learners. *This post contains…
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Roll & Cover Spelling Words Game

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Practicing sight words or spelling words doesn’t have to be dry and boring. Change up your routine with this fun spelling words game! It’s an easy Roll & Cover game that is great for practicing sight words or phonics words. You might also like our Tic-Tac-Do Spelling Board or all the fun spelling activities in our Printable Spelling Games & Activities…
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Editable Spring Word Game – Roll a Flower

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It’s ALMOST springtime, although it may not feel or look like it where you live. Our editable spring word game will be just the thing to get you in the spring mood! Like our snowman sight word game, this one is LOW PREP and requires no cutting! Yay! *This post contains affiliate links. **The free printable spring word game can…
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Sight Word Activity Pages

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These sight word activity pages are interactive, hands-on, AND require learners to apply the word into writing a sentence – a BONUS! As I’ve been working with my Kindergartner through Learn to Read, I realized I wanted to stretch her a little more in her sight word knowledge. The curriculum has sight word activity pages, but I wanted some that…
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Long u Word Families – Color the Chunk Pages

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These Color the Chunk pages for long u word families are perfect for beginning or struggling readers! Find ALL of our Color the Chunk Phonics Pages. We have a LOT of them! *This post contains affiliate links. **The free long u word families pages can be found at the END of this post. Click on the teal, download button.   Color the Chunk for…
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