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Animal Research Project Success: 7 Simple Steps for Researching in 1st and 2nd Grade

7 Simple Steps to a Successful Animal Research Project in 1st and 2nd Grade Wondering how to pull off an animal research project with first or second graders without it turning into total chaos? The key is giving young students accessible text at their reading level, clear categories to guide their research, and simple tools to organize their facts before writing. When you set up these systems, ... Read More about Animal Research Project Success: 7 Simple Steps for Researching in 1st and 2nd Grade

How to Help Students Who Guess When Reading (11 Strategies)

How to Help Students Who Guess When Reading (11 Strategies) Students guessing at words? Learn 11 Science of Reading strategies to stop guessing and build strong decoding skills. Are you watching your students guess at words instead of actually decoding them? They look at the first letter and the pictures, say words that "make sense" – but they're not reading the words on the page. Are you ... Read More about How to Help Students Who Guess When Reading (11 Strategies)

5 Types of Struggling Readers Every Teacher Has (And How to Help Each One)

5 Types of Struggling Readers Every Teacher Has (And How to Help Each One) Whether you're a classroom teacher, reading interventionist, reading specialist, or special education teacher... after working with struggling readers, you'll start to notice the SAME types of kiddos show up in reading intervention groups every single year. Once I discovered those patterns & figured out which ... Read More about 5 Types of Struggling Readers Every Teacher Has (And How to Help Each One)

Nonsense Word Fluency: 7 Activities to Build Decoding Skills in K-1

Nonsense Word Fluency: 7 Activities to Build Decoding Skills in K-1 Master nonsense word fluency with 7 proven activities for K-1. Boost phonics skills and DIBELS scores with games, tips, and FREE challenge cards! Picture this: Your kindergartener can breeze through their sight word list. They've memorized "the," "and," and "was" without breaking a sweat. But then you point to a simple CVC ... Read More about Nonsense Word Fluency: 7 Activities to Build Decoding Skills in K-1

7 Word Families Activities That Will Help Your Beginning Readers Soar

7 Word Families Activities That Will Help Your Beginning Readers Soar Use these 7 FUN word family activities to get your beginning readers to read fluently and confidently! Teaching word families is one of the best ways to build early reading fluency and help students’ reading soar. Teaching word families can be the magic switch your beginning readers need to start reading fluently! Use ... Read More about 7 Word Families Activities That Will Help Your Beginning Readers Soar

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