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7 Fun Ways to Prevent the Summer Slide and Avoid Summer Learning Loss

7 Fun Ways to Prevent the Summer Slide and Avoid Summer Learning Loss Don’t let your student fall behind! Prevent the summer slide by doing these simple activities that help avoid summer learning loss. Summer review doesn’t have to be painful and full of homework battles. Whether it’s for summer homeschool, summer school activities, or just sending a review packet home at the end of the ... Read More about 7 Fun Ways to Prevent the Summer Slide and Avoid Summer Learning Loss

The 7 Best Ways to Teach Multi-Syllabic Words to Struggling Readers

7 Best Ways to Teach Multi-Syllabic Words to Struggling Readers Looking to help your struggling readers make the jump to reading multi-syllabic words? Here are the 7 best strategies and activities for how to teach kids multisyllabic words without getting overwhelmed! It is SO exciting when blending simple cvc words starts to click for students. Once they learn how to use phonics to decode ... Read More about The 7 Best Ways to Teach Multi-Syllabic Words to Struggling Readers

11 Easy Word Mapping Activities for Mapping Graphemes to Phonemes

Word Mapping Activities for Mapping Graphemes to Phonemes Word mapping activities are the best way to get new sight words to stick in the brain! Word mapping uses the Science of Reading to help students with mapping graphemes to phonemes and turning new words into instantly recognizable sight words. It is one of the most valuable reading intervention tools you can use. It is powerful! Word ... Read More about 11 Easy Word Mapping Activities for Mapping Graphemes to Phonemes

Formative Assessment Types Explained & Simplified: How to Make Them Effective AND Easy

What are the Formative Assessment Types? (Assessment FOR Learning!) What is formative assessment vs summative, and which formative assessment types are the most effective? How do I progress monitor and track student data? Formative assessment is the number one way to align our instruction with what students need and it is so powerful. Here are some formative assessment examples and definitions ... Read More about Formative Assessment Types Explained & Simplified: How to Make Them Effective AND Easy

The Best Assessments for Reading: A Teacher’s Guide for How to Assess Reading

The Best Assessments for Reading: A Teacher's Guide for How to Assess Reading Using the right assessments for reading is crucial, but it can be confusing. This post is your go-to guide for how to assess reading the best way and make the most out of your reading assessments. There are many formative assessment types and reading tests that can give teachers valuable data and help guide instruction ... Read More about The Best Assessments for Reading: A Teacher’s Guide for How to Assess Reading