A read-aloud for an elementary teacher is one of the most powerful strategies that you can implement in your classroom….
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Five Ways to Foster a Love of Reading in the Classroom
Creating a passion for reading in your students is tough. Some children enter the classroom and you can…
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Reading Fluency Strategy: Repeated Readings
Reading Fluency is one of the five areas of reading. When I first started learning about reading fluency, the…
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How to Use Picture Sorts to Teach Phonemic Awareness
Picture Sorts have been a game-changer for my students. Phonemic Awareness needs to be directly taught in Kindergarten and…
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What is Phonemic Awareness?
What is phonemic awareness? I am embarrassed to say that when I started teaching, I had never heard the term….
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Welcome to A Spot of Curriculum
I am excited to begin this journey with my new blog. This is my 26th year as an elementary teacher…
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