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Teaching Syllables in Upper Elementary and Middle School Classrooms
Syllables are considered a lower elementary topic. Once kids know how to read, they don't need to spend time thinking about syllables....
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Phonics Resources for the Short U Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short U Sound You will want...
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Phonics Resources for the Short O Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short O Sound You will want...
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Phonics Resources for the Short I Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short I Sound You will want...
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Phonics Resources for the Short A Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short A Sound You will want...
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Phonics Resources for the Short E Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short E Sound You will want...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker VCE Long U
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker VCE Long O
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker VCE Long I
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker VCE Long A
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker Games
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker Short U
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker Short O
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker Short I
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker Short E
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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The Prefix CENTI-: A FREE Morphology Lesson
Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use...
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The Prefix SUB-: A FREE Morphology Lesson
Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use...
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The Prefix KILO-: A FREE Morphology Lesson
Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use...
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The Prefix DECA/DECI-: A FREE Morphology Lesson
Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use...
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The Prefix MID-: A FREE Morphology Lesson
Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use...
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