When you first get your class list, what do you think about?  How many students you have in your class?  Do any of them have behavior concerns?  Are there students with medical concerns?  We do…

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I forgot.  Ummmm……I’m not sure.  What’s this word? /s/p/o/t/……tip?  I don’t know.  I can’t read it.  Have you heard some of those things in your classroom?  Do they sound all too familiar?  They are the…

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Do you have readers who are struggling to read a tricky word correctly?  Do they often look at the first letter or letters and guess?  That is a common struggle and one that can be…

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Do you have students who, in spite of your fabulous teaching, still make crazy errors while decoding? We do too!  Most errors are easily corrected with a few sessions of very small group work, followed…

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Do you have students who sometimes get stuck at something in reading and in spite of your best efforts and amazing teaching, they just don’t get unstuck? We have students like that, too. Students who…

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Do you have struggling readers in your classroom?  Has it been difficult to help them make enough progress to close the gap quickly?  If you read our blog on a regular basis, you probably already…

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Hi everyone!  Hope your week is off to a great start.  Here’s a Tip for Tuesday.  Well, actually, it’s a reminder of something you probably already know. You see, with the CCSS and the push…

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Happy Terrific Tuesday, everyone!  Here’s a quick Tuesday’s Tip for your struggling readers.  I’m always looking for an easy, quick way to help kiddles take their new learning from isolated skills to applying it in real…

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Hi Everyone! It’s a lovely, sunny Tuesday here in the Pacific Northwest!  Our hearts go out to all of you who are freezing in snow and ice!  We’ve been so very lucky this winter and…

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Hey there!  Hope you’re weekend was looonng and relaxing.  It’s going to be hard for us to go back to school tomorrow because we have been basking in 60+ degree weather here in the Pacific…

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