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Let's teach reading in fun ways with small groups of kindergartners.

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Teach - How to Write Sight Words Fluently in Kindergarten

Teach How to Write Sight Words Fluently

My students need to know sight words. They are a key step in the reading process. They aren't the end-all-be-all, but ...

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Rhyming and Blending Onsets and Rime

7 Free Blending Onset and Rime Mini-Books for Kindergarten

Learning to read CVC words is key to reading success in kindergarten. Learning to rhyme in addition to blending onsets ...

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100th day emergent readers for kindergarten

Kinder-Friendly Emergent Readers for the 100th Day of School

The 100th day of school is such a fun celebration. We work hard in kindergarten and come so far in those first 100 days ...

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Free Nonsense Words Race Car Reading Activity

Free Race Card Reading Activity - CVC Nonsense Words

Looking through favorite games I've used in my guided reading groups, I found this free race car reading activity. ...

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How to Teach Kinders to Segment and Blend Using Hand Motions

Use simple hand motions and a basic office supply tool to help teach kindergarteners how to sound out words. You'll be ...

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Let's Build a House - Free CVC Word Building Activity

Let's Build a House! Free CVC Word Building Activity

Work on beginning reading skills with a fun building block activity. This free onset and rime activity is perfect for ...

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Free Rhyming Activities for Kindergarten Small Groups

8 Free Rhyming Activities for Kindergarten

Let's teach how to rhyme with these rhyming activities for kindergarten. Here are 8 free rhyming activities you can ...

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Why you just may fall in love with Year Long Literacy Centers

5 Things You Won't Hate About Year-Long Literacy Centers

Let's get real about literacy centers. And more specifically, literacy centers in kindergarten. We all understand the ...

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A new approach to teaching guided reading

Why My Guided Reading Groups Weren't Exactly Guided Reading Groups

Do you find yourself needing more time to teach everything we're supposed to? Yeah, me too. One of the ways I felt ...

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4 Free Beginning Sounds Guided Reading Activities

4 Free Beginning Sounds Activities for Small Groups

Learning how to read means learning lots of intertwining skills - like beginning sounds. Here is my list of my top ...

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Long Vowel Patterns Roll Say Keep Game

Free Long Vowel Patterns Roll, Say, Keep! Game

Keeping higher readers in kindergarten challenged appropriately doesn't mean more work, or even more {{uuugh}} ...

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12 Must-have guided reading tools for kindergarten

12 Must-Have Guided Reading Tools to Use in Kindergarten

Keep fun reading tools on hand to encourage kindergarten readers. Here are my must-have reading tools that are fun and ...

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Free Guided Reading Strategy Checklist for Kindergarten

Free Guided Reading Strategy Checklist for Kindergarten

Make reading in small groups easier with a reading strategy checklist. Here is a free checklist I've made ...

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How to Make Guided Reading Mats for Kindergarten Groups

How to Make Guided Reading Mats for Kindergarten Groups

I like working smart and one way I found to do that was by making sets of handy charts to use during guided ...

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6 Fun Ways to Teach Reading in Kindergarten With Dollar Tree Race Cars

6 Fun Ways to Teach Reading With Toy Race Cars

When it comes to shopping at the Dollar Tree, I'm always looking for ways to keep the fun in standards-based ...

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I wish I'd read this - How to set up a guided reading binder the easy way when I started teaching

Guided Reading Binder - Guided Setup

Keeping your guided reading materials, lessons, observations, running records and such can be overwhelming for new ...

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Creating an Organized Guided Reading Binder - 4 Steps

Creating an Organized Guided Reading Binder - 4 Steps

A guided reading binder helps me keep lesson plans and guided reading group notes both organized and at ...

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Organizing Your Guided Reading Binder - 6 Simple Ways

Organizing Your Guided Reading Binder - 6 Simple Ways

My guided reading binder needs to be organized in order for me to grab lesson plans and take guided reading ...

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Quick and Clutter Free Guided Reading Game Storage - KindergartenWorks

Quick and Clutter-Free Guided Reading Game Storage

Here's an organization tip for storing guided reading materials! If you like to use games, workmats or re-usable ...

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Roll n' Read: A Fun Way to Blend CVC Words in Kindergarten

Using fun phonics games and reading activities make guided reading groups easier. Here's a new blending cvc words with ...

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4 Clever Spinner Word Games for Kindergarten

Teaching reading skills through games now helps make up half of my guided reading group instruction time. This is a ...

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Free Letter Naming Activities for Small Groups

6 Free Letter Naming Activities for Small Groups

We teach so many different skills to develop young readers. Here is my list of my top teaching alphabet identification ...

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What Materials You Need for Kindergarten Reading Groups

Underneath my teacher space is where I have relocated my guided reading group materials. Right now the top shelf is ...

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guided reading - space planning

Guided Reading: Space Planning

Anyone else feel like organizing never stops? Once you start organizing something, it spills over or borrows a container ...

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