Beanie Baby Decoding Strategy Pointer Sticks are great for beginning readers! They remind students of the decoding strategies they are learning while providing them a fun tool for tracking print. I found that my students' fingers were getting tired when tracking print, so we tried other methods of pointing such as finger puppets, eyeball craft sticks, you name it...but they then lost their train of thought when having to look at the Beanie Baby Strategy charts or animals for decoding help.
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