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This is a tried and true list of word solving strategies that I use during Guided Reading. It lists the following 5 strategies that students can use when trying to solve unknown words: Stretch it Out, Chunking, Spy, Vowel Alert and Peeling Off. A description of each strategy is provided under each heading. I recommend copying/printing the Word Solver's Tool Kit onto bright card stock, laminating it for durability, and attaching a large clip to the top. During small group instruction, each st

Spelling Activities for Beginning Readers and Writers: These 15 spelling lessons have been developed for students who are at the beginning stages of reading and writing development. The goal of the spelling program is twofold: 1) to increase the number of words the students can spell, and 2) to compliment the work that they are doing in the area of reading. After completing these 15 units many students will have a bank of words that they can use when writing. Human brains are pattern seeker

Spelling Activities for Beginning Readers and Writers: These 15 spelling lessons have been developed for students who are at the beginning stages of reading and writing development. The goal of the spelling program is twofold: 1) to increase the number of words the students can spell, and 2) to compliment the work that they are doing in the area of reading. After completing these 15 units many students will have a bank of words that they can use when writing. Human brains are pattern seeker

Spelling Activities for Beginning Readers and Writers: These 15 spelling lessons have been developed for students who are at the beginning stages of reading and writing development. The goal of the spelling program is twofold: 1) to increase the number of words the students can spell, and 2) to compliment the work that they are doing in the area of reading. After completing these 15 units many students will have a bank of words that they can use when writing. Human brains are pattern seeker

The Comprehension Strategies Bookmark provides students with a list of six essential comprehension strategies to use while reading: 1) Hypothesizing and Predicting; 2) Summarizing; 3) Visualizing; 4) Using Prior Knowledge; 5) Monitoring Comprehension, and 6) Fixing Comprehension Errors. Under each heading is a question to facilitate the use of the strategy. For example, under the heading "Visualizing" is the question, "Am I making pictures in my head of what is going on right now in this passa

This contains a picture strip for the r-controlled vowels: ar, ir, er, ur, and a larger picture card of each that can be posted in the classroom. The strip can be printed onto card stock and laminated for durability. I place the strip on the table during Guided Reading for the students to use when reading. The picture that goes with "ar" sound is that of a pirate because pirates say, "arrrr."