Fun in First

A Teaching Blog by Jodi Southard

Virtual Valentine’s Day Party

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Can you believe that it's almost time for Valentine's Day?  As of right now, we are in-person and will be able to have our "kind of normal" Valentine's Day party.  However, I know that many of you are still remote/virtual and you will not be able to have your typical Valentine's Day party.  We had so much fun with our Virtual Christmas party that I wanted to create one for this special holiday as well.  Even though we will be in-person, I am still planning on using this with my class during our ...

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Improve Accuracy While Reading

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We all know that reading fluency is an important part of becoming a good reader, but there are many components to fluency.  One of those important pieces of reading fluency is accuracy.  Having good accuracy is the ability to read the text with very few or no mistakes.  Accuracy truly is the most essential skill of reading fluency.  If a child is "reading" a passage quickly, but they are skipping over or changing every other word, they are not getting the full meaning and will not be able to ...

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