PART 1-Early Elementary Students “Reading [decoding…my add] is like breathing in, and writing [spelling…my add] is like breathing out.” Pam Allyn Pam Allyn’s quote refers to the idea of sharing the voices and perspectives of the reader and the writer, but I think it also perfectly captures the reciprocal and interdependent nature of reading and …
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DEAR PARENTS | L TO THE THIRD POWER!! WHO REMEMBERS CHUTES AND LADDERS? I think pretty much everyone or at least most of us. WHAT DOES CHUTES AND LADDERS HAVE TO DO WITH THE ‘COVID SLIDE’? I think pretty much everything. WHAT IS THE ‘COVID SLIDE’? As I wrote on my website (FAQs Section), the …
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This is Oliver, the adorable grandson of one of my longtime friends and colleagues, Sharon R. Please do spend literally 1 minute watching this short video. Here it is! This 17 month old provides us with much information we can use as we approach helping our children understand and enjoy language and literacy, and of …