Listening Skills: Step 1 Phonological Awareness Builds Successful Readers One Sound at a Time

Listening with Phonological Awareness is about listening for sounds and discriminating the sounds. I was talking to a new teacher and she was frustrated by all the *NEW* stuff they were required to do in small group. She didn't feel…

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Independent Centers: Week 4 in Kindergarten Starts a New Path to Independence

Independent Centers are ready Week 4. I promise. We are starting centers this week in my school.  We don't start until after Labor Day, so we are only in Week 4.   Our kindergarten teachers have worked hard this week…

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