Why Use Mentor Texts?
Mentor texts are literary works that are used in literacy instruction as a reference for teaching early writers how to create their own...
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jannahbutler50
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Teach Your Reader About Books
There are so many types of books. Books in made-up worlds with make-believe characters. Books about real characters and stories that...
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jannahbutler50
Feb 23, 20221 min read
New Strategies to Teach Sight Words
Miss W has a new show! Full episodes released each Monday on YouTube! Sight words are words that have irregular spelling that can be...
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jannahbutler50
Feb 23, 20221 min read
Teaching Sight Words with Miss W!
Miss W was created during the summer before I entered my second year of distance learning. I was searching for ways to revitalize my...
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jannahbutler50
Feb 22, 20221 min read
Tips and Tricks for Teaching Guided Reading
Guided reading is my favorite part of my day! I get to hear and coach my readers through texts and tailor lessons to teach the skills...
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jannahbutler50
Jan 29, 20221 min read
Planning with Pear Deck
As a virtual learning center, Mrs. B's Reading Room, LLC, uses easy-to-use technology to make lessons interactive and engaging for young...
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jannahbutler50
Nov 8, 20211 min read
The Phonics Factory: Segmenting and Spelling
When spelling, segmenting words helps students isolate sounds and think about what letters produce those sounds. It's a great practice to...
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jannahbutler50
Nov 4, 20211 min read
The Phonics Factory: Segmenting and Blending
Segmenting is just the first step in decoding words. Readers often need encouragement and prompting to move to the next step, blending....
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jannahbutler50
Nov 2, 20212 min read
The Word World: Building Short Vowel Words
New Product Alert! Here is a fun activity is The Word World to help readers practice building, segmenting, and blending words. Students...
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jannahbutler50
Nov 2, 20212 min read
The Word World: Rhyming Words
New Product Alert! Here is a fun activity is The Word World to help readers practice identifying rhyming words. Students will read,...
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jannahbutler50
Nov 2, 20211 min read
The Word World: Sight Word Activities!
New Product Alert! Here is a fun activity is The Word World to help readers practice identifying the sight words: in, can, see, one, day,...
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jannahbutler50
Nov 2, 20211 min read
The Phonics Factory: Segmenting
Segmenting is a foundational skill that readers will use throughout their life to decode new words. This week I'm sharing tips and...
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jannahbutler50
Sep 23, 20213 min read
Literacy is more than just reading!
Literacy consists of 5 components that each impact the other. Let me give you the literacy rundown of how our literacy house is built....
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jannahbutler50
Sep 14, 20212 min read
Top 3 Reasons to Get a Tutor
A Tutor can provide your reader with… 1. A personalized learning experience. 2. Uninterrupted time and attention 3. ...
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jannahbutler50
Jul 28, 20211 min read
The Phonics Factory: Swapping Sounds
Readers need to understand that words are made up of sounds that can be manipulated to build words and read words.
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jannahbutler50
Jul 28, 20211 min read
The Phonics Factory: Segmenting Sounds
Each word is made up by sounds that can be blended together to read. Teach your reader to say each sound to start in isolation then...
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jannahbutler50
Jun 24, 20211 min read
The Book Nook: Making Predictions
Making predictions is a fun way to get readers involved in the story. Each page is an adventurous mystery that they can use clues to...
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jannahbutler50
Jun 24, 20212 min read
The Book Nook: Teaching Key Details with Books
All fiction stories have: Characters-Who's in the story? Settings-Where are they? When is it? What's it like? Events- What happens in the...
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jannahbutler50
Mar 22, 20215 min read
The Book Nook: The 5 B's of Reading
Be Ready Born Ready. Blend it Baby! Break that Thang into Parts! Be Right Back, Bruh! Be an Investigator Hola, bonjour, mambo, hello!...
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