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I am so excited for this newsletter! Also loved the post on Sarah's Can we Read?

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Hi! Please email me at missbusybeekindergarten@gmail.com and request it. I will then have your email address and can send it to you. Thanks!

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Good to hear, Olivia! Are you a school teacher or a parent/teacher? What age of kids? You can reach out anytime if you have questions or need to know how something in the classroom would work at home.

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Thank you for sharing.

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You are so welcome!

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Hi! How do I access this folder?

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Hi Randee, have you created more PA/Phonics sheets? You mention that when you create more you will make a folder available. Thank you!

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Hi! I love these! I was wondering if you have a set of these to purchase? Thanks in advance!

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Right now they are free. Did you get access to the folder? I am going to make more and add to the folder. A few weeks of these really made a difference with my struggling readers. It bumped them right into being able to read continuous text decodables.

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Thank you for responding so quickly! How do I get access to the folder? I’d love to see these!

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Try this link. There is not much in the folder currently. I had plans to make several of these but the readers I was using them with made big improvements and moved on to reading decodable passages. In the fall, I will create more and organize them so they’re progressively harder. Will share on the blog.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OqH5EY60BJtALLbPkhs99EKXJFnvqgaL

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Emily, make a copy of the folder (File, Make a Copy)so it’ll become yours and you’ll be able to edit them the way you want them.

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Thank you so much! I’m such a pain, but it keeps asking to request access!!

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Gotcha! You should be good to go now.

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Mine is doing the same thing!

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I am trying to copy the folder, but it is requesting access. Thanks for your help!

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I gave permission so hopefully you got it!

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Go ahead and request access and then I can grant it. Even though I’ve given permission sometimes there is a glitch if the document is coming from my school google account.

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Thank you so much for doing this!! I am excited to start using them with some of my kiddos... I have also started my SOR journey and changing the ways I teach to align more with those practices... Question: do you send these home or keep them in their portfolio? Or is this just a reference for you?

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Hi and thanks for your comment and question. I send these home after using them with the student for three days. That is why I wrote the instructions for each section—so that hopefully a parent will say oh, I can read the directions and have my child do this a few more times. Or, I can ask my child these same questions with other words.

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Thank you!

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Thank you so much! Just curious - why did you choose the selection of letters you did? Were they specific ones you were working on with your kiddos, or another reason? Thanks :)

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Kind of random, some I know they struggle with. I wouldn’t put all tough letters because the point is to get some momentum and fluency going. I change the letters each week. Also, this is not the only time of day I work on letters with my low kids. And... you’re welcome!

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Good to know - great perspective about putting some easier letters on there to give them confidence. Also...what is the "yes" "no" for? Thanks for answering all my questions!

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We have found that asking the kids to read a decodable question and then circle yes or no puts more meaning into the reading for them. They have more fun with can a dog run and circling yes or no then the sentence above, which just says the mop is wet.

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Also, our kids love the words yes or no. When we ask them about lunch for the lunch count they have to say y-e-s or n-o.

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Thank you so much!

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You bet. Thanks for thanking me!

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