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What is a Lexile?

What is a Lexile? A Lexile measures both reading ability and text difficulty; it serves to connect a reader with an appropriate book. Similar to a pair of shoes, one size does not fit all when selecting a book. When recommending books based on age or grade level, some children would not be challenged while [...]

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Olivia

Olivia by Ian Falconer Contains over 235 Sight Words My daughter thoroughly enjoyed this book. She especially liked the main character, Olivia, who happens to be a very energetic pig. This book contains many sight words, representing 74% of its text. Graphically the book tells a story using simplistic drawings with minimal colors (red, white [...]

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Sight Word Book: Farm Animals

Sight Word Books This free printable sight word book introduces the following three sight words: “I”, “see” and “a”. Using simple sentences, repetitive text, and familiar objects (farm animals), we created a free printable sight word book that is ideal for a child developing a sight word vocabulary. Printable Sight Word Books As you read [...]

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Kindergarten Sight Words Flashcards Review

Kindergarten Sight Word Flashcards Using the following kindergarten sight words, we created a YouTube video that contains 25 flashcards with sound. I am see a can we in the and go to like said you is it here come up this my look at me on Tweet

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Kindle Review

Kindle Review We purchased a Kindle for our 9 year old son and he absolutely loves it! We selected the Kindle Touch because we wanted this to be about reading books and not playing games. We also have Wi-Fi capabilities so we did not need to pay a premium to obtain the 3G version. Once [...]

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Kindergarten Sight Word Flashcards 3

Kindergarten Sight Word Flashcards Using the following kindergarten sight words, we created a YouTube video that contains 9 flashcards with sound. Every child progresses differently so slowly introduce new sight words and always review previously taught sight words daily. come up this my look at me on said Sight words flash cards help a child [...]

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