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Happy Fall Ya'll!
Wow! Where did summer go? I can't believe fall is already here. I don't know about you, but fall is my favorite time of year (maybe it's because I was born on Thanksgiving, true story) but I love fall...
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ReWordify Could Help Make Text More Accessible for All Readers: Summarizing...
Two scores and nine years ago, I went on a school trip to the east coast for two weeks. We visited many historic landmarks...Monticello, Mt.Vernon, Williamsburg, Washington DC, Philadelphia,...
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Five for Friday - Trackout, Classroom Photos, QR Codes for Teachers, A...
I'm excited to link up this week with Kacey over at Doodle Bugs Teaching Blog...in an effort to post more. For those of you that blog, sometimes life just gets in the way of blogging, even though I...
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A Slideshow of My Track-Out
This free photo slideshow generated with SmileboxClick above to see a Slideshow of My Track-OutI'm sure you must be thinking I fell off....you know, but I assure you I've been very busy. Actually,...
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November Phonemic Awareness Games, And My New Bestseller - Fluency Sentences...
Just in the nick of time, we finished our second set of November Phonological Awareness Activities. The following books are used in this set:In November by Cynthia RylantGiving Thanks: A Native...
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Reflections & Understandings about Independent Work in the Common Core...
*This is the first post in a three part series about the literacy block, independent work, the teacher's role and place in the room, and how what students need to be able to do is multi-faceted and...
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Reflections & Understandings about Independent Work in the Common Core...
*This is the second post in a three part series about the literacy block, independent work, the teacher's role and place in the room, and how what students need to be able to do is multi-faceted and...
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Reflections and Understanding about Independent Work in the Common Core...
*This is the third and final post in a three part series about the literacy block, independent work, and the teacher's role and place in the room and how what students need to be able to do and show is...
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Doing Integrated Technology Projects with Students in the Literacy Block
I wanted to get back with everyone regarding the last literacy center, my Technology and Content Integration Project, the one I said I would devote an entire post to in my last blog post about my...
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Can you say, "I'm Cyber-cited for TpT's Huger Cyber Monday SaLe!"
I'm going to contain my ex-cyber-citement and K.I.S.S. (Keep It Short and Sweet) this post! We all know this is a busy time of year...but sandwiched between my two favorite holidays, is the best SALE...
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A Free Thank You Gift for Hello Literacy Followers
....because you all make my heart smile every day, and you know who you are!I really don't know what to say to tell you all how much I appreciate you for following my little 'ol store and continuing to...
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Warming Up for the Winter Olympics in Sochi
I had a wonderful opportunity to present a Critical Thinking workshop in Greenville, NC, yesterday for the Tar River Reading Council and was happy to give away my Winter Fluency Fact Cards to two lucky...
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February Phonemic Awareness Activities
For those of you that haven't hopped on board with my (our) literature based phonemic awareness activities...actually we call them phonological awareness listening games because there are several...
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15 New Hello Fonts
These 15 fonts are the newest in the Hello Font Collection, there are 175 total. Hello Font License HERE. *********************************************************I will be blogging tomorrow about how...
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Common Core Reading Standard 1 - Text Based Evidence & Motivating Generation...
Common Core Reading Anchor Standard No.1, for Literature AND Informational Text, for Kindergarten AND 12th Grade AND every grade in between states the following:"Read closely to determine what the text...
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Game On...Sale Sunday!
click on image to go to my store or navigate your browser towww.hellojenjones.com Up early this morning (California time) boiling eggs and preparing for a Super Bowl Party. Since many folks expected...
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Text Based Evidence Graph Gets Rave Reviews
Your feedback is pouring in and I couldn't be happier for you and your students. A teacher is Wisconsin gave a TBE shout-out on the Hello Literacy Facebook wall this week and I wanted to share it with...
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Upcoming Conferences - Don't Forget To Register
The 2014 North Carolina Reading Conference is right around the corner...March 16-18, 2014. If you haven't registered yet, you'll be sure and want to do that. There are some fantastic speakers lined up...
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Rally for Rusty Fundraiser on Teachers Pay Teachers
Dear Friends...I want to carve out a special post in honor of a dear friend and former colleague of mine, Bonnie Wagstaff. She was/is a truly gifted reading intervention teacher in Eastern Wake...
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Embracing Tier 2 [in the RTI process] and all the mCLASS Sweeties with Yellow...
I've been working with a local-ish elementary school in a neighboring county, Chatham County, who hired me last year to present my 50 Shades of the Common Core presentation...you know, the one about...
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