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3-3-23 is coming up. Here's a graphic to get you and your students going on three spellings that mean 3. Be sure to look up "three" in Etymonline.com to learn with your students about metathesis.

Correction: Look up “third” and “thirteen” to learn about metathesis.

This is a great article about the importance of handwriting- don’t move to keyboarding so quickly! There is value in manual writing. Enjoy!

How to Teach Handwriting—and Why It Matters Teaching young students how to write by hand before moving on to keyboarding can help improve their reading fluency as well.

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What Wordle Reminds Us About Effective Phonics and Spelling Instruction - ASCD It’s hard to miss the meteoric rise of the Wordle craze. This game is not only a gift for lexophiles but also for educators. It reminds us that effective phonics and spelling instruction requires carefully designed, explicit teaching combined with volume reading, vocabulary building, and high leve...