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• Teaching Similarities & Differences in Letter Shapes/Forms, Part 1

  This is the fourth of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (for the other posts,  click here ). It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that includes...

• Using Magnetic Letters to Make Words, Part 2

  This is the tenth and last of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (for the other posts,   click here ). It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy...

• Fun Comprehension Activities for Zoozoo Animal World

  This is a guest blog post series authored by Paula Dugger, M. Ed. Paula is an educational consultant who has previously served as a Reading Recovery Teacher/Teacher Leader, first grade teacher, Title I and high school reading teacher, and a Reading Coordinator.  Hameray’s   Zoozoo Animal World   series has...

• Magnetic Letters & Cognitive Development: Teaching Colors, Part 2

  This is the second of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (Read  Part 1 ). It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that includes serving as a...

• Magnetic Letters & Cognitive Development: Teaching Colors, Part 1

  This is the beginning of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for the next 10 weeks. It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that includes serving as a Reading Recovery...

• Magnetic Letters & Cognitive Development: Teaching Colors, Part 1

  This is the first in a progressive series of posts   by special guest blogger Paula Dugger that first ran in 2013 on ways to use magnetic letters for cognitive development and the early stages of literacy. You can see the rest of the posts in the series by clicking these...

• The Importance of Reading 20 Minutes Per Day

  This is a guest blog post. It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that includes serving as a Reading Recovery Teacher/Teacher Leader, first grade teacher, Title I and high school reading teacher, as well as a Reading Coordinator.  Why Reading...

• Using Magnetic Letters to Make Words, Part 1

  This is the ninth of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (for the other posts,   click here ). It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that...

• Teaching Similarities & Differences in Letter Shapes/Forms, Part 2

  This is the fifth of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (for the other posts,   click here ). It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that...

• Magnetic Letters & Cognitive Development: Teaching Colors, Part 3

  This is the third of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (Read   Part 1   and   Part 2 ). It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy...

• The Power of the Cut-Up Sentence

  This is a guest blog post. It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that includes serving as a Reading Recovery Teacher/Teacher Leader, first grade teacher, Title I and high school reading teacher, as well as a Reading Coordinator. Hameray is...

• The Importance of Repetitive Text for Developing Young Readers [K–1]

  By Paula Dugger, M.Ed. For young children, learning how to read can often be seen as an overwhelming task. Parents and teachers can help make the task easier by introducing children to "predictable text" or "repetitive text." Predictable texts contain phrases that appear in stories over and over again. Reading...

• Teaching the Alphabet by Name, Part 2

  This is the eighth of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (for the other posts,   click here ). It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that...

• Tips for Teaching Letter Recognition [PreK–K]

   by Paula Dugger, M.Ed.   I remember vividly when my mom excitedly announced that my 3-year-old nephew had learned his ABCs by singing the “Alphabet Song.” While he could recite the names of letters, he could not match the names to the symbols. However, it was a start to learning...

• Teaching the Alphabet by Name, Part 1

  This is the seventh of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (for the other posts,   click here ). Today's post is on Wednesday due to tomorrow's holiday. It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who...

• Using Level A Books to Teach Children How to Read, Part 1

  This is a guest blog post series authored by Paula Dugger, M. Ed. Paula is an educational consultant who has previously served as a Reading Recovery Teacher/Teacher Leader, first grade teacher, Title I and high school reading teacher, and a Reading Coordinator.  Recently, I had the opportunity to spend six...

• Using Formulas To Give Powerful Book Introductions

  This is a guest blog post. It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that includes serving as a Reading Recovery Teacher/Teacher Leader, first grade teacher, Title I and high school reading teacher, as well as a Reading Coordinator. Hameray is...

• Using Level A Books to Teach Children How to Read, Part 2

  This post is the second in a series that documents guest blogger Paula Dugger's experience of teaching her grandson how to read with Level A books. To read the first post,   click here .  In my previous post, I prepared my grandson, Carter, with literacy exercises in preparation for...

• 5 Tips for Independent Reading in Your Classroom—with FREE Download!

  This is a guest blog post. It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that includes serving as a Reading Recovery Teacher/Teacher Leader, first grade teacher, Title I and high school reading teacher, as well as a Reading Coordinator.  While independent...

• Strengthen Comprehension with Graphic Organizers

  By Paula Dugger, M.Ed. Books are excellent resources for boosting background knowledge and learning new content. Even books with simple text written for beginning readers are a wealth of information! They offer information through text, photographs, and illustrations, encouraging opportunities for in-depth discussions and vocabulary expansion. It can be challenging for beginning readers to...

• Teaching Similarities & Differences in Letter Shapes/Forms, Part 3

  This is the sixth of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (for the other posts,   click here ). It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that...

• Using Rhythm and Rhyme in Cognitive & Language Development [First Grade]

   by Paula Dugger, M.Ed. Rhyming has always been a fun way to engage children with stories.  In most instances, nursery rhymes are a child’s first introduction to rhythm and rhyme. As far back as I can remember, these have always been my favorites rhymes . Hickory, dickory dock. The mouse...

• Encouraging Active Reading Habits with Biographies [Grades 2–4]

  by Paula Dugger, M.Ed. Young children benefit from having an assortment of fiction and nonfiction books to read. However, many studies conclude that young readers in PreK-1st most often prefer reading fiction. This is likely the result of parents, like me, always reaching for familiar fairy tales at bedtime to read...

• Apply Word Work to Simple Text

  By Paula Dugger, M.Ed. Whenever I introduce a new book to a small group of readers, I look for ways to maximize my teaching time. Word work is a great way to help young readers discover tricks about words and apply that knowledge to other words. It only takes a few minutes...

• From Phonics to Fluency in Grades K–1

  by Paula Dugger, M.Ed. As a teacher and reading specialist, my goal has always been to help each student become a fluent reader. It takes time to learn how to read and to develop fluency. Learning how to read can be compared to putting a puzzle together. T he five...

• Kick-Start Comprehension: Activities for Beginning Readers

  By Paula Dugger, M.Ed. Reading aims to understand the meaning of or comprehend the message in print. Marie Clay defines reading as “a message-getting, problem-solving activity, which increases in power and flexibility the more it is practiced.” This blog will provide a variety of comprehension activities that can be used before...

• Have You Heard About the Mini-Contests?

  By now, you've probably heard about our 2015 Joy Cowley Giveaway (if you haven't, you can click here to enter!), but did you know that there are also teacher bloggers running mini-contests? We got in touch with our network of bloggers to give them a chance to review some of our...

• Using Mrs. Wishy-Washy Books to do a Character Analysis—with FREE Download!

  This is a guest blog post. It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that includes serving as a Reading Recovery Teacher/Teacher Leader, first grade teacher, Title I and high school reading teacher, as well as a Reading Coordinator. Mrs. Wishy-Washy...

• Three Early Learning Routines That Develop Academic Language [K-1]

  by Paula Dugger, M.Ed. Routines play a very important part in our everyday lives. They give structure to our time and provide a sequence to our daily actions. Routines give a sense of security and stability, and they make one’s environment more predictable. As a result, providing instructional routines for...

• Fun, Low-Prep Sight Word Activities [K-1]

  This is a guest blog post series authored by Paula Dugger, M. Ed. Paula is an educational consultant who has previously served as a Reading Recovery Teacher/Teacher Leader, first grade teacher, Title I and high school reading teacher, and a Reading Coordinator.  Do you remember having to learn sight words...

• Improve Fluency & Oral Language Skills with Reading Buddies

  By Paula Dugger, M.Ed. All readers—emergent, fluent, above grade level, or struggling—need opportunities to reread and discuss familiar books to develop fluency, increase comprehension, and practice oral language skills. Some of the most rewarding activities I had as a reading teacher was monitoring “reading buddies” in my classroom. Listening to...

• Hameray Herald: May 2013 Issue

  The Common Core State Standards place a high value on informational text, emphasizing it more in the early grades than ever before. Hameray offers over 130 leveled informational texts that contain key text features (glossaries, indices, and headings), while increasing children's world knowledge with exciting facts and holding their attention with bright,...

• 5 Key Characteristics of Effective Phonics Instruction

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger As parents and teachers, we are always looking for the best ways to teach our children how to read. In today's blog post, I'll explain the importance of phonics in helping kids become successful readers and five characteristics of effective phonics instruction that...

• Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and Literacy Instruction [K–2]

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger As we observe children in our classrooms today, it is apparent that many lack appropriate social and emotional skills. As a result, the task of teaching proper skills to children often falls on the education community, especially classroom teachers. Many children come to...

• Hameray Herald: July 2013 Issue

  We recently had the pleasure to sit down for a chat with master storyteller Joy Cowley! The Mrs. Wishy-Washy author recounted how her journey as a children's author began, and she answered some fan questions too. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be publishing the various...

• How to Teach Reading and Math Concepts in Second Grade

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger When you use leveled books that prompt real-world applications of mathematics, students will recognize that math is a part of their daily lives. Integrating reading and math by using informational and narrative texts will help you create meaningful and fun opportunities for learning. In today's blog post, I'll explain how you...

• How to Teach Reading and K–1 Math Concepts

  Editor's Note: This blog was previously published, we're re-sharing it today during the Holiday season.     By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Do you feel like there's not enough time to teach a class of kindergartners or first graders how to read and write and teach math? Keep reading if you're searching...

• Leveled Books for Summer Reading with Fun Activities

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Summer is filled with family vacations, camps, outdoor activities and a break from school. It’s a time to do away with all those structured learning activities found in the classroom during the school year. Or is it? Summer reading is important, but some parents...

• 6 Strategies for Teaching Cause and Effect [Grades 1–3]

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger  How many times have you found yourself saying to your kids or remembering your parents saying, “Eat all your food so you won’t be hungry,” or “If you finish your homework, you can play”? For me, too many times. On the positive side,...

• Tips for Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies

    By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger There are many similarities and differences between the ways that animals and humans communicate. If you want students to draw conclusions about communication, you can help them activate background knowledge, prompt self-questioning, and provide reading comprehension practice using paired texts. Paired narrative texts and nonfiction books for kids have the capacity to help...

• Improve Content-Area Literacy with Low-Level Big Books

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Big books for shared reading are excellent tools to appeal to young children as you model reading skills kids can use with each page. Using narrative texts and nonfiction books for kids during this time is a great way to improve reading comprehension strategies across multiple...

• Pairing Leveled Books in a Thematic Unit on Farms

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger If you're planning a thematic unit to teach kids about farms, you can engage kids with a wide range of leveled books in your guided reading lessons. In today's blog post, I'll explain which informational texts at levels C–G that you can pair...

• 6 Fun Activities to Help Kids Develop Writing Skills

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Marie Clay concluded that readers and writers use common skills and strategies that each contribute to both areas in the development of literacy. Using a balanced literacy framework helps young children simultaneously grow as readers and writers. Keep reading because I'll provide some easy and fun...

• Easy Lesson Plan Ideas About Animal Life Cycles

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Helping children explore science concepts while learning to read has a direct effect on building language, vocabulary, and critical thinking. You can leverage children's interests in animals while exploring life cycles with guided reading leveled books. In today's blog post, I'll describe how...

• Preparing for Kindergarten Science with Nonfiction Books

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Whether or not parents are ready for their child to start kindergarten, it is important to prepare children for a successful start. Continue reading to learn about ways to use science nonfiction books as a part of early childhood learning to help young students find the fun in...

• Targeted Interventions for Reading and Writing

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Children come from different backgrounds and experiences, and as a result, they arrive in schools with distinct abilities in literacy. Some children require extra help in learning to read and write. In this blog post, I'll share how you can implement targeted interventions...

• 4 Steps to Create an Effective Literacy Instruction Team

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger The quote, “It takes a village to raise a child,” has been around for a number of years. Although the origin of the quote is still unclear, the meaning is not. Children need continuous interaction with a community of people in order to...

• Reading Comprehension Strategies with Narrative Texts About Farms

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Thematic units provide fun ways to teach students especially when there are leveled books that can be included in guided reading lessons. In today's blog post, I'll explain how you can use narrative texts at levels C–H in a thematic unit about farms and...

• Closing the 30 Million Word Gap Before Third Grade

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Research by Hart and Risley (1995) concluded that by the time some children reached four years of age, they heard roughly 30 million more words than the other four-year-olds in the study. The same children were followed for several years during their schooling, and the...