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Video Tips

We've asked expert local teachers to provide quick (about 1-minute) videos on various tips. Check back as we'll continue adding more videos as they come in!

Tammy Williams ’91 created this video to help your child read multisyllabic words with practice pages, here and here.

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For your developing writer, help them spell words using sound boxes. Watch Ellen Frackelton M.A.Ed. ’19 discuss this technique:

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Ellen also demonstrates letter formation for your preschooler:

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Jenna Rowe, a first grade teacher at Bethel Manor Elementary, demonstrates an activity to help students segment the sounds in new words:

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