Hey, Hey y’all!!  It’s the second day in my 10 day series and I’ve got another freebie and loads of great info for you!

The second reading strategy I introduce, Lips the Fish, has had some funny stories through the years.

I used to use a hand me down poster with a picture of a fish with ginormous lips. When I first started teaching, in reading groups, when we introduced the strategy, we’d make fish lips for fun.

It turns out that was slightly confusing to my sweet kiddos. Many of them thought their lips had to be in puckered, fish manner to use the strategy. I even had a parent ask me once if there was a reason “fish lips” helped them sound out words.

We scaled back our fun with fish lips, though they didn’t lose their importance!

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I am super excited to kick off my 10 day series this year!  This series will  be a follow up to my previous posts in my Teaching your Child to read Series. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out my Letter of the Week Series,  print concepts and reading behavior ideas and sight word series for tons of freebies and great information!!

The very first reading strategy in this series can be seen both at school and at home. At home it takes an entirely different form.

At home eagle eyes are special adaptations developed over centuries of evolving children. This amazing ability includes: Being to detect Mom from anywhere on Earth, seeing through walls when a sibling has something that doesn’t belong to them and the uncanny ability to spot toys in the trash can from miles away.

But…as annoying as eagle eyes may be, they certainly have their place in the classroom.

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Who doesn’t love Amazon?

Y’all…this mom lives on Amazon Prime!!  I seriously don’t know how I survived without it.  From school supplies to birthday presents to groceries, I love the convience of having stuff delivered right to my front door!

Sooo….I’m super excited to announce I’m helping give you a shot at a $150 Amazon gift card!

Seriously, $150!!  I could do alot of damage on Amazon with that!

If you’ve not heard about it on my Facebook or through my email list – I’m taking part in an awesome 10 days series with lots of other awesome bloggers.  You can read more about that here.

You’ll get 10 days of amazing teaching tips,  free resources and printables.   Be sure to sign up for my email list so you don’t miss it.

Entering is super duper easy!  And you’ll get a chance to check out the other bloggers and all the awesome stuff they are offering for free as well!

So what are you waiting for?!!

Enter today and score your chance to win this amazing gift card!!  And don’t forget to stay tuned for tons of other goodies from us in the next couple of weeks!