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Spelling with meaning
Most children begin the new school year with hope - either hope that this year will be as rewarding as the last or hope that things will be a bit better this time around.The causes behind the decline...
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When reading predictions don't make sense
Read the following paragraph and reflect on your reading.The boys’ arrows were nearly gone so they sat down on the grass and stopped hunting. Over at the edge of the wood, they saw Henry. To their sur...
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Apostrophes, and comma’s (spot the deliberate errors)
More than a hundred years ago, the great writer George Bernard Shaw refused to use apostrophes, however there’s still no sign of them going away. In fact they seem to be used, or rather misused, more ...
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Children's books become a healing tool
Book-jacket designer Raquel Jaramillo never intended her first book to take a stand against school-yard bullying.Wonder is the fictional story of August Pullman, a fifth grader born with a chromosomal...
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