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evemac

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3. This is how I feel teaching

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2024, 02:50 PM

Aug 2024

Reading fluency.
When students ask me how a word is spelled and I spell it on the board, I look at the word and even say, "English is a weird language."

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Funny examples of the limitations of phonics [View all] Mosby Aug 2024 OP

My favourite comment on the weirdness of the English language is the niyad Aug 2024 #1

D'oh! Beartracks Aug 2024 #2

This is how I feel teaching evemac Aug 2024 #3

Weird as in unique or weird as in Dump/Vance? Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #5

Dr. Seuss book central scrutinizer Aug 2024 #4