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The Cold War for AP World History

Do you have an upcoming AP World History exam and need help understanding the Cold War? This article is for you! We’ll provide an...

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The Prefix DIS-: A FREE Morphology Lesson

Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use the...

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The Prefix RE-: A FREE Morphology Lesson

Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use the...

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The Unification of Germany for AP World History

Germany is a relatively young country. Instead, the area that is modern Germany was a collection of smaller kingdoms. All of that changed...

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The Unification of Italy for AP World History

Italy is a relatively young country. It didn’t exist until 1861. It didn’t gain control of Rome until 1870. After the Roman Empire...

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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 22

This week, students will review phonics patterns they have learned over the past 21 weeks. As a result, we will not follow the usual...

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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 21

This week, students will learn about the vowel teams oo, ue, ew, and ui that make the long oo sound. You can get the weekly phonics...

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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 20

This week, students will learn about the oi and oy diphthongs. You can get the weekly phonics routine at Teachers Pay Teachers. One of...

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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 19

This week, students will learn that oa, oe, and ow are all vowel teams that can make the long o sound. You can get the weekly phonics...

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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 18

This week, students will review phonics patterns they have learned over the past 17 weeks. As a result, we will not follow the usual...

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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 17

This week, students will learn that we can make the long i sound using the vowel teams IE and IGH. Students may point out that IGH only...

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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 16

This week is a review week for phonics. Students will review the following spelling patterns: ar, er, ir, ou, ow, ee, ea, ai, and ay....

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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 2

This week, second graders will be learning about using -ck to make the /k/ sound after a short vowel and doubling the letters f, l, s,...

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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 15

This week, second graders will be learning how to decode (read) and encode (spell) r-controlled syllables with the spelling patterns ar,...

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The Prefix UN-: A FREE Morphology Lesson

Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use the...

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The Suffix -ED: A FREE Morphology Lesson

Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use the...

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The Suffix -EST: A FREE Morphology Lesson

Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use the...

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The Suffix -ER: A FREE Morphology Lesson

Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use the...

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The Suffix -ING: A FREE Morphology Lesson

Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use the...

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How to Make Plural Nouns: A FREE Morphology Lesson

Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use...