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If you thought Instructify was only about tech tips and freebie digi-gadgets, you might want to sit down for this one. And if you’re a K-1 teacher you should place your feet firmly on the floor and begin taking slow, deep breaths. I’m about to tell you about a site that is open source and wikified; a site that is of the teacher, by the teacher, for the teacher; a site that, sure, makes poor use of a hyphen, but, on the other hand, pretty good use of the color orange; a site that is staging an intervention.

With 40 weeks worth of reading, writing, and phonological exercises available, free-reading.net is a resource of biblical proportions. Use these activities daily, or supplement your own tried and true methods using tools like the Word List Generator, which allows you to specify a level of complexity based on factors such as consonant/vowel structure and continuity of initial sounds.

This site is for early ed. teachers who practice what they preach (sharing!), so if you think literacy is where it’s at, join the free-reading community and put your 1,2,3 cents in about the ABCs. -MARIELLE PRINCE

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