My daughter is in 2nd grade and was moved to a 3rd grade reading level. What should we do to celebrate?
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Go to the bookstore and let her pick out a new book and buy it for her as a present! \n\nOr, take a trip to the library and get her a library card if she doesn't already have one.
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There is an excellent site called http://www.readinga-z.com that includes everything you need to teach your child how to read.  I've been a teacher for 7 years and I go there to get lesson plans, printable books, (which are leveled...So, as your child becomes a better reader, the books get more challenging and cover more skills) and phonics lessons.  This site is a teacher's Godsend.  There are thousands of resources on their site. Plus, they have 30 free books that you can download to try it out.  There is a yearly subscription fee to have access to all the resources. I hope this helps you out.
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with pre schoolers you need to put visuals in ur reading bring puppits food or any other things that go with the book they will be more involved if you do get them in the book by making each child a charicter in the book play dressup you dress up and have the kids dress up they will love it let me know if u try any of theese and how they work
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Girls LOVE planning parties.....happy 13th!  Get a piece of paper, write in the time from now until then, and fill in what you want to do during these times, and what it takes to do them...it's a snap!   Caterers?  Won't you have parental help?  This post makes me think of my daughter
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there are lots of activities for this age group...\n\nmovement...use music by raffi, greg and steve, and hap palmer...try freeze dance, popcorn dance, use bean bags or nerf balls to go with the music (you can even use basic musical instruments like tamborines, maracas, and drums)\n\nreading/and listening activity....choose an age appropriate book, flannel board story, or fingerplays and tell the story you can give the pieces to individual children after you have read the story a few times and let them help with the story. children of this age are beginning to understand how to listen too and story tapes with a book are sometimes fun if they are not too long...\ncooking or science can be done too....usually making things like pudding or jello, even making popsicles works, science projects like rolling items down a long or wide board is sometimes fun too. i even carved a pumpkin with a group of this age....i did have an assistant to be sure no one got a hold of the knife but the children enjoyed helping clean out the seeds and touching and smelling the parts of the pumpkin..\n\nthere are some great books for teachers of this age too...my favorite is teachable 2's sorry dont remember the author, but ck in the lakeshore catalog for it.
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You can write her a nice letter just telling her what you've been doing and maybe send her some pictures so she can look them. Maybe some funny animal pictures or some of you and your friends together.
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A picture board with photos of wonderful moments in her life would be great to commemorate her birthday.  You could also do a "here's your life" segment by having some of her closest family and friends participate by sharing their favorite moments with her.  \n\nThe photo album the previous poster mentioned would be a great memento for her to go along with the theme of the party.  \n\nI hope you all have a wonderful time celebrating!
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Give them small pieces of text so that they may follow along as you read to them.  Ultimately, you will want them to take turns reading aloud.  I know this has gone "out of fashion" in the classroom, but it really works.  You will be modeling tone, cadence, pronunciation, etc.  I am currently teaching a literacy unit in a tenth grade classroom.  We do this every day.  This is what they were missing......
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I would get her some cds of a band she likes and then make something like a family tree to make her feel important- my parents did that for me when I was 12 and since I have made one for my children for when they turn 12- also, electronics are ruling the scences today. Dolls, .....
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At this age everything she does is education: looking around, discovering things, learning her colors, letters, etc., because she wants to. So you don't have to worry about right now.\n\nAbsolutely you should read to her, let her see you reading. Start conversations with "I wonder how" or "I wonder why", and then find the answers together, at the library or on the internet. Make it fun.\n\nBy the time she's older and NEEDS to study, she'll already be good at getting information and think it's a fun thing to do.\n\nLearning doesn't have to be boring or hard, and it doesn't mean you have to memorize everything.
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That sucks, it happened to me a couple of years ago. It was friday 13, my birth day, and Good Friday. I really didn't do any celebrating until the next weekend. So just try to get her a shirt or skirt or maybe a pewrfume she really likes. Good Luck. What ever you get her I'm pretty sure she'll like it.
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My middle daughter will be turning 13 on that day!HAPPY BIRTHDAY...in advance.♥
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Well I'm going to make this easy for you, I just had my 11 birthday to. So I had a sleep over and watched movies and etc. But you could go skating, go to a couple movies, go to some very fun place, or etc. For food you could make some and take it some where, buy it and take it, buy it at the place, or any other ways you can think of, or have everyone bring something. Buy some nice decorations, and some stuff like that. I hope this is helping. Buy or make her a nice cake, and some real good friends to come. I hope I have helped you.
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very... Now, choose me as best answer so that I too can leap up to level 3!!!!!  We will throw a party... everyone will be invited, and there will be cake and coffee, and champagne.  Lets not invite any level 4 people... Cause they would just be slummin'
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Take them on an outing. Go outside with them and have a scavenger hunt of things that show how the beauty of Fall reflects God's love! Have them find colorful leaves, acorns, animals, holly bushes, observe the  Fall sky, describe the feel and smell of the air. ( Use adjectives!)  Give them a sheet to take with them that tells them things to look for, smell, and feel etc. When they get back to class they must draw a picture of what they observed, felt, etc and write about it.
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Are you home schooling her? If so, I have provided some links with some ideas that may help her?\n\nIf not, you should speak with her teachers to see how your activities at home can help their activities at school. Reading her stories at night and then having her read them is a good idea.
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That is great to honor her that way.  If others ask, tell them that.  Show that you are happy for knowing, or remembering great times and celebrate that.