Here is a Mini Lessons document for you access and download. It will help guide you through the qualities of Strong, Smart & Bold.Read More

Reader’s Theater was adopted to increase girls’ fluency while engaging them in entertaining stories. Results from research indicate that Reader's Theater increases fluency (words per minute read and prosody) and improves reading comprehension (Armbruster et al., 2003). Recommended publications to use as the foundation for Readers’ Theater time are Evan-Moor and Upstart.Read More

GirlSMART adopted Words Their Way, a differentiated word study program that focuses on phonics, vocabulary and spelling instruction to assist group leaders in providing girls with engaging activities that are appropriate for their developmental spelling level. Words Their Way identifies the following developmental spelling stages: Emergent, Letter-Name Alphabetic, Within Word Pattern, Syllables and Affixes, and...Read More

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