Word Chaining for Building Phonemic Awareness with Anjanette McNeely

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Jun 26, 202642:39Education

Episode 254 In this episode, we sit down with kindergarten teacher Anjanette McNeely to take a close look at one powerful instructional routine: word chaining. Anjanette walks us through exactly what word chaining looks...

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