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Author, Nicole Hernandez is a primary school teacher with 30 years teaching experience. Nicole completed a B. Ed (Bachelor of Education) majoring in Language Arts and graduated with a Masters degree in Literacy Instruction. Her passion for visual learning is woven into her style through the use of colour and kid-friendly graphics. She always looks for creative ways to make learning both fun and engaging.

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Author, Nicole Hernandez is a primary school teacher with 30 years teaching experience. Nicole completed a B. Ed (Bachelor of Education) majoring in Language Arts and graduated with a Masters degree in Literacy Instruction. Her passion for visual learning is woven into her style through the use of colour and kid-friendly graphics. She always looks for creative ways to make learning both fun and engaging.
Phonemic Awareness - Rhyming Words - Henny Penny Rhyming Cards
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Phonemic Awareness - Rhyming Words - Henny Penny Rhyming Cards

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Rhyming Words It's Henny Penny's Rhyming Cards for Little Readers: It's Henny Penny's Rhyming Cards For Little Readers is the perfect resource for both individual and group work in your literacy center. Ideally created for budding readers, this set contains 44 word cards to match. The cards contain both words and pictures for easy reference and associations. Also included are two rhyming mats, one for two-word rhymes and the other for a challenging three-word rhyme. All you do is copy , print, laminate and cut out cards which can be placed in a container or ziplock bag for easy storage. (c) 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ��� ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!
Community Helpers -  {Chit Chat Cards}
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Community Helpers: People in Our Community Chit Chat Cards-For Social Studies 'n Writing Activities: This resources contains picture cards with vocabulary that can be used for both Social Studies and Writing activities. They are great for stimulating ideas and focusing students on community-based themes. The set contains 12 pages each containing 6 cards. That is a total of 72 cards. There is also 1 blank page for any additional pictures you may want to include. (C) 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea
Martin Luther King Day
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Martin Luther King Day

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Martin Luther King Day: Dove Facts About Dr Martin Luther King Jr. With 5 PostersThis is a set of fact cards that paints a picture of the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. There are also a writing and a coloring activity for your students. Included in this resource is also a set of 5 posters entitled ' We Are Living A Dream'. These posters are student friendly and of course eye catching! (C) 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea
Predicting What Happens Next - Practice Writing Sheets
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Predicting What Happens Next - Practice Writing Sheets

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Predicting Outcomes Predicting: **Updated 2015**This set contains over 50 scenarios and is suitable for grades k through 2. These are also perfect for the higher grades as remedial sheets. In this set of writing activities your students will make predictions about what will happen next. Looking at the pictures on the left they will draw a picture to show what they predict then they will write reasons for their predictions. Students will give reasonable responses and support their predictions using “I think + future tense... might and or will.” ⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊ ⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!
Fractions Sorting Cards
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Fractions Sorting Cards

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This is a set of 92 Fraction cards that can be sorted and matched according to number, name, fractions of a whole and fractions of a group. They can also be used in oral exercises also both in small groups and whole class activities. This product contains fractions UP TO SIXTHS ONLY. There are: 21 Fractions of a Whole Cards (Pizzas) 21 Fraction Cards (Symbols) 21 Fractions of a Group Cards (Sweet peppers) 29 Fraction Word Cards 1 Sorting Mat Your students can have fun playing my Fraction Match game which involves two players. They can also engage in making their own fraction word problems to show their understanding of this concept. (C) 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea
Mardi Gras Mini Book
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Mardi Gras Mini Book

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Mardi Gras Mardi Gras Facts For Kids Mini Book With Printable Masks: **Updated 2015**This is a bright and colorful mini book that explains the celebration of Mardi Gras or 'carnival' to kids. It can be used in your Social Studies lessons and also in your Reading classes. Although the words may be difficult for some Grade One students to read, it is recommended that this product be used in guided reading activities. Update~~I have now included a black and white version. Included are 10 printable Mardi Gras masks that can be printed and embellished with beads, feathers or glitter dust as a craftivity. (C) 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!
Dolch Sight Words Practice Phrase Cards-Set 2
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Dolch Sight Words Practice Phrase Cards-Set 2

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Dolch Sight WordsPractice Dolch Phrase Cards For Building Reading Fluency-Set 2 This is Set 2 of Dolch Phrase Cards for Building Fluency. There are 90 individual phrase cards with 6 phrases on each card.  You can either cut them to make individual cards or you can leave them as is. A good suggestion is to try to teach 4 to 6 of the phrases per day depending on the level of your students. You can use choral reading activities then have them practice rereading them throughout the day. This will help build fluency, increase their recognition of sight words and help improve their ability to comprehend text. You might be interested in: Dolch Sight Words-Phrase Cards Set 1 This is bundled with Set 1 HERE: Dolch Sight Words-Phrase Cards BUNDLE Here are some more DOLCH SIGHT WORD titles available: REBUS SENTENCES Dolch Sight Word Rebus Sentences with Picture Cards (Pre-Primer List) Dolch Sight Word Rebus Sentences with Picture Cards (PRIMER List) Dolch Sight Word Rebus Sentences with Picture Cards (FIRST GRADE List) Dolch Sight Word Rebus Sentences with Picture Cards (SECOND GRADE List) Dolch Sight Word Rebus Sentences with Picture Cards (THIRD GRADE List) MOLDING MATS Playdough (Playdoh) All 220 Sight Words Moulding (Molding) Mats Playdough (Playdoh) 40 Pre-Primer Sight Words Moulding (Molding) Mats Playdough (Playdoh) 52 Primer Sight Words Moulding (Molding) Mats Playdough (Playdoh) 41 First Grade Sight Words Moulding (Molding) Mats Playdough (Playdoh) 46 Second Grade Sight Words Moulding (Molding) Mats Playdough (Playdoh) 41 Third Grade Sight Words Moulding (Molding) Mats I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!
Spring Writing - A Springboard of Writing Ideas
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Spring Writing - A Springboard of Writing Ideas

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Spring Writing: A Springboard of Writing Ideas for Young Writers: This is a set of 7 Spring-themed writing activities for your budding writers . There are 4 graphic organizers and some suggested words and phrases for each writing theme.: The set contains the following:- GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS The 5 Ws + H Story Plan- Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution Story Plan- Beginning, Middle, End Story Writing Sheet-First Draft Story Writing Sheet-Publishing- Lined Sheets 8 Story picture prompts with suggested words and phrases to use Prompt 1 - Sally Catches Butterflies Prompt 2 - Sue and The Little Bird Prompt 3 - Brad and The Caterpillar Prompt 4 - Liam in The Butterfly Patch Prompt 5 - Lillian Flies The Kite Prompt 6 – Isabella and Her Umbrella Prompt 7- Jacob and Isabella Prompt 8 - Cameron Loves Spring ************************************************************************* (c) 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea **************************************************************************
Healthy Habits and Personal Hygiene - {Posters and Cards}
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Healthy Habits and Personal Hygiene - {Posters and Cards}

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Health: This resource is great for work on the topic of personal hygiene and healthy habits. These posters and cards can be used to spark discussions and can be used as writing prompts also. This set includes: 4 Posters: Don't just sit! Get fit! Eat lots of Fruits and Vegetables Cover your mouth Properly wash your hands 17 Healthy Practices cards: Eat lots of fruits Eat lots of vegetables Exercise Use a tissue Take baths regularly Cover your mouth... Floss your teeth Brush your teeth Wash your hands Visit the dentist Get plenty of rest Cover your cough Don't sit! Get fit! (c) 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea
Loop Game - {Collective Nouns}
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Loop Game - {Collective Nouns}

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Loop Games: Collective Nouns: Collective Perspective! I Have...Who Has...? {Animal Collective Nouns}: Get yourself in order with this fabulous Back To School activity for teaching collective nouns.This is a fun activity for kids to practice collective nouns. In the traditional "I Have..? Who Has..?" style, this game spells hours and hours of fun! It can be played with a select number of students or the entire class can participate. Just print on cardstock, laminate and cut cards. This game activity contains: 76 collective noun ANIMAL cards 1 blank template for your customization Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea
Calendar Cards - Superhero Themed
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Calendar Cards - Superhero Themed

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Calendar Cards: This is a super powerful set of classroom resources for your back to school organization. This superhero themed resource pack contains the following classroom essentials: Months of The Year Days of The Week Calendar numbers 1-31 Days of School Count Chart 1-100 Day Statement Posters- Yesterday was Today is Tomorrow will be Name Plates for Boys and Girls Large square labels (four per page) Superhero Birthday posters (one for each month of the year) © 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea
Grandparents Day
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Grandparents Day

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Celebrate with your kiddos as they honor seniors in the community. Grandparents Day is a special day so why not discuss its significance using this wonderful mini book. Included in this resource are coupons of fun plus there is a writing activity and a poem for all grandparents. © 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea
My Family Tree - Center Activity, Vocabulary Cards and Worksheet
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My Family Tree - Center Activity, Vocabulary Cards and Worksheet

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This is an excellent resource that is useful for covering the topic family tree with your students. There are apple cards depicting multicultural families that your students can have fun with while learning the basic and modern structure of a family. The apple tree mat can be used to build the family unit on and can be placed in a folder in plastic sleeves or laminated for longevity. The multicultural apple family cards include - African-American, Caucasian (Brunette, Blonde, Red), Latino and Asian. Simply print the cards, laminate and cut the cards apart. Your students will build families with any combination of cards as they wish. The parent and big teen cards can be used to represent other members of the modern family. Also included are vocabulary cards with a header depicting family words that are bordered in blue, red and black to sort according to gender: male, female and gender neutral words. A colored and black ‘n white “My Family Tree” worksheet is included for students to complete about their own family as well. The multicultural family unit is available as a blank version, for your children to colour in and the apple tree mat is included as a low ink alternative.
SMART Goals Classroom Posters
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SMART Goals Classroom Posters

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Goal Setting Students are encouraged to write goals by creating S.M.A.R.T. goals. As they do so it is helpful for them to have a visual aid to help them think along the lines of creating sound goals. These posters are a great classroom display for them to refer to whether setting goals for a day, a week, a month or a year. Included are three (3) classroom general posters:- one with a boy playing soccer, one with a girl playing soccer and one with a simple breakdown of the S.M.A.R.T. goals.
Place Value - Base Ten Matching Cards 0 to 100
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Place Value - Base Ten Matching Cards 0 to 100

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Place Value: Base Ten Matching Picture Cards 'n Number Cards 0 to 100: This is a set of Number and picture cards for students to match. The number cards range from 1 to 100 with three bonus cards- numbers 101 and 110. These cards can be matched, sorted or arranged in numerical order. The picture cards are in the range 1 to 20 only. This set is the perfect addition to your Math centers.
Idiom Matching Cards
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Idiom Matching Cards

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Idioms: Idioms: This is a set of 45 of the most common idioms and their meanings for your students to have a little fun. There are 45 idiom cards and 45 meaning cards to sort and match. They can be used to introduce students to the use of idioms in writing and they can act as **reminder cards to assist students in their writing.**Students will use the graphics to assist them in the matching activity. Just print these cards on cardstock then cut and laminate cards for longevity. © 2013 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher’s Idea ****
Homophone Posters: Set 2  (35 Colored Posters Including By/Buy/Bye)
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Homophone Posters: Set 2 (35 Colored Posters Including By/Buy/Bye)

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Homophones This is a set of 35 display posters featuring some of the most common homophones including contraction homophones (contractions that sound like words). The posters are colorfully designed and include an example that helps the children to understand the difference between each of the words. The homophones included are: by/bye/buy where/wear/we're which/witch whose/who's we've/weave aren't/aunt/ant I'd/eyed he'd/heed we'd/weed I'll/isle/aisle you'll/yule he'll/heal/heel we'll/wheel here's/hear what's/watts You might also be interested in similar sets Homophone Posters: Set 1 (10 Posters Including There/They're/Their) Homophone Posters: Set 3 (42 Posters Including Knows / Nose)
Homophone Posters: Set 3 (42 Posters Including Knows / Nose)
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Homophone Posters: Set 3 (42 Posters Including Knows / Nose)

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This is a set of 42 display posters featuring some of the most common homophones that you students encounter in their reading. The posters are colourfully designed and include an example that helps the children to understand the difference between each of the words. The homophones included are: be / bee bean / been hear / here hour / our hair / here / hare / hear know / no knows / nose mail / male meat / meet plain / plane prince / prints right / write road / rode sail / sale sea / see son / sun steal / steel tail / tale wood / would ate / eight You might also be interested in similar sets Homophone Posters: Set 1 (10 Posters Including There/They’re/Their) Homophone Posters: Set 2 (35 Colored Posters Including By/Buy/Bye)
Picture Writing Prompts with Sequencing Cards for Daily Writing
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Picture Writing Prompts with Sequencing Cards for Daily Writing

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These picture writing prompts with sequencing cards are great for young writers who need more support in early writing. Your students get an opportunity to use their visual discrimination skills to help them pay attention to details in pictures. They will write sentences about the picture. They also get to colour their pictures and sequence the sheets to create their own little book as a keepsake. Simply print the page/s and review the directions with them. Encourage them to write one or two sentences that describe the picture on any given sheet. I also included a blank writing sheet for extended writing should it be necessary. The sheets are great for homework or small group work in which case they can each be given a different page to prepare a group book instead.The picture cards can be laminated and sequenced first and the sheets can be ordered accordingly to match them. I included little circles on the cards where students can write the number in the sequence with dry erase markers. Individually, your students can work on one writing scenario at a time. The writing scenarios are:- Getting ready for school Getting ready for bed Washing my hands Packing a lunch Making Jelly Toast Crossing the street At Lunchtime Setting the table Washing the dishes Starting the School Day Making my Breakfast Cleaning my bedroom
Prereading Strategy for Nonfiction Texts- THIEVES
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Prereading Strategy for Nonfiction Texts- THIEVES

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How can your students get meaning from nonfiction texts? This can be done by checking for THIEVES. THIEVES is an active prereading strategy that allows students to skim and scan then summarise the information from informational texts before they actually begin reading the text. The acronym is explained as: “T” for title, “H” for headings, “I” for introduction, “E” for every first sentence, “V” for visuals and vocabulary, “E” for end of chapter questions, and “S” for summary. Your students can use this strategy to preview textbooks and other informational texts when they do not have an opportunity to read the entire selection. Although this is very useful remind your students that making time for the full reading of a text is the better way to go!