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150. Why Students Fall Behind Early
Kindergarten teachers know that kids arrive with wildly different backgrounds and levels of readiness, and it can be hard to know what to do when a student is already struggling in the fall. This episode is a practical guide to understanding which foundational skills matter at the start of the year, how to spot gaps early, and what to do about them before they grow.
In this episode, I share:
why kids not having foundational skills when they arrive is not a failure on anyone, and what your job is when that happens
which literacy skills matter most in kindergarten, including letter names and…
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