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		<title>Breaking News: March 10, 2010</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/03/breaking-news-march-10-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;CACF Announces Expanded Grantmaking Program
On March 1, 2010 the CACF Governing Board approved the new expanded Grantmaking program and the following grants totaling $250,100 in support for non-profits in the CACF service area: &#8230;.
# 17. Reading Window: $5,000 for the Low-Income Early Literacy Scholarship Program.&#8221;
If you know a child in Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 2010 Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/03/march-2010-newsletter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newsletters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to transform February&#8217;s problems (see February Newsletter) into a new Reading Window experiment.  I&#8217;m offering a new 5-week program &#8211; just 25 times to travel to a lesson, in 5 weeks, instead of the usual 30 times in 6 weeks &#8211; but each lesson will be a full 60 minutes instead of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 2010 Newsletter &#8212; written in early March</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/03/february-2010-newsletter-written-in-early-march/</link>
		<comments>http://readingwindow.org/2010/03/february-2010-newsletter-written-in-early-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Newsletter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[February was part of a long, hard winter, with roads and schools closed frequently, electricity, computers and phones off for days at a time. Under those circumstances, our usual high standard of intensive, daily, rapid reading improvement could not be achieved. We had to try to be satisfied with mere maintenance and a bit of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Page 2: Confusing Words</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/02/page-2-confusing-words/</link>
		<comments>http://readingwindow.org/2010/02/page-2-confusing-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 5 Preview]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some examples of words that are spelled the same but are pronounced differently depending on the context of the sentence. These words can be very confusing for beginning readers.
I want to wind this rope up so the wind doesn&#8217;t tangle it.
I need lead for this pencil before I can lead the class.

Also, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Page 1: Teaching &#8211; and Learning &#8211; Phonics</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/02/teaching-and-learning-phonics/</link>
		<comments>http://readingwindow.org/2010/02/teaching-and-learning-phonics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 5 Preview]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Teaching and learning phonics can be fun!!
Below are excerpts from an old textbook that are good examples of the phonics methods that are used regularly in the Reading Window program.
What if the child(ren) don&#8217;t seem to enjoy this style of phonics after all? Look for the [? What If ?] section below.

The green words are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final January 2010 Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/final-january-2010-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/final-january-2010-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Newsletter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To my surprise, none of the many folks who sent glowing comments about this website have sent me an e-mail requesting the single free Trial Telephone Tutoring lesson that I offered.
So, I finally sent this brief e-mail (below) to all who gave me their e-addresses.
We&#8217;re running into frustrating problems trying to put a check-box in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contacting Site Commentors</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/contacting-site-commentors/</link>
		<comments>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/contacting-site-commentors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Piper's Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are some comments we would very much like to respond to but at the moment we are unsure who would like to be contacted so, if you are leaving a comment and don&#8217;t mind being contacted via email by Piper then please say so within the comment. Thank you all.
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		<title>Bilingual Volunteers</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/bilingual-volunteers/</link>
		<comments>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/bilingual-volunteers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Piper's Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are looking for volunteers to translate parts of our website. If you are bilingual and interested in helping families read who don&#8217;t speak English as their primary language, let&#8217;s explore possibilities &#8212; Contact Us.
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		<title>Former Students</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/former-students/</link>
		<comments>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/former-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Piper's Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d love to be in contact with my previously tutored students. Unfortunately I&#8217;ve only recently started keeping contact information. Where are you now? Email address? Phone number? Do you remember what year you first attended? Use the &#8220;Contact Piper&#8220;  link or, if you prefer, write directly to Piper at pi23read@yahoo.com.
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		<title>Reading Testimonials</title>
		<link>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/reading-testimonials/</link>
		<comments>http://readingwindow.org/2010/01/reading-testimonials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Piper's Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;d like to read the complete testimonial from which the excerpts (upper right hand corner on each page) came just copy and paste or type the name of the parent or student in the search bar and the testimonial will appear.
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