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### Category:

### First Grade

1. **3 Word Family Games to Strengthen Decoding Skills**  
     
   Published: April 17, 2023  
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2. **Top 5 Tips to Develop Reading Fluency**  
     
   Published: March 22, 2023  
   [Read more](/content/blog/top-5-tips-to-develop-reading-fluency/index.html)

3. **How Ello Helped My Son Find His Love of Reading**  
     
   Published: February 21, 2023  
   [Read more](/content/blog/how-ello-helped-my-son-find-his-love-of-reading/index.html)

4. **Where Should My Young Reader Be Midyear? 1st- and 2nd-Grade Edition**  
     
   Published: February 7, 2023  
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5. **The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Boost Your First-Grader’s Reading This Year**  
     
   Published: September 9, 2022  
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