Kim Flewelling's Blog

Yarrow is almost ready to publish!She was an inspiration to create and write...My illustrator brought her story to life in the northern woods!She will be available @ Amazon first as an e-book~Responsibility, diversity in friendship, family, freedom and exploration 
Enjoy the last few weeks of summer,Kim

Participating in theLanguage and Literacy in Schools Conference offered through ASHA
~Learning all about~ 
How spelling is a multilinguistic processLegal and Illegal spelling patterns
The importance of inclusionTrue collaboration
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Imagine Learning English...
as a second, third, or even fourth language~I have been imagining dragons quite a bit today. Through stories and music!
Try creating a story surrounded by this passage...Pretend you were trying to learn the English language and came across these words~
The tanelub ebbles a verbel shember furdow. It is wubbled a lunk! This lunk is mevner arbful to the tanelub. With it she can gunk the zables of the plubbs and slak them in her wipple. She can brump up alekozes with her runk, too! Then she slaks the alekozes into her wipple. It is a wonderful arber. The tanelub ebbles her arbful lunk since her flurp is too karbet to vedrupp to tanelamp. 
~send along your story to share if you dare~

Thank you to all within the Goodreads Communitywho have rated my very first, very short story...I am inspired to keep going and doing what I love!!!Live to give forward~

Here is Yarrow in early stages of bringing her to life...She is a fledgling crow, different than her brother and sister in many waysChosen to learn responsibility, loyalty, and protectionfor future generations...I love her gray blue eyes!Did you know that fledgling crows really do have this color?They transform as they become adults~

This is Lucas's very first day of first grade!Five and six year old children learn independence, responsibility, and PRIDE at around this age!Lucas can be used as an endearing character that children can relate to as he brings all of his special treasures to school packed safely away in his suitcase BUT THEN has a big problem fitting and sorting them in his locker!He needs help and it is OKAY to ask. Lucas feels an array of feelings including being frustrated! His teacher has a plan!~Share Lucas and find out what happens~Discussion and personal connections will abound!
Role play with a suitcase filled with first day first grade or ANY DAY treasures
Use on a SmartboardAdd to your literacy toolboxRead aloud during speech language therapy 
Please share your creative ways Love learningMake it accessible for all!