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>> Hello, everyone.
My name is Robye Harvey,

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and I work in our professional
learning department.

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And like many of you,
I am working from home,

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while my children are at home,
and am juggling being mom

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and at-home teacher assistant
with my own children's learning,

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as well as my job
with Learning A to Z.

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So today I just wanted
to take a quick minute

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and share with you
just a quick tip

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on how I'm engaging
with my own daughter,

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and encouraging her reading
while I'm still doing my job.

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And just a real quick tip
that I hope this helps you with.

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This is Reese,
and she's in fourth grade.

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And she has a text
from Learning A to Z

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that has been given to her
by our fourth grade teacher,

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Miss [Fodek?].

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So will you go ahead and let's
read a little bit together,

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just maybe a few sentences.

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I just want to know
what you're reading today.

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>> Imagine that you want to play
at a friend's house.

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How do you get there?

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>> Well, so you pause,
because you must --

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are ready, even after
the first two sentences,

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I feel like you have
a connection to that.

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What would that connection --

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what are you feeling
or thinking?

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Or what is that connection
that you have?

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What were you thinking
when you read that?

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>> Well, now, these days with us
being locked in our houses,

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and we have no friends
to see every day at school;

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you just want to go see your
friends and go to their house.

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>> Right, yeah.

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And the very first word
in this passage says "imagine."

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So maybe that would be
a really good thing to do today.

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It might bring an extra smile
to your face,

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to just imagine that you want
to go play at a friend's house.

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I bet you're imagining
that a lot, right? Yeah.

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So whose house are you at in
your mind, in your imagination?

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>> At Mallory's.
>> At Mallory's?

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Awesome. And you were typically
with Mallory

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when you were doing
reading at school,

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so that would be a great thing
to continue to imagine, when --

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as you read this.
And so if you could --

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the next question says,
how do you get there?

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So in your imagination,
how would you get there?

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What would be something fun
and exciting?

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>> Sometimes, like, she rides
her bike and I ride my bike,

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and then we meet each other.

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>> In the middle?
>> And then we go to her house.

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>> Or she comes here, yeah.
>> Yeah.

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>> So how have you been
seeing her recently?

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>> We just FaceTime.

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>> FaceTime.

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So, different ways of getting
to each other's houses now.

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Well, as you continue to read,
I want you to continue

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to think about and have
those images in your mind.

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And if you're feeling anything
as you read this,

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be sure to let mom know
when you get done.

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Like, if there's any feelings
that are different

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or unexpected
as you're reading,

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because it might
make you feel --

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and I'm not going to tell you
how to feel --

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but it might make you feel
a little sad as you think about

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what was normal
and being with Mallory,

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and now as you're reading this,
you're reading it at home.

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Okay?

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>> Okay.
>> Can you do that?

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>> Yeah.
>> All right.

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So that's my quick tip,
just making connections

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and definitely
engaging your children

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and how they're feeling
during these uncertain times.

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It's been great
to be with you today,

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and I wish you all well,
and health,

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and hope that these little tips

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will help you connect
with your children,

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and pursue that joy
and love of reading.

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Have a great day.
Bye-bye.