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Critical scriptural translations have been done in a somewhat biased manner such as substituting “Command” for “Word”. Oh, for sure, there is a Hebrew word for command…..and usually it is the word “mitzvah”. But, “command” doesn’t entirely capture the essence of the word “mitzvah”, either. Mitzvah more correctly means a God given ruling. We’ll get into that a little later. While this is important enough in itself I tell you this because when we hit the next chapter of Exodus, chapter 21, we immediately run into another phrase that is key to our understanding of what is usually called “the Law”, that was about to be given to Moses on Mt. Sinai. And this phrase while not necessarily mis translated usually gives us the wrong impression, particularly in Western society, of what the Torah is all about. The result is a generally negative view by the Church of the Torah and what is commonly called “The Law”. And sadly this negative view even extends, to a degree, to the whole of the OT. So Exodus Chapter 20 gives us a record of the 10 Words given to Moses on Mt. Sinai. These 10 Words set the stage for all the so-called “LAW” that was going to be given to Moses and Israel….. yet…..these 10 Words were also, decidedly, set apart and held up higher from all the rest. So if we need to kind of re-think the notion of these 10 Words as being 10 “commandments”, then how can we more properly characterize them? I suggest we think of it as we think of our Declaration of Independence or our Constitution. Contained within those 2 documents are several concrete, inviolable assertions and principles that set up the framework for our nation and the system of government that would follow. Yet, none of us would think of calling what is contained in those two documents “Commandments”. I think there are 2 phrases, therefore, in common use in our American culture which express pretty well the nature of these 10 Words given to Moses, and that are closer to what is meant than “commandments”: and those phrases are “declarations” and “principles”. That is, the 10 Words are the founding principles for all the “Law” that will follow. The 613 Laws (the first 10 being the Decalogue, the Ten Words) that God will give Israel are, in essence, how you live- out the principles set down in the 10 Words. It’s almost as though the following 603 Laws are but extensions of the 10 declarations, the 10 founding principles, that God just gave Moses here in Exodus 20. The 613 Laws all operate within the boundaries of the 10 Words, just as all

Form words. Since I was working with a structured reading program (The Wilson Reading System) to teach my students the phonetic structure of words, I wanted to see what would happen if I used text-to-speech with this reading program to reinforce basic reading and writing skills. – Diane DeMott PainterTTS helped the students to see and hear the sounds of the words they were writing. This helped nurture sound sequencing – internalizing how words are formed and able to recall words from memory. Diane had three assumptions in exploring the use of TTS as an aid in learning: “1) text-to-speech will provide auditory feedback which will either confirm or invalidate the correct sounds the children think occur in words; 2) seeing and hearing the sounds that text-to-speech programs produce will provide the students with multi-sensory practice in learning how to write words; and 3) as the students learn to distinguish sounds and think about sound sequence through text-to-speech programs, they will begin to internalize how words are formed each time and will be better able to recall words from memory instead of “sounding out” words and relying on hearing the words spoken back to them as they write.”One popular electronic device manufacturer that uses the Text-to-speech technology is LeapFrog. This company developed learning devices such as the Tag reading systems and LeapPad tablets. LeapFrog’s technology has been used in several studies and in Early Childhood classrooms.Devices developed by LeapFrog offer games that are fun and educational. Most are used to

This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I’m sharing yet another free printable for practice reading i-e words!These four-in-a-row reading games take the boring out of reading practice. Plus, they’re quick to print and play!Print the game you’d like to play. I include four in the download:CVCe (i-e) words, such as ride and timeCCVCe (blend or digraph + consonant + silent e) words, such as smile or write.Short i words, such as tip and sit, PLUS CVCe wordsShort i words beginning with a blend or digraph, such as grin and twig, PLUS CCVCe words*You may think that adding in those short vowel words make a game easier, but it actually makes them harder. You child can’t automatically assume a word has the long i sound, so he really has to think about the spelling pattern before reading a word.Even after a morning at kindergarten, my Five needs no coaxing to play Four in a Row. We take turns reading a word and dotting it with a Do-a-Dot marker. It’s a race to see who gets four in a row first!Sometimes we see who gets four in a row, and then we just take turns reading and dotting the remaining words. Other times we don’t play four in a row at all. We just read and dot. My Five likes to see how fast he can read!We can play all four games in about ten minutes. I love these jam-packed reading sessions! They give