This is incredibly important, because trying to apply a top coat too early or bumping your wet nails on something will distort your beautiful flowers. Some nail polishes are specifically marketed as quick drying, but others will take at least half an hour to dry fully. To speed up the process, dry your nails with a hairdryer. The trick is to set it on "cool." Hot air will actually keep the polish from hardening, so cool air is the way to go. The drugstore sells special polish-drying sprays, so pick one up if you're desperate to get your nails dried quickly.
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One-sentence summary -- Allow your flowers to dry fully.

Reading aloud to students regularly increases their skills in reading fluency and comprehension. It exposes them to vocabulary, and helps them to internalize language structures that they will apply to their own reading. Reading aloud is also a great way to get students calmed down before a transition in lessons. Choose interesting, age-appropriate books to read to students. Younger students (kindergarten-2nd grade) will enjoy stories with colorful pictures. As students move through the elementary grades, you can choose longer chapter books that are based on their interests. As students begin to develop reading fluency, encourage them to read aloud in class too. Letter-to-sound recognition is a crucial skill to learn for beginning and struggling readers. Accurate and fluent word recognition depends on phonics knowledge. The younger grades in particular (2nd grade and below) can benefit from regular reviews on phonics and practicing the sounds that each letter can make. Learning the rules of certain letter combinations in English (for instance "ea" usually sounds like long "ee") is also highly beneficial for beginning readers, after the basic alphabet sounds are learned. By the end of 2nd grade, students should be able to decode almost any unfamiliar word in their texts so they can attend to uncovering the meaning of the word. Sight words are the most commonly occurring words in children's books by reading level. Words like "to," "and," and "it" occur in preschool level books, and move up to words like "never," "better," and "laugh" in 3rd grade level books. What is known as Dolch word list outlines the 220 most commonly occurring words in children's literature. Teach sight words with pictures. Many learners think in pictures, and whether we realize it or not, we often visualize what we are learning to help solidify the information in our memories. Practice listening to, saying, and repeating the sight words. Have students listen to sight words while you show them the words on flash cards. Have them repeat the words after you. Review current sight words in books, music, and games. Exposing students to sight words as many times as possible and in many contexts will help them to really learn them. The best way to promote independent reading is to have a classroom library (or use the school library regularly) that has many books on varied topics. There are countless lists of popular, current, age-appropriate children's literature available through schools, bookstores, and on the web. Offer time for silent reading in class for students to read a book of their choice. In the older grades (starting in 2nd or 3rd grade) incorporate a reading log with short written book reports for each book that they finish during the independent sessions. Reading, writing, speaking, and listening do not each exist in a vacuum within a thriving language arts classroom. Books are read together and talked about, and writing assignments are created based on the reading, and then writing assignments are read aloud and talked about. Plan units that incorporate all the skills and assignments that build off of each other.
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One-sentence summary -- Read aloud to students as much as possible. Teach phonics and decoding. Teach target sight words. Have books of interest available for independent reading. Plan units that incorporate all aspects of the language arts together.

It's important to do this before you plug in any speakers or audio equipment. Look for at least one of the following on the back or side of the TV. RCA - A red circular port and a white circular port. RCA is known as "analog" audio. Optical - A square (sometimes hexagonal) port. Optical audio is known as "digital" audio. Headphone - The standard 3.5 millimeter jack used for most headphones. You'll usually see an image of a pair of headphones above this port. HDMI - Typically used for combined audio and video. Some stereo receivers connect via HDMI. Your individual speakers will almost always have RCA inputs, with the left speaker using a white input and the right speaker using a red input. If you're attaching a soundbar-type stereo system, your speaker set will likely have an optical input. You don't need to use an audio receiver with a soundbar. Unless you're using a soundbar or computer speakers with your TV, you need to use a stereo receiver (or amp) to connect to your TV. Your receiver will have at least one of the following inputs: RCA Optical HDMI For example, if your receiver only has an optical input and your TV only has RCA outputs, you'll need an RCA to Optical adapter. This also applies for TVs that only have headphone outputs, as you can buy a headphone-to-RCA adapter. You can usually find RCA, optical, HDMI, and headphone cables and their accessories online, but most tech department stores carry them as well.
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Turn off and unplug your TV. Find your TV's audio output slots. Check your speakers' input type. Check your receiver's input type. Determine whether or not you need an adapter. Buy any cables that you don't have.