Learning Disabilities Specialist for 31 years,
Professor of Education for 7 years,
Speaker - all grade levels, homeschool, parent groups, college, schools
Phonics-based approach: If your child/students are in grades 3-12 and still can’t read or spell, use Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading (BSB), a multisensory approach which interests older students. BSB was carefully developed by a teacher for her students. It is a classroom/homeschool-tested intervention that produces amazing results. Over 20 years of video and testing evidence shows previous nonreaders finally able to read and spell well. Sandra Martin's evidence shows improvement
This download contains 57 one-to-five minute videos of the author, Sandra Martin, instructing teachers and students. The videos were created to enhance the memory-linking instruction that accompanies the first level of Breaking the “Sound” Barrier to Fluent Reading (BSB1B) which gets kids motivated to learn to read after being unsuccessful with previous approaches. 17 videos are informational staff-development videos for teacher/parent viewing and 38 videos are for direct instruction with studen
Phonics-Based Approach - Learning the 6 syllable types that make up the words of our language: If your child/students are in grades 3-12 and still can’t read, use Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading (BSB). It is a meaningful and fun way to finally teach students to read and spell. Don’t let your child/students be left behind. Use BSB-Part 2 after learning phonics in BSB, Part 1 or if you feel your students have strong phonics skills. BSB-Part 2 is an intervention that teaches students
Math made easy: Mathopedia, Level 2 is like an encyclopedia of 118 pages of math skills, sequentially organized from addition to pre-algebra. Mathopedia is a high-interest math reference for students have difficulty with math. Students easily look up a skill presenting difficulty. Mathopedia contains simple, one-page explanations of how to easily do the math skills listed below: Here is a complete list of all the one-page skills covered: Place Value, Rounding Whole Numbers, Greater Than and Les
Math made easy: Mathopedia, Level 1 is like a math encyclopedia, sequentially organized from addition to pre-algebra. It works well to assist with online learning. If the teacher is not readily available to help students with math work presenting difficulties, students easily look up the skill. Mathopedia explains how to solve the skill with simple and fun, one-page explanations. Here is a complete list of the one-page skills covered in the complete edition of Mathopedia, Level 1 (118 pages o
Math made easy: Part D of Mathopedia, Level 1 contains the following skill pages: Geometry–Vocabulary-Point-Line-Line Segment-Ray-Intersecting Lines-Plane, Congruent, Perpendicular and Parallel, Circles, The Protractor, Acute-Right-Obtuse-Straight Angles, Vocabulary-Angles, Triangles Classified by Angles, Triangles Classified by Sides, Polygons, Quadrilaterals, Solids, Perimeter-Area-Volume, Ratio, Proportions, Unit Pricing, Scale Drawings Mathopedia, Levels 1 and 2 contain 118 pages of math s
Phonics-Based Approach - Syllabification If your child/students are in grades 3-12 and still can’t read use Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading (BSB). It is a meaningful and fun way to finally teach students to read and spell. Don’t let your child/students be left behind. Use BSB-Part 3 if your students are already fairly proficient with phonics and reading syllables. If students are weak in these areas, you may want to consider starting with BSB-Part 1 or BSB-Part 2. Level 3 is a s
The BSB-Part 3 Student Edition is optional for use with the BSB-Part 3 Teacher Edition. It is a valuable resource and reference guide for students. It can be purchased for every student in the class or purchased and duplicated as needed. The collection of BSB-Part 3 handouts includes all Important Notations, Warm-Up Exercises, Spelling Tests, and Charts sequenced for easy reference to accompany instruction with the BSB-Part 3 Teacher Edition. It is organized for students to use as an ongoing ref
The BSB-Part 2 Student Edition is optional for use with the BSB-Part 2 Teacher Edition.It is a collection of BSB-Part 2 handouts that students can consume. The Student Edition includes all Important Notations, Warm-Up Exercises, Spelling Tests, and Charts sequenced for easy reference to accompany instruction with the BSB-Part 2 Teacher Edition. It is organized for students to use as an ongoing reference and makes BSB2 lesson prep easier for the teacher. As stated to students: Breaking the Sound
Math made easy: Part A of Mathopedia contains the following skill pages: Place Value, Rounding Whole Numbers, Greater Than and Less Than, Addition, Commutative Property of Addition, Associative Property of Addition, Line Graph, Bar Graph, Venn Diagrams, Subtraction, Money-Counting Change, Time, Multiplication Tables, Powers-Exponents, Multiplication-One Digit, Multiplication-Two Digits, Multiplication-Three Digits, Multiplication of Whole Numbers by 10-100-1000, Commutative Property of Multipli
Math made easy: Part A of Mathopedia, Level 2 contains the following skill pages: Place Value, Rounding Whole Numbers, Greater Than and Less Than, Addition, Commutative Property of Addition, Associative Property of Addition, Line Graph, Bar Graph, Venn Diagrams, Subtraction, Money-Counting Change, Time, Multiplication Tables, Powers-Exponents, Multiplication-One Digit, Multiplication-Two Digits, Multiplication-Three Digits, Multiplication of Whole Numbers by 10-100-1000, Commutative Property of
Math made easy: Part B of Mathopedia, Level 2 contains the following skill pages: Statistics-Mode-Frequency Distribution Tables, Statistics-Range-Median-Mean, Stem and Leaf Plots, Box and Whisker Plots, Scientific Notation, Patterns and Sequencing, Scale of Miles, Inverse Operations, The Decimal Point, Decimal Place Value, Reading and Writing Decimals in Number Form, Reading and Writing Decimals in Word Form, Comparing Decimals, Ordering Decimals, Rounding Decimals, Addition of Decimals, Subtra
Math made easy: Part B of Mathopedia, Level 1 contains the following skill pages: Statistics-Mode-Frequency Distribution Tables, Statistics-Range-Median-Mean, Stem and Leaf Plots, Box and Whisker Plots, Scientific Notation, Patterns and Sequencing, Scale of Miles, Inverse Operations, The Decimal Point, Decimal Place Value, Reading and Writing Decimals in Number Form, Reading and Writing Decimals in Word Form, Comparing Decimals, Ordering Decimals, Rounding Decimals, Addition of Decimals, Subtra
Math made easy: Part C of Mathopedia, Level 2 contains the following skill pages: Fraction Terminology-Fraction-Numerator-Denominator-Division Symbol-Proper Fraction-Improper Fraction-Fraction Equal to 1-Mixed Number-Equivalent Fractions-Lowest Terms, Divisibility Rules, Factors, Primes, and Composites, Factor Trees, Greatest Common Factor (GCF), Fraction Reducing Rules, Improper Fraction to Mixed Number, Addition of Like Fractions, Subtraction of Like Fractions (No Borrowing), Subtraction of L
Math made easy: Part C of Mathopedia, Level 1 contains the following skill pages: Fraction Terminology-Fraction-Numerator-Denominator-Division Symbol-Proper Fraction-Improper Fraction-Fraction Equal to 1-Mixed Number-Equivalent Fractions-Lowest Terms, Divisibility Rules, Factors, Primes, and Composites, Factor Trees, Greatest Common Factor (GCF), Fraction Reducing Rules, Improper Fraction to Mixed Number, Addition of Like Fractions, Subtraction of Like Fractions (No Borrowing), Subtraction of L
Math made easy: Part E of Mathopedia, Level 2 contains the following skill pages: Changing Percents to Decimals and Decimals to Percents, Changing Percents to Fractions and Fractions to Percents, Three Types of Percent–Type 1-Percent of a Number is an Unknown Number, Three Types of Percent–Type 2-Percent of an Unknown Number is a Number, Three Types of Percent–Type 3-Unknown Percent of a Number is a Number, Percent of Increase and Decrease, Sales-Discounts, Tax, Simple Interest, Pictographs, Cir
Math made easy: Part E of Mathopedia, Level 1 contains the following skill pages: Changing Percents to Decimals and Decimals to Percents, Changing Percents to Fractions and Fractions to Percents, Three Types of Percent–Type 1-Percent of a Number is an Unknown Number, Three Types of Percent–Type 2-Percent of an Unknown Number is a Number, Three Types of Percent–Type 3-Unknown Percent of a Number is a Number, Percent of Increase and Decrease, Sales-Discounts, Tax, Simple Interest, Pictographs, Ci
Math made easy: Part D of Mathopedia, Level 2 contains the following skill pages: Geometry–Vocabulary-Point-Line-Line Segment-Ray-Intersecting Lines-Plane, Congruent, Perpendicular and Parallel, Circles, The Protractor, Acute-Right-Obtuse-Straight Angles, Vocabulary-Angles, Triangles Classified by Angles, Triangles Classified by Sides, Polygons, Quadrilaterals, Solids, Perimeter-Area-Volume, Ratio, Proportions, Unit Pricing, Scale Drawings Mathopedia, Levels 1 and 2 contain 118 pages of math s
Math made easy: Mathopedia is an encyclopedia of memory-enhancing skill pages. This introductory free collection includes 10 "stand-alone" skill pages with math tricks to aid retention. Each "stand-alone" page teaches/reviews one math skill with memory-enhancing tricks. Use the Mathopedia pages with any math program to introduce, reinforce, or review important skills. Included in this freebie: Place Value, Bar Graphs, Stem and Leaf Plots, Reading and Writing Decimals in Word Form, The Metric Sy
Math made easy: Mathopedia is an encyclopedia of memory-enhancing skill pages. This LEVEL 2 introductory free collection includes 10 "stand-alone" skill pages with math tricks to aid retention. Each "stand-alone" page teaches/reviews one math skill with memory-enhancing tricks. Use the Mathopedia pages with any math program to introduce, reinforce, or review important skills. Included in this freebie: Place Value, Bar Graphs, Stem and Leaf Plots, Reading and Writing Decimals in Word Form, The M
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Experience
Learning Disabilities Specialist for 31 years,
Professor of Education for 7 years,
Speaker - all grade levels, homeschool, parent groups, college, schools
Teaching style
Include everyone while diversely teaching with multisensory methods;
Some students need specialized brain-balanced instruction;
Find each student's strengths and teach through his/her strengths. This is a balance of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic methods.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Finalist,
Hanover Area Educator's Award,
Shippensburg University's Exemplary Program Award for Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading.
My own education history
Master's Degree in Learning Disabilities from Shippensburg University,
Bachelor's Degree in Special Education-All Levels from Bloomsburg University
Additional biographical information
Chose to stay in the classroom with students to teach/develop interventions that work! After retirement from public speaking and from public school special education/learning disabilities teaching, enjoyed working with student teachers on adjusting teaching strategies to meet the needs of all students.
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