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Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States
About the store
Providing struggling readers with effective, engaging, and easy-to-use resources. Certified Reading Specialist (30 years) Grades K-12 (Elementary -17 years, Middle School - 10 years, High School - 3 years) Published Author (Language Arts Bingo--Scholastic Teacher Store). Presented numerous workshops for teachers and parents.
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Preview of Listening Skills: Four Plays (NO Memorization)

Listening Skills: Four Plays (NO Memorization)

Effective, engaging, and easy-to-use listening activities, with simple parts and NO memorization, these audience participation plays are a great way to focus class attention on the skill of listening to the teacher and to each other. NO PREP needed. Useful at any time, the scripts are especially helpful at the beginning of the school year to focus students’ attention on listening to the teacher and to each other. They are also useful when the students seem bored or unmotivated because the ent
Preview of Earth Day Script

Earth Day Script

Easy to use, inspiring, building confidence with no memorization, this simple script for Earth Day can be adapted to classrooms of various sizes and reading levels. Reading is preferred, and memorization is unnecessary as students describe various ways that children can help improve the environment. Nothing builds reading confidence like successful experiences. The 20 simple statements are designed to be read over a school P. A. system. Several can be divided if the class size is larger than 2
Preview of First Day of School: Improving Listening Skills

First Day of School: Improving Listening Skills

Effective, engaging, and easy-to-use, with simple parts and NO memorization, this play is a great way to focus class attention on the skill of listening to the teacher and to each other. This Free, NO PREP script, The First Day of School, is the first in a set of 4 Audience Participation Plays. The plays contain short, GROUP parts for an entire class. After roles are assigned, the teacher reads the story, and the student groups provide the simple, appropriate words when they hear the cue fo
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Experience

Providing struggling readers with effective, engaging, and easy-to-use resources. Certified Reading Specialist (30 years) Grades K-12 (Elementary -17 years, Middle School - 10 years, High School - 3 years) Published Author (Language Arts Bingo--Scholastic Teacher Store). Presented numerous workshops for teachers and parents.

Teaching style

I believe: that we CAN encourage an understanding and a passion for reading in ALL students in all grades, that we can develop reading mastery with clear, focused attention and engaging forms of practice, that the measure of your greatness is in your care for others.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Several thousand previously struggling readers are now sparkling readers, the highlight of my career Teacher of Distinction, Teacher Excellence Foundation, Pittsburgh

My own education history

B.S. English, University of Pittsburgh M.Ed. Reading, University of Pittsburgh Learned many lessons from my students--read about them on my blog @ https://www.readingspotlight.com/reading-spotlight-blog/

Additional biographical information

Check out the Reading Spotlight Website: www.readingspotlight.com for numerous free tips on teaching reading, spelling, writing, study skills, ESL, and much more! My Reading Spotlight Blog: www.readingspotlight.com\ blog contains some of my most memorable experiences teaching reading to struggling readers in a school with high poverty levels.