Sunday, April 21, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
Compliments!
Compliments
Following are a few of the compliments received from parents, tutors, and teachers.
Grandmother:
Friday, April 12, 2024
Stages of Reading Development
Stages of Reading Development
The quality of reading is not measured by how soon a child begins to read but by how well he or she reads when ready.
When
teaching it is important to recognize that students learn in different ways and
in synchronization with their own personal growth and development. Reading development expectations,
as with all human development, can be
used as general references. In no
instance should guidelines become reasons to judge a student’s ability to learn
nor should they be a reason to hold a student to curriculum that is no longer
challenging.
As part of the normal growth process,
children pass through stages of reading development. Advancement through these
stages may differ from child to child. For example, a family may have one child
who begins reading at age four while another does not begin reading until age
six. Parents may be surprised to notice that both children are reading well at
age eight. In other words, a slow beginning simply may indicate the child is
not yet ready to read
From How to Teach Rhoades to Reading Pp 5&6
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Friday, December 2, 2016
Thank You to Our Contributors
J.M. Cataffo |
The vocabulary in Rhoades to Reading is controlled. In other words, all vocabulary or the skills required to decode the vocabulary, are taught before asking a student to read the story. This is done to ensure reading success.
High interest stories were needed for grade levels 2-8 that, rather than insult the student, caused them to fall in love with reading. An "all call" was sent to writing groups to submit stories that met this criteria. The stories selected were from authors in the United States and Canada. The authors of stories included in the program range from a high school student (Submitted with the assistance of her English teacher) to an octogenarian.
I appreciate, and so do the thousands of students who have read these stories, each and every author. They have grabbed the readers attention and have been a part of making learning fun.
Level A
Jenna Kreeger: Bull on the Beach
Geri Borcz: Deer Plots
Russel Spooner: A Hundred Hammers
Jacqueline Rhoades: My Homework
Level B
Christie Rose: The Big Scoop, The Taffy Pull
Brian Mossing: On The Couch
Melissa Mitchell: A Dog and His Boy
Chris R. Workman: Sugar Cookies
Corrine Contreras Workman: It's Not Christmas Until We Make Tamales
Sue Moss: Passover Memories
Jacqueline Rhoades: Grandpa, Sara, Martha, The House
Level C
Jacqueline Rhoades: Hank
Amy Sterling Casil: My Mom's Sugar Egg
Christie Rose: Robin
Tashina Manyak: Grandma's Penny
Jane Clarahan Method: Willow
Ruben Perez: Queen of the Highlands
Level D anthology
Christie Rose: Where Did That Come From,
The Day the Bear Caught the Show, Why Are Railroades Built That Way?
Claudine M. Jalajas: New Kid in School
Marsha L. Schuh: The Year of Confusion
Ann Marie Reese: Thumb and Cucumbers
Jennifer Wright: Yesterday
Ruth Solomon: School of Stone, The Greatest Measure Ever
Sybille Watson-Jones: The Elusive Eel
Elizabeth Boatman: Gato
Josepth Tintle: Bullies Bug Me
Annmarie B. Tait: Queen of Coleslaw
Mary Ann Robinson: An Ode to Old Joe
Sunday, October 16, 2016
They Didn't Give Up: Middle School Success!
They Didn't Give Up: Middle School Success!
Saturday, October 8, 2016
O Rhoades to Reading in the Classroom
Whether you are trying to catch up, keep up, or get ahead, Rhoades to Reading is for you because:
- teachers parents and paraprofessionals who have little or no formal training in the teaching of reading may use the program
- facilitates a minimum of teacher preparation
- instruction is streamlined to take advantage of each instructional minute
- begins at kindergarten instructional level and takes students to eighth grade literacy
- may be used with students of any age
- includes pretest and post test assessments
- integrates multi-sensory, phonetic, whole word, linguistic and literature-based approaches