- Rhoades To Reading Third Edition coming soon
- Designed for students in 3rd grade and above
- Expected publishing date November 1st, 2025
Aboout the Author
Jacqueline Jo Rhoades
Jacquie began her life in Chicago and moved to Pomona, California at an early age. After growing up in the country, surrounded by orange trees and truck gardens, she began her career as a teacher, writer of curriculumr, and workshop presenter, in and out of the United States. She now resides with her family near her childhood home.
,In addition to ,earning a Master of Science degree in education from Mt Saint Mary’s College Los Angeles and a Bacelor of Science degree in sociology from Long Beach State University, Jacquie has received numerous awards from local and national leaders and organizations.
Jacquie has taught general, special education, and reading in elementary and secondary settings. Additional positions: literacy leade, program specialist, adjunct professor at Sonoma State University and Dominican College San Rafael. Additionally, she served as an education specialist for the California Sepecial Education Resource Network.\
Teaching Tools Blog: www.readingcompany.us
Published Books: Simle Cooperation in the Classroom, The Nurturing Classroom, Social and Academic Activities for the Cooperative Classroom, Lessons from Cherry Creek, Outcome Based Learning: A teacher's Guide to Restructuring the Classroom, Rhoades to Reading levels A, B, C, D, Language Arts and Simple Cooperation
Curriculum is based on the theory and practice of the fClassroomllowing
pioneers in education: Madeline Hunter, David and Roger Johnson, Ana
Gillingham, Maryanne Frostig, Reuven Feuerstein, Ray Barsch, Donald
Deschler, and Renee Herman. While diverse, each approach
demonstrates students learn at different rates and in different ways; yet, when
given a chance they can learn.
A special thank you to Jeannie and Ken Womack, Jenna Kreeger, and Tonianne Merante for
editing the Rhoades to Reading program. My gratitude goes to Dr. Maria Palacio
for permitting sixteen teachers to field test the curriculum , and to Dr. Linda
Gamble for supporting our efforts. A number of lessons from Rhoades to Reading
are posted on this blog.
Has cursive gone the way of quills and parchment?
From Psychology Today |
Accprdomg to Ed Week only 21 states require the teaching of cursive. EdWeek link
William R. Klemm Ph.D discusses.Cursive and Cognitive Development in Psychology today. Following is a quote from this article.
Writing Beats Typing discusses current research and explains in detail the reasons, though inconvienent, for teaching cursive.
Teaching Cursive
Preparation
Draw two sets of solid, parallel lines about five feet long on the boardapproximately 24 inches apart. Draw a dotted line midway between the
solid lines (approximately twelve (12) inches above the bottom lines).
Supply Students with lined writing paper.. Follow the air tracing process included in the Teaching Cursive lesson.
Note: Use this line formation for all letter and word demonstrations for as long
as required. When the students understand the concept of the dotted line
and can write correctly on their papers, the use of lined paper can be eliminated.