Recent ActivityInstructor: Wanda Young
I graduated from East Carolina University with a B.S. in Special Education. I obtained my MA.Ed. from Western Carolina University. I guess you could say I went from one end of the state to the other!
One of the most important tasks given to professional educators is the task of teaching ALL of our children how to read. It is the most critical skill a child must have in order to move successfully through our educational system. I am passionate about making sure that all of our children have the critical reading skills necessary for them to be successful in school and successful in life.
This is my twenty seventh year as an educator. My experience has been with students with disabilities, and with literacy. I have two sons, Marcus is attending Appalachian State University majoring in music theory/composition. My youngest son, Jackson is a senior at Mountain Heritage High School and enjoys playing football for the Heritage Cougars. My husband, Mark, is a photographer who does beautiful work, check out his website: www.fotonuovo.com. And, last but certainly not least, there is my great love of rescuing German Shepherds, a noble breed in which I am the proud owner of two, Miss Ellie, and Schroder.
One of the most important tasks given to professional educators is the task of teaching ALL of our children how to read. It is the most critical skill a child must have in order to move successfully through our educational system. I am passionate about making sure that all of our children have the critical reading skills necessary for them to be successful in school and successful in life.
This is my twenty seventh year as an educator. My experience has been with students with disabilities, and with literacy. I have two sons, Marcus is attending Appalachian State University majoring in music theory/composition. My youngest son, Jackson is a senior at Mountain Heritage High School and enjoys playing football for the Heritage Cougars. My husband, Mark, is a photographer who does beautiful work, check out his website: www.fotonuovo.com. And, last but certainly not least, there is my great love of rescuing German Shepherds, a noble breed in which I am the proud owner of two, Miss Ellie, and Schroder.
Reading Programs in Yancey County Schools Summer time is calling!Summer is great fun, and I hope everyone has a wonderful time. Please, please, please, let's remember to keep up with our reading! Reading 30-45 minutes a day is a wonderful opportunity to bond together with your child, to enjoy some quiet time, and most importantly, it will help your child remain where they are in their reading skills so that when school starts, they won't have to catch up!
Have a wonderful summer break, and READ! How do you calculate fluency?We all have administered fluency assessments, determined the number of words per minute. What happens though if you would like to take a fluency reading on some other passage that doesn't have the numbers written out at the end? You really have two options in this case:
1. You can have a student read a passage for one minute and count the number of words read CORRECTLY. The number of words read correctly in this case is the same as words per minute......OR 2. You can have the student read the entire passage that is fewer or more than 100 words. The teacher records the student's time and calculates the words read correctly per minute by using the following formula: words read correctly ______________________ total reading time in minutes Take the words read correctly and divide it by the total reading time in minutes. Language! 3rd editionIn many of our exceptional children's classrooms we are providing instruction using the program Language! 3rd edition. This is an intense program designed to improve the skills of struggling readers.
 LetterlandThe research based program "Letterland" is used at Bald Creek, Burnsville, Clearmont, and Micaville Elementary schools in grades K-2. This program is also used as large group, small group and as intensive instruction.
http://www.letterland.com/ Wilson Fundations South Toe Elementary and Bee Log Elementary use the Wilson Fundations program in grades K-2. The program is used both as small group, large group and as rotations. http://www.fundations.com/index.asp Links information for parents on how to best help your child in reading websites used for reading interventions/strategies |
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