Contents tagged with Direct Instruction
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Reading Horizons Review: Candice Bixman Murphy
Institution: Clark County School District
City: Clark County
State: Nevada
Job Title: Teacher
We have MANY success stories. This month's: A former student left the country a year ago (December 2015) and returned January 2017. After being enrolled in her respective classes, she requested that … more
Grade Level: Secondary
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Reading Horizons Review: 2nd Grade Teacher, Woodruff Elementary
Institution: Woodruff Elementary
City: Logan
State: Utah
Job Title: 2nd Grade Teacher
I think Reading Horizons has impacted our school and students reading by giving us a clear focus on what should be taught each year. I remember a few years ago it was just kind of 'whatever you think … more
Grade Level: Elementary
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Sharon Cooper
Institution: Parkview Elementary School
City: Worland
State: Wyoming
I used to teach Title I reading for eight years at Parkview Elementary in Lamar, a rural town in southeast Colorado. It was there I worked with small groups of first and second graders who needed … more
Grade Level: Elementary
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Teresa Brown
Institution: Scranton Elementary
City: Scranton
State: Iowa
When I was doing my student teaching for special education, I had the opportunity to learn how to use Reading Horizons. I worked with a kindergarten special-education student for 30 minutes per day … more
Grade Level: Elementary
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Tracy Hill
Institution: Naturita Elementary School
City: Naturita
State: Colorado
“As complex as the reading process is,” states Tracy Hill, “my guiding principle is to instill hope and self-belief.”
A little bit of hope and self-belief, it seems, can go a long way.
“If/when … more
Grade Level: Elementary
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Reading Horizons Review: Carol Houck
City: Sharpsville
State: Pennsylvania
I have several but the one I will share is a boy in my room when he entered my class this year read at an end of first grade reading level. He has been struggling in school since his mom had passed … more
Grade Level: Elementary
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Reading Horizons Review: Christy Buhr
State: Illinois
I had a student reading me a story. The student was struggling so I told him to look at the word. I asked if he knew the sounds for the first two letters and he said yes. I told him to say the slide … more
Grade Level: Elementary
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Renae Schelp
Institution: East Marshall Elementary
State: Iowa
When I ask my 1st-3rd grade students how the strategies we are learning help them in their classroom, they all tell me it has helped them spell more words correctly, it helps them with decoding words, … more
Grade Level: Elementary
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Tricia Baker-Sherman
Institution: Pinellas County Adult Ed
State: Florida
I just wanted to let you know that I had my first Reading Horizons completer. She went from a 5.8/514 on October 11th on the Level D Reading TABE to a 9.1/570, today, October 25th, on the Level D … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed
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Priscilla Rojas-Naiman
Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Yes! We have a student that has met with 4 of our tutors over a 3 year time-frame and each tutor ends up having difficulty getting through to her. She was diagnosed with a learning disability in … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed