Articles for Reading Teachers Network

Teachers and administrators gathered at Neuhaus to discuss and learn more about the Response to Intervention process with keynote speaker, Mary E. Dahlgren, Ed.D., this month. "RTI is a problem-solving model," said Dr. Dahlgren, which should progress from screening, to formative, to outcome data, all of which drive instruction for each and every child." Each of four kinds of reading measures serves a specific purpose in the process; the instruments should be chosen with the purpose in ...

This study involving pre-school children (ages 3-5) in programs for the socio-economically (SES) disadvantaged looked at how emerging skills in both oral language and code-based skills (alphabet knowledge, phonemic awareness) contribute to later literacy skill development. The children were tested for performance in vocabulary and language knowledge as well as code-based skills in early preschool. At mid-year in preschool, they were rated by their teachers for emergent literacy ...

Presentation of the Dyslexia Specialist Preparation Program Graduates of 2010

Dr. Jack Naglieri is co-author of over 250 publications about assessing non-verbal intelligence and assessing and addressing learning disabilities. His publications include Helping Children Learn (Naglieri & Pickering, 2003) and Essentials of CAS Assessment (Naglieri, 2008). Dr. Naglieri spoke with the Neuhaus Teaching staff April 9, 2010, about the relationship between cognitive processes and the components of reading. Dr. Nagieri has done research in the field of learning disabilities since ...

“The truth is that if borrowing foreign words could destroy a language, English would be dead.” (Claiborne, R., 1983, p. 4). Did you know that the simple, Anglo-Saxon word, "word" can be expanded to at least 25 new words by adding morphemes? Marcia K. Henry, Ph. D., began a captivating journey into the layers of English at the Lenox M. Reed Seminar March 11, 2010, with the above quote from Claiborne’s, Our Marvelous Native Tongue: The Life and Times of the English Language. ...

Is Online Professional Development on Spelling an Effective Alternative to Onsite Professional Development on Spelling? Suzanne Carreker Regina Boulware-Gooden Mary Lou Slania Neuhaus Education Center Abstract Spelling is often taught as a rote memory skill. However, spelling is a cognitive linguistic skill that can be learned with thorough knowledge of English speech sounds and orthographic patterns. Teachers who are knowledgeable about speech sounds and frequent ...

Response to Intervention (RTI) has been offered to ameliorate the problems of the discrepancy model in the identification of students with learning disabilities (LD). RTI is both an instructional and an identification model in which teachers and schools work together to identify struggling readers, plan appropriate instruction, monitor progress, and adjust instruction as needed. Students who are still not responding to instruction are then referred for further evaluation. Successful implementati

The Professional Standards and Practices Committee, 2009, appointed by the International Dyslexia Association, has developed a well-referenced document which will serve as a guide for college and university teacher preparation, professional development, and certification of those who teach reading and related literacy skills in all settings. "Reading difficulties," says the document, "are the most common cause of academic failure and underachievement." The standards developed by this committee ...

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Vision problems can interfere with the process of learning; however, vision problems are not the cause of primary dyslexia or learning disabilities.

Many of you have wondered how the scopen and sequence for Language Enrichment (LE, the phonics and oral language componenet of the English Language arts program in grades 1 through 3, can be dove-tailed with the reading skills standards set by your state.

Join Friends of Neuhaus as we “Paint the town Re(a)d!” Sip on signature cocktails, indulge in delectable bites, and move to the live music while donning your most fabulous red and white attire at the Friends of Neuhaus. Entertainment by: The Slags When: November 6, 2009, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Where: Winter Street Studios http://www.winterstreetstudios.net/ 2101 Winter Street Houston, TX 77077 713.862.0082 Individual tickets are $50. Underwriter ...

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No matter how you cut it, being a first-year teacher is an overwhelming experience. Being a first-year teacher in a low-performing school with an at-risk student population is an extremely overwhelming experience...