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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:46:39 GMT

Comprehension Screenings Screenings to be used in conjunction with other assessments in isolating specific difficulties with reading comprehension. Reading Comprehension Screening PDF 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Screening PDF 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Screening PDF 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Screening PDF 5th Grade Depth of Oral Language This chart can be used to demonstrate the idea of words with similar meanings but different intensities. Students can sort these words for “problem” into three piles: big problems, little problems, medium problems. Open/Download Depth of Oral Language Chart (PDF) Instructional Charts - small These small versions of the classroom charts are sized for use with small groups of students. All of the files below are sized for 8.5 in. by 11 in. cardstock. The Neuhaus instruction these are...

Consumables

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:14:24 GMT

Silly Cats are O.K. Silly Cats are O.K. is a mnemonic for the elements of a story. Use this fun form to help your students summarize any narrative. A Story Map The Story Map offers another method for summarizing narratives. Blank Lesson Plans Foundations Foundations Blank Lesson Plan Extended Foundations Blank Lesson Plan Basic Language Skills Book 1 Blank Lesson Plan Book 2 Blank Lesson Plan Language Enrichment Language Enrichment Blank Electronic Lesson Plan Language Enrichment Blank Lesson Plan PDF Mastery Checks - Basic Language Skills Basic Language Skills Mastery Check IV Basic Language Skills Mastery Check V Basic Language Skills Mastery Check VI Basic Language Skills Mastery Check VII Basic Language Skills Mastery Check VIII Basic Language Skills Mastery Check IX Word Webs and Charts Semantic Web Derivative or Multiple Meanings Web Connect Correct Collect Chart Alphabet Arc/Alphabet Strip Matching Mat

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:12:45 GMT

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Neuhaus / SMU Master of Education

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:56:33 GMT

Students attend classes two nights a week at Neuhaus and have a combination of video-conferencing with professors from SMU and face-to face classes. This cohort will begin the second semester this summer. All teachers are using scientifically-based reading instruction in their classrooms.

When they complete their master's degree, they will have also completed the Teaching Level of the Academic Language Therapist certification.

Watch for coming information about joining the next cohort.

School Improvement Officers Houston ISD

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:34:05 GMT

The Houston Independent School District is looking for great leaders. With over 200,000 students in the seventh-largest public school system in the country and the largest in Texas, we are poised to make a real difference in education in Texas and nationally. We have a new superintendent, Dr. Terry Grier, who is focused on leading real change to ensure that we are the first major city to close the achievement gap. We are actively implementing innovative ideas to forge a new path for our students and our schools, and we know the rest of the country is hoping to follow our lead. In order to do this, we need highly motivated, highly energized, reform-minded individuals to join us as School Improvement Officers (SIOs). SIOs will be responsible for a group of schools by school level (elementary, middle, or high school) and will be directly supporting and mentoring the Principals that lead these schools. The SIO will be responsible for maintaining high-quality instructional teams and...

Poll Section

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:51:55 GMT

The word travel comes from a French word which means:polling

Meet Our Teaching Staff - Rai Thompson

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:28:38 GMT

Among her other pursuits before coming to Neuhaus were the coordination of a Title 1 reading program and working in a University of Texas Medical Branch dyslexia program. Meet Rai Thompson, Assistant Director or Professional Development. With such a literary background, you might think of Rai as the quiet, stay-at-home type. But think again. Mountain hiking and camping are high on her list of favorite things to do! Number one on that list is of course – reading.

Marcia K. Henry, Ph.D. Featured Speaker at Lennox M. Reed Seminar

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:40:14 GMT

Dr. Henry speaks frequently at conferences and writes for and serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals. She is author of the chapter, The History and Structure of Written English in Judith R. Birsh's Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, which contains a detailed history of the languages and other factors that have shaped the development of our language since 54 B.C.E.

Dr. Henry will speak for the Lennox Reed Seminar on March 11, 2010, about morphemes, the meaning units within words such as prefixes, suffixes, base words and roots. Knowledge of morphemes is useful for acquiring fluent decoding and spelling of polysyllabic words and enhancing vocabulary. Frameworks for instruction, along with numerous instructional strategies and activities will be presented.

Getting Ready to Graduate

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:38:15 GMT

In addition, they will be eligible to sit for the Texas Education Agency Reading Specialist certification test, and the Alliance National Registration Exam at the associate/teaching level. Individuals who pass this exam are eligible to join ALTA and be identified as an Associate Academic Language Teacher (AALT).

What's all the Hoopla?

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:53:25 GMT

Teachers in an Advanced Basic Language Skills class learned about the interactive nature of all of the components of language. After much thinking, scrutiny, and collaborative discussion, the teachers found that with the exception of orthography, which is not related to oral language, all of the components are related to each other in some way, as are the three domains - oral language, reading, and written language.

Meet Our Teaching Staff - Mary French

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:53:38 GMT

"When I first started teaching, I had one little boy who had great difficulty learning to read. The long hours I spent after school trying to help him was my motivation to go back to college and learn all that I could about reading. When I started my own training here at Neuhaus, it made such sense to me, not only 'how,' but 'why' we were teaching reading in a multisensory, sequential manner."

Mary is certified as a reading specialist, dyslexia specialist, and as a master reading teacher. She has presented at numerous parent workshops, district, and International Dyslexia Association conferences. She was awarded the Space Center rotary Elementary Teacher of the Year Award for Clear Creek ISD in 2004.

Forums & Information

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:55:23 GMT


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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:49:26 GMT

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The Nokomis Story - the light shines

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:25:33 GMT

Karen Moon, second grade teacher at Nokomis, has had children in her class who came to her unable to read and write. Joseph (not his real name), announced at the beginning of the school year, "I like to read to myself," a desperate camoflage for his inability to read even at a first grade level. After four months using Neuhaus Language Enrichment, Karen says,"Now when he begins to read, his little face absolutely lights up."

She discovered during oral language and listening comprehension lessons using The Colors and Shapes of Language that Joseph has a good store of background knowledge and is able to retell stories very well. She has high hopes that this will serve him well as he gains the basic mechanics of learning to read the words.

"When I modeled a summary for a passage about elephants using the card pyramid, and he was able to have the cards at his desk, he was able to write a paragraph for the very first time in his own handwriting, and then he was able to read it!"

Katy Farmer - Teacher, Author, and More!

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:43:27 GMT

Katy's interest in dyslexia stems from helping her daughter, whose dyslexia was diagnosed in the sixth grade. Katy became a therapist through professional development at Neuhaus and had a tutorial practice from 1991-1995. She taught fourth grade for several years, and then was offered an instructor position here at Neuhaus, where she is now the Instructional Manager for General Education. She still tutors students two days per week. In addition to her full time work here, Katy is a writer. She has published several short stories and one novel, Power of the Shaman, a young adult novel about the Karankawa Indians, set in Galveston, Texas. Amazingly, she also has time for her passion for quilting (she's made over 100 quilts!), and her seven beautiful grandchildren.

Listening/Reading Comprehension Reading List

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:58:14 GMT

div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:11.0pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } Beck, I. L., McKeown, M. G., Hamilton, R. L., & Kucan, L. (Spring/Summer 1998). Getting at the meaning: How to help students unpack difficult text. American Educator, 22, 66-71. Boulware-Gooden, R., Carreker, S., Thornhill, A., & Joshi, M. (2007). Is teaching metacognitive strategies effective for third grade readers? The Reading Teacher, 61, 70-77. Calfee, R. & Chambliss, M. (1988). Beyond decoding: Picture of expository prose. Annals of Dyslexia, 38, 243-258. Carlisle, J. F. (1989). The use of sentence verification technique in diagnostic assessment of listening and reading comprehension. Learning Disabilities Research, 5(1), 33-44. Chall, J. S. (1983). Stages of reading development. New York: McGraw-Hill. National Institutes of Health (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching...

Reading Lists

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:34:13 GMT

Follow the links for suggested books and articles on the following subjects.

Phonemic Awareness

Instant Letter Recognition

Explicit Instruction in Decoding

Extended Reading in Connected Text

Explicit Instruction of Spelling

Extended Writing

Oral Language Development

Listening/Reading Comprehension

Self Efficacy and Achievement

Catherine Scott

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:56:18 GMT

Her passion for animals spawned an interest in environmental education. Alternative Certification landed her a job teaching first and second grade, which, as Catherine puts it…just stuck! When she took Basic Language Skills in order to fill a gap in services for several of her struggling students, she felt she had finally found something that was “going to work,”…and it did! That year, she used her training for tiered instruction, and every single one of her students passed the Stanford Achievement Test. She began work as a part-time reading specialist and for the next four years, inspired by the needs of her students, she passionately took on the role of advocate at ARD meetings, liaison between teachers and students and educator of parents on dyslexia and related reading problems. Catherine is now in a reading specialist masters program through the University of St. Thomas.

“I want to serve as a resource for people. I want people to be educated and have as much knowledge as possible, so a learning disability does not disable them.”

Decks

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:12:46 GMT

Regular Word Decks for Language Enrichment Year One (listed by year and Reading Practice number) Word Deck - formatted for cutting into 3 in. x 5 in. cards, one page per lesson Word List - list of the words on the cards of the deck Year Two (listed by year and Reading Practice number) Word Deck - formatted for cutting into 3 in. x 5 in. cards, one page per lesson Word List - list of the words on the cards of the deck Year Three (listed by year and Reading Practice number) Word Deck - formatted for cutting into 3 in. x 5 in. cards, one page per lesson Word List - list of the words on the cards of the deck Irregular Word Decks for Language Enrichment Year One Irregular Word Deck - formatted for cutting into 3 in. x 5 in. cards Year Two Irregular...

Links

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:07:15 GMT

http://www.storylineonline.net

http://www.storylineonline.net - Wonderful readers and on-target activities. Great for teachers, parents, and grandparents to share with the children in their lives... Or just if you want someone to read to you...

http://www.spellingcity.com

http://www.spellingcity.com - fun interactive site for practicing your own weekly spelling words!