: About Me

I live in the United States and am a single mother of two great kids (of course I am biased). I am in the process of going back to school in order to obtain my teaching certificate in Elementary Education and Special Education.

I stumbled across Helium and have really enjoyed participating in the website (albeit sporadically). I have had a chance to read some really great articles by other people, expand my knowledge on topics I may have not normally been interested in, and dabble at writing as a creative outlet.

When I have time, I do enjoy gardening, reading, music, biking, hiking, wine tasting, theater ... or just enjoying a great movie. Fall is my favorite season (although I always like each changing of the seasons). I like animals and our small family of humans is by far outnumbered with our 'pets' (or are we the pets?) I have three cats, two dogs and a guinea pig. 

My passion is ...

music & literature

I know too much about ...

nothing!

My parents always told me ...

treat others as you would wished to be treated.

My childhood ambition ...

was to become a teacher (I am in the process of fulfilling that dream!)

My favorite memory ...

baking with my grandmother.

Why I write ...

it is a huge stress reliever. Writing also is a nice creative outlet for me.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

"Making the Rounds with Oscar" .... Wonderful book

My first job ...

working for a fabric store when I knew nothing about sewing!

My best moment ...

Giving birth to my children.

My inspiration ...

Anyone who has found a way to overcome obstacles, etc. while remaining true to who they really are.

Education > Reading & Writing Skills Fluency Training as an instructional strategy

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Fostering a student’s ability to read fluently is an integral part of the classroom curriculum.  Not only does the student need to be able to read, but the student needs to read with accuracy and automacity.  Outlined below are five strategies a teacher can use to incorporate reading fluency within his or her classroom. Promoting accuracy is the first strategy in this reading fluency plan.  In order to read accurately, a student needs to have the ability to recognize high frequency words.  If a student is able to recognize and accurately read high frequency words,...

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