Making Great Readers

12/19/2011

Ellen Solbakken and I have started working on a new manual for Making Great Readers that will target parents and preschools. If there are any areas that you think that we might need to address, please let us know. One area we are planning to address is capitals vs. lower case letters.

09/24/2011

Making Great Readers was the doctorate project for Shelly Bullard. Her paper can be found at http://gradworks.umi.com/34/45/3445075.html. She is now Dr. Shelly Bullard.

This study was conducted to evaluate the Making Great Readers program which was piloted in two small Title I elementary schools in western North Carolina during the 2009-2010 school year. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the program based on teacher perception and impact on st...

05/13/2011

Just got back from the International Reading Conference in Orlando. Had a booth and one presentation. Talked to a lot of people. Hope that someone will believe and try.

09/14/2010

Keeping connected to past, present and future families!!

09/14/2010

Four of the schools are CS Partners Schools of Howell, Michigan-Charyl Stockwell Academy in Howell, MI., Huron Academy in Sterling Heights, MI., Crescent Academy in Southfield MI. and Academy of Detroit West in Redford, MI. The fifth school is Guyton Elementary in Guyton GA. I made a second visit to Guyton September 9thand 10th and the teachers and kids are doing a GREAT job.

09/14/2010

I would like to let everyone know that in the last 4 weeks I have worked with five schools. Fifty-four classroom teachers plus some other staff members will be using Making Great Readers this year. I would like to thank all these teachers for getting out of their comfort zone. Trying something new and different is not easy. However; I believe it will make a difference for the young learner.

08/19/2010

Wallace Howard, Founder and CEO of Making Great Readers speaks about his passion for helping students learn to read and describes the Making Great Readers approach: "See the sound, think the letter." Wallace's work exemplifies the innovation that comes from personal passion. Does your culture sup...

07/13/2010

Are you thinking, “What else would we teach?”The traditional methodology of teaching reading introduces letter names first rather than letter sounds. We have been conditioned to think that this is what a child needs to become a pro

07/04/2010

The Making Great Readers process consists of four components: The Sound Cards, Seeing Sounds in Text, Model Writing and Independent Writing Practice.