Meet Kacie Whaley
Board Member Lori Herrick Board Member Lori Herrick

Meet Kacie Whaley

“Confidence is built when individuals trust in their abilities. I focus on teaching students to be independent, both in school and in life. Becoming a good reader is a necessary step towards independence.”

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The Reality of Providing Effective Reading Instruction
The Science of Reading Lori Herrick The Science of Reading Lori Herrick

The Reality of Providing Effective Reading Instruction

When helping a struggling reader, unless you have been doing it for sometime, you may be taken by surprise at the level of difficulty the student is experiencing. For some students, learning to read comes without too much of a challenge; Phonemic awareness, phonics, word recognition, fluency, and comprehension skills progress almost effortlessly, with proven phonic-based instruction and practice. Many students, however, will have a more difficult time absorbing some or all of these crucial reading components. 

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A Taste for Mnemonics
Stevenson Reading Program Lori Herrick Stevenson Reading Program Lori Herrick

A Taste for Mnemonics

The Stevenson Program uses visual clues to help teach the full range of word attack skills, from learning letters to recognizing vowel patterns to unlocking multi-syllable words. Below, you see the mnemonic clue that teaches the letter c.  Along with this clue Stevenson provides multi-sensory activities and direct instruction to elicit the  hard sound of c and associate it with the letter shape. This approach to sound/symbol correspondence is thorough, but not unique. The Stevenson Program, however, takes this approach a step further.

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