Sunday, September 17, 2017

It's TEACHER TALK'S FEATURED AUTHOR! September 2017



It's TEACHER TALK'S Featured Author
September 2017
Gini Musmanno
of


Reading Spotlight









As an English teacher whose students could not read, I went back to school to become a reading specialist. Three years in high school, ten years in middle school, and seventeen years in elementary schools were spent in a district with very high poverty. Now that I am retired and have had time to reflect, I feel that it was, other than family, the most rewarding experience of my life.



My Resources

At the Reading Spotlight, I create enjoyable, research-based, practice materials for reading and writing improvement. One of my favorite resources is my free Self-Help Tests that encourage students to take some responsibility for their own learning (mindfulness!) and provide practical suggestions for ways to improve. This is one of them:



Another favorite is a set of Audience Participation Plays that improve listening skills. Kids REALLY enjoy these plays with simple, group parts and no-prep for teachers. They improve student listening abilities, too! You can find one below. 




Some of my best-selling resources are  Bingo games to teach phonics, word family, and difficult cluster decoding skills. This is one of them:





Where can you find me?



TBOTEMC’s Teacher Talk and its members have been very helpful and encouraging, s
tarting from the top with Vicky.   I have spent all of my time and energy helping kids, and our district had very little money for training. I am mostly self-taught in computing, with large gaps, and EVERY single person has been greatly supportive.

You can find me and Reading Spotlight at the links below! Stop by and visit!




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