I am the Reading Specialist at CYHS. I am very excited to teach our reading course at the high school called, Current Topics in Reading! When I'm not teaching, I like to spend time with teachers and students in other classes.

I live in Hummelstown, PA.  I enjoy watching my kids'  activities, shopping, scrapbooking, watching movies, eating- out and of course, READING! If you know of a great book that I just have to read, please let me know!!

RECOMMENDED READING LIST

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse by Stephenie Myers

Uglies, Pretties, (series) by Scott Westerfield

Jack Tumor by Anthony McGowan

Does My Head Look Big In This by Randa Abdel-Fattah

The Art of Racing in The Rain by Garth Stein

Feed by MT Anderson

The First Part Last by Angela Johnson

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

Teen Angst..Naaah! by Ned Vizzini

Lost and Found by Anne Schraff (Bluford Series)

Staying Fit for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher

Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg

You Don't Know Me by David Klass

Messenger by Lois Lowry

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

CURRENT TOPICS IN READING

This course is taught with READ 180 exclusively. READ 180 is an intensive reading intervention program designed to meet the needs of students who are reading below grade level. The program directly addresses individual needs through adaptive instructional software, high interest fiction and nonfiction and direct instruction in reading and writing skills.

READ 180 incorporates the following Six Components of Success

1. Scientific Research Base

2. Proven Results

3. Comprehensive Instruction

4. Purposeful Assessment

5. Data-Driven Instruction

6. Professional Development

PURPOSE OF READING INSTRUCTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL:

To increase students' achievement and motivation to read through Scholastic's READ 180 program. To encourage lifelong reading, writing and learning.

READING AND WRITING IN THE CONTENT AREAS

"Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history. They will need advanced levels of literacy to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and conduct their personal lives." -- Richard Vaca, author of Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum

Teachers at CYHS continue to help students reach high levels of learning by providing reading and writing strategies in their classrooms of all disciplines. 

ASSESSMENTS

School Wide Assessments:

Keystone Exams

Classroom DIagnostic Tool (CDT)

SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)

Individual Assessments:

QRI

San Diego Quick Assessment 

Core Phonics

Phonological Segmentation 

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Second Edition