About Reading masters

I offer comprehensive English Language Arts (ELA)  instruction including reading, spelling, and writing.

reading

Comprehensive reading instructions beginning with assessments for students in preschool through high school.  Reading is a hierarchical functioning skill, in order those skills are phonemic awareness (the ability to hear sounds), phonics (the ability to make letter sounds), fluency (reading how you talk) and comprehension (knowing and understanding what you read).  One skill must be mastered before students are able to succeed with the next skill. 

For most elementary school students I will utilize the Direct Instruction program Reading Mastery.  I wrote my dissertation on this program.  It consists of three parts, a direct reading lesson, a story, and a worksheet known as a “take-home” or “work book pages” depending on the level.  I will provide all of the materials your student will via email in a PDF.    

For students who are not taught using Reading Mastery I will use a combination of materials created by me especially for them, this usually pertains to middle and high school aged students.  Any materials the students need will be emailed in a PDF.

Spelling

Spelling instruction includes a weekly pre-test, lesson, homework and test.  I focus on teaching a combination of sight words and spelling rules and patterns to increase spelling skills.

 Writing

I offer k-12 writing instruction for struggling and reluctant readers.  Skills that we work on in writing instruction, based on needs and age include grammar, sentence structure, parts of speech, paragraph writing, five paragraph writing, narrative writing, informational writing, and creative writing.

About our practitioner

My name is Dr. Amanda Crose Ed.D.  I have a bachelor’s degree in reading with certificates in K-12 reading instruction and early childhood education from Eastern Michigan University.  I have a Masters Degree in reading and a doctorate in reading and literacy leadership from Walden University.  I have 14 years of professional experience in public schools in Detroit and Baltimore City and through private instruction.  As a once struggling reader myself, teaching children to read is my life passion. My philosophy is that all children can read when given the right tools.