When Julie Masterson noticed her then second-grade son was having difficulty learning to spell some 20 years ago, she approached his teacher and inquired about ways to help him improve his skills.
Speech, spelling, reading and phonics: They are all interrelated and essential to academic success. Dr. Julie Masterson is an expert in the field of communication sciences and specifically on teaching children to spell.
Dr. Shurita Thomas-Tate, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders at Missouri State University, is helping Springfield’s NAACP chapter implement NAACP Reads.
Getting ready for the first day of kindergarten should be a process of talking to and reading to children regularly from birth. Dr. Shurita Thomas-Tate is helping implement NAACP Reads to increase the number of students who are ready to learn in kindergarten with a particular focus on children from low-income families and minority families.