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Sandra Martin
Born
Sewickley, PA
Other namesSandy Martin
Occupation(s)Author, Blogger, educator
Years active1976–present
Websitewww.specialtyedu.com

Sandra Martin is the author of the highly read Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading, a curricular reading/spelling intervention designed to reach the at-risk learner.[1] Sandra has been a teacher and curriculum developer for 38 years in the Conewago Valley School District and for Dickinson College, PA and is a guest writer for the Teachthought educational community. Sandra's three Breaking the "Sound" Barrier books have been a part of university-backed research that demonstrated their positive role as reading/spelling interventions in the classroom. Sandy also authored Mathopedia Levels 1 and 2, mathematical encyclopedias that assist students with the basics of mathematics.[2]

Academic credentials

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Bachelor of Science in Special Education, Bloomsburg University, PA.[3]

Master of Education in Learning Disabilities, Shippensburg University, PA.[4]

Published works

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Books

  • Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading (BSB), Level 1 (Specialty Educational Publishers, March 2002, Updated 2014)
  • Mathopedia, Level 1 (Chapter) ((Specialty Educational Publishers, 2003)
  • Mathopedia, Level 2 (Chapter) ((Specialty Educational Publishers, 2003)
  • Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading (BSB), Level 2 (Specialty Educational Publishers, 2008)
  • Breaking the Sound Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 3 (Specialty Educational Publishers, 2008)

Articles

  • Breaking the Sound Barrier to Fluent Reading (Keystone Leader, 1998)
  • The Increasingly Dated Image of the Slacker Teacher (Teachthought, 2014)

References

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  1. ^ Wigler, Kimberly (March 31, 2015). "Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading: An Evaluation of a Middle-School Reading Intervention Program". DigitalCommons@PCOM. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  2. ^ "Two Conewago teachers who are authors to hold book signing event". Retrieved March 31, 2015.
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