Welcome to the Shadow Realm, where darkness reigns and the night is alive with magic.
Many years ago, the Great War tore apart all the realms. Now, the darkness is rising again, and it all begins with a lonely mother named Maeve.
Maeve was once a loving wife and mother, but she was turned into a vampire by the Vampire Lord Marius. Her husband, Hunter, fled with their infant son, fearing the monster she had become. Now, Maeve is a pawn being used by Marius and the Shadow King, who wants to make her his dark queen. Maeve must find a way to get back to her son and the family she left behind. But will she succumb to the darkness, or will she fight for her soul?
Travel to the Shadow Realm, hear spellbinding tales, meet magical creatures, and join Maeve in the quest to save herself and her family.
Before COVID-19, some students struggled with reading. However, in our post-COVID world, we have seen an increase in students who are not meeting grade-level benchmarks and need more intensive reading interventions.
Most students struggle with reading at some point, but the majority respond well to typical classroom instruction and interventions.“Yet some students with the most severe reading difficulties do not make adequate progress in standard reading interventions and require more intensive interventions to make sufficient growth in reading, (Al Otaiba, McMaster, & Wanzek, 2020). Even though some students need specialized instruction to make significant progress in reading, all students can learn to read. This is important because many students feel that not being able to read well reflects a lack of intelligence, which simply isn’t true. Students who need extra support can benefit from a more intensive reading program. Such programs provide more time for practice and more frequent teacher feedback, which are both essential components of successful learning.
The first step is for teachers to identify students who need more intensive intervention. They can achieve this by using the Response to Intervention (RTI) model or a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). Most times normal classroom instruction is considered Tier 1 includes high-quality core instruction for all students. Tier 2 provides additional support for students who need it, such as small group instruction or supplemental activities. Tier 3 offers the most intensive support for students who continue to struggle after Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions. It’s important to implement these steps in order before moving a student to Tier 3.
When implementing RTI or MTSS, teachers continuously assess student understanding to determine reading level and pinpoint areas needing improvement. These frequent assessments and progress monitoring are crucial for providing targeted practice, feedback, and placing students in appropriate reading groups with engaging books. Ultimately, this data-driven process guides teachers in selecting the most effective interventions to help students achieve reading success.
The article “Best Practices in Planning Interventions for Students With Reading Problems” highlights various intensive interventions, while reading groups typically focus on exploring a wider range of reading instruction strategies. Some examples of these intensive interventions include explicit instruction, systematic instruction with specialized and corrective feedback, and cognitive process strategies.
According to Reading Rockets, two categories of students struggle with reading: those with a discrepancy between their IQ and reading achievement, and those with both low academic ability and low reading achievement. Importantly, regardless of the category, all students can learn to read with the right interventions.
“Poor readers with word recognition difficulties generally over-rely on textual cues such as pictures and other words to identify words in a passage that are unknown to them” (Kim & Goetz, 1994).
“Overusing textual cues to identify unknown words reduces the likelihood of transforming unknown words into sight words” (Pressley, 1998). Students with autism sometimes struggle with this as they get used to the repetitive sound of the letters and then have a difficult time transferring those sounds into words.
Once school psychologists and teachers have decided who needs to be in what level of intervention, they then need to look into what type of strategies work the best.
References
Al Otaiba, S., McMaster, K. L., & Wanzek, J. (2020). Intensive Reading Interventions for the Elementary Grades. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Joseph, L. (n.d.). Best Practices in Planning Interventions for Students with Reading Problems. Reading Rockets. [doi number, if available]
Kim, Y. H., & Goetz, E. T. (1994). Context Effects on Word Recognition and Compensatory Hypothesis. Reading Research Quarterly, 29, 178–188.
Lerner, J. W. (1993). Learning disabilities: Theories, Diagnosis, and Teaching Strategies. Dallas, TX: Houghton Mifflin.
Pressley, M. (1998). Reading instruction that works: The case for balanced teaching. New York: Guilford.
I always wanted to be a mom. After my miscarriage, I thought it would never happen. ut then, I realized that God had a wonderful plan for my life. I just had to wait and put my faith in Him.
Many women suffer the tremendous loss of a miscarriage. They often believe they are alone, but they are never alone. Rest assured that it is not anyone’s fault! It is simply a sad component of life. In every four pregnancies, one ends in a miscarriage.
I am sharing my story to help other women who have experienced the same pain I have. I want you to know that you are not alone. You are not to blame. And there is hope for the future. I hope that my story will give you hope and comfort. Please know that you are not alone. There is healing after miscarriage.
The Creed of the Chrononauts Do you like Dr Who? Do you like Quantum Leap? Then this series is for you? Time and space collide when aliens from all races come together to work to fix the timeline. In a world where time travel is possible, a group of aliens from different species have banded together to form the Chrononauts. Their mission: to travel through history and correct any changes to the timeline that could lead to disaster. The Chrononauts are a diverse team, with members from all walks of life. Each member brings their own unique skills and abilities to the team, and together they are unstoppable. But the Chrononauts are not the only ones who want to control the timeline. There are others who would use time travel for their own nefarious purposes. The Chrononauts must race against time to stop these villains before they can change the course of history.
I don’t know how we got here. It feels like it happened overnight, but I know that’s not true. Time is irrelevant now. To think that I used to worry about going to school with wet hair and if my clothes were the right style. Now, all I care about is staying alive and helping others stay alive. I am a survivor. I’ve seen things that no one should ever have to see. I’ve lost people I loved. I’ve been through more pain than I ever thought possible. But I’m still here. I’m still fighting. And I’m not going to give up. None of us are. We are the resistance. We are one of the only holdouts of the human world. I know there are more of us out there, but communications were cut down when the virus took over. We are scattered and alone, but we are not defeated. We will find each other. We will rebuild. We will reclaim our world. We are the survivors. We are the resistance. My name is Griselda, but people call me Selda. I am a survivor.
Check out the first book in my series the Shadow Realm Chronicles. The series is almost done. Two more books to come which are both being edited now! Stay tuned for more! All books are available on Kindle for 3.99 and they are part of Kindle Unlimited! The link is at the bottom of this post.
Many years ago, darkness tore apart the worlds. They called it the Great War, for it was massive and involved all the realms of each world. Enemies on either side grew their armies for battle with heavy casualties. New allies formed out of this bloodshed while old ones crumbled.
The world of the Faye changed forever as their king descended into madness. His name was Julian. He once was a loving ruler, but those times were long gone. The pages written of him now are full of rage, blood, and hatred. Hatred for his children who grew to love others and revolt against him and his rule. Hatred for his wife, who fled with his children and hatred for all the realms that were not under his rule. Julian needed his children because they were powerful. Each one controlled one of the four elements: wind, water, earth, and fire. Even though his children hated what he had become, they remembered the good in him and were perhaps the only ones besides their mother who did.
Marius, the leader of the vampires and Jonathan, the ruler of The Shadow Realm, fought alongside Julian, but they did not trust him. Each of these three men was scheming against each other as they all wanted to come out the victor.
Jonathan had many plans and plots forming in his head, but they all revolved around Maeve. Maeve was a fairy, but she lived in a quiet world. The one world that was protected from the Great War. Jonathan didn’t care what Julian or Marius did as long as it didn’t inter- fere with his plan, but interfering was what they did best. Jonathan had great plans for Maeve and her family, but he knew little of her connections to Julian’s family.
The Great War might have been over, but another one was looming in the distance, and it all began with a lonely mother named Maeve.
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This is my first horror short story. I am not sure if I want to expand it or write a second part just yet, but I am thinking on it.
200 passengers were on board Flight 532 when it crashed near a deserted island. Only 5 people survived the crash and made it to shore. The survivors thought they were the lucky ones, but they were gravely mistaken. The island is not what it seems. There is something else out there, something dark and evil. Something that is hunting them. Who will survive? Warning: This is a horror/slasher story. If you are easily scared, then this book is not for you.
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