My name is Joyce Walters. I received my bachelor's degree in Bible and Elementary Education from Taylor University - Fort Wayne and my master's degree in Reading from Saint Francis University. I am a certified educational therapist helping students with special needs.

I have been with Chapel Hill Christian School since 1990 as a classroom teacher, an educational therapist, and presently as a reading specialist. I have had the privilege of teaching at both campuses.

Parents and/or teachers refer students to me who may need help in one or more of the following areas: phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students come to reading in small groups or individually depending on the needs. Each student comes to my room at least twice a week from 30-45 minutes. I work closely with the teachers to schedule students so that they miss a minimum of classroom instruction time.

Motivating children to do their best brings me much joy. The parents, students, teachers, and administration work together for common goals.

• Basic sight words
• Fluency
• Phonics and phonemic awareness
• Listening and following directions
• Comprehension

• Listening and following directions
• Developing reading strategies in Science and Social Studies
• Improve fluency
• Read maps, graphs, etc.
• Comprehension

Choral reading offers students the opportunity to read Scripture passages fluently. In Readers' Theater students realize the scripts "come alive" as they dress up in character and read with expression.

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• Parental Handbook