Books & Materials
Dr. Connie Hebert is proud to distribute these products for educators, parents and students alike.

Dr. Connie's newest book!
Catch a Falling Writer (2009): This easy-to-use resource helps teachers 'catch' falling K - 3 writers before feelings of frustration, defeat, and low confidence develop and make it difficult for children to catch up. Catch a Falling Writer presents concise approaches for engagin and wroking with young writers who have challenges with language, vocabulary, fine-motor competency, grammar, diction, correct pencil grip, or letter/sound recognition. Perfect for teachers, literacy specialists and coaches, special education teachers, and student teachers striving to close the gap between reading instruction and writing proficiency. Prepare students to meet the growing demands of upper grade levels by booting their writing capabilities!
Order at: corwinpress.com

Catch a Model Literacy Lesson DVD (K - 2):
You will want to catch Dr. Hebert with some adorable students in a variety of literacy lessons, at various primary grade levels. Instructional approaches include Interactive Read-Aloud, Guided Reading and Interactive Writing with both struggling and advanced students, Readers Theater, and Word Work. Each lesson is 'unscripted' and offers a wide range of teaching techniques, verbal prompts, literacy materials, and opportunities for analysis and discussion. Use this DVD for school professional development sessions or in the privacy of your home. GREAT gift for student teachers or any teacher!

For information on how to order, email: catchthemail@comcast.net

Catch a Falling Reader
(2nd ed. 2007)
Author: Connie R. Hebert, Ed.D.
Publisher: Corwin Press/Sage Publications
Recommended for elementary teachers (Pre-K - 3), reading specialists, literacy coaches, paraprofessionals, and administrators.

Good teachers continually strive to become great teachers as they search for ways to assist children in becoming independent readers, writers, and thinkers. This book includes 40 different ways to 'catch a falling reader' before the achievement gap becomes too large and frustration sets in. It was written for the purpose of confirming, instructing, supporting, and inspiring teachers. Catch a Falling Reader is also a great 'springboard' for teacher book clubs and literacy discussions. If you teach children to read, you will want to catch this book!

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Catch a Falling Teacher
© 2006 Author: Dr. Connie R. Hebert, National Literacy Consultant & Motivational Speaker
Publisher: Xlibris (Philadelphia, PA)
Recommended for all teachers and administrators!
GREAT gift idea for teachers everywhere ...

This beautiful book was created with teachers in mind. Its purpose is to help teachers breathe, relax, and let go of daily stress! Today's educators are continually searching for ways to focus on the 'present moment' while also energizing and inspiring themselves. Teaching is HARD WORK! In Catch a Falling Teacher, Dr. Hebert invites teachers to explore many carefully designed activities that are guaranteed to bring about awareness, reflection, and change. GREAT gift for a special teacher or administrator in your life...

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NEW! 50 Teeny Sight-Word Phrases for Preschool, Kindergarten & Special-Needs Students

Teeny-Weeny Phrases for Preschool/Kindergarten/Special Needs are designed specifically for young readers who would benefit from learning basic sight words in short phrases. Each card contains a 2-word phrase that reinforces visual scanning skills, early fluent phrasing, and automaticity of basic sight phrases, commonly found in early-emergent texts. They are appropriate for children who are learning to read as well as those who struggle with basic sight words and simple phrases.

These carefully selected 2-word phrases allow emergent and struggling readers to move beyond isolated 1-word recognition while simultaneously reinforcing left/right visual tracking for early reading success..

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NEW! 50 Tricky Sight-Word Phrases for Grades 1 - 3, ELL & Special-Needs Students

Tricky Phrase for Grades 1 – 3, ELL, & Special Needs students are designed to give readers the opportunity to practice reading words in phrases that tend to be ‘tricky’ due to meaning and grammatical structure. Many readers tend to stumble on phrases because they are either unfamiliar with them or they require inferential thinking. After reading these phrases rapidly, students would benefit from using them in complete sentences, both orally and in writing.

Each tricky phrase reinforces visual scanning skills, fluent phrasing, and automaticity of unusual words, commonly found in transitional text levels. They are appropriate for students who are learning to read as well as those who struggle with sentence structure, word retrieval, and comprehension skills.

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Sight-Word Phrases for Emergent/Early Readers Pre K-2
Author: Dr. Connie R. Hebert, National Literacy Consultant & Motivational Speaker
Publisher: Crystal Springs Books (Petersborough, NH)

Sight-Word Phrases for Emergent/Early Readers is designed to give readers extra practice with vocabulary, instant recognition of early sight words, fluent phrasing, and visual scanning skills using basic sight words. This set of flash cards reinforces early sight words within short, common phrases that often appear in leveled texts at this stage. They are appropriate for very advanced young readers as well as for struggling pimary-grade readers.

Over time, readers should begin to scan these phrases rapidly as they build instant recognition and fluency. Research shows that those who read fluently comprehend better! Using Sight-Word Phrases can help young readers feel more confident when attempting new texts and when expressing their ideas in writing.

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Sight-Word Phrases for Transitional/Fluent Readers Grades 1-4
Author: Dr. Connie R. Hebert, National Literacy Consultant & Motivational Speaker
Publisher: Crystal Springs Books (Petersborough, NH)

Sight-Word Phrases for Transitional/Fluent Readers offers readers extra practice with vocabulary, basic sight words, fluent phrasing, and visual scanning skills using challenging sight words. This set of flash cards is specifically designed to reinforce vocabulary and phrasing for students who still read "word by word." They may be used for advanced readers who are in early grades as well as for struggling readerss in upper grades. Struggling readers of all ages need to learn to read fluently, putting words together "like they talk," in order to increase their reading rate and comprehension.

Daily use of Sight-Word Phrases moves readers beyond isolated sight-word practice. The cards also provide opportunities for readers to visually scan text more efficiently while buildling fluent phrasing and increasing vocabulary.

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