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Maureen Gerard
| Name | Maureen Gerard |
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona |
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"As a contributor to the ReadWriteThink.org website, I am extending my interest in teacher preparation to the horizons of online professional development and resources. The quality of ideas presented on the site and the rigor in developing lessons for classroom use are exemplary."
Maureen Gerard is an assistant professor of Reading and Elementary Education at Grand Canyon University. Her background and research interests are in early literacy and teacher preparation and her current research focuses on the role of environmental print in the early development of print awareness and reading motivation. She has prepared new teachers in early reading and writing, numerical literacy, and child development at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona South. Maureen also spent 12 years in the classroom teaching in multiage groupings.
Maureen is a coauthor of Enviornmental Print in the Classroom: Meaningful Connections for Learning to Read (IRA, 2004). She is a member of the International Reading Association.
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Contributions on ReadWriteThink.org |
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Bingo! Using Environmental Print to Practice Reading
The game Bingo is transformed in this lesson in which students use symbols and images to make connections to environmental print through the use of personalized Bingo cards.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Buzz! Whiz! Bang! Using Comic Books to Teach Onomatopoeia
This lesson is sure to sizzle, not fizzle, as students use comic strips to find onomatopoetic words, develop a vocabulary list from the words, and discuss why writers use onomatopoeia.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Stop Signs, McDonald's, and Cheerios: Writing With Environmental Print
Students use logos from everyday life to identify individual letters and then create their own captions for the images.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
A big green monster helps students build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.
Grades K – 2 | Professional Library | Book
Environmental Print in the Classroom: Meaningful Connections for Learning to Read
Learn the many ways you can use environmental print as an instructional tool in your preschool and primary classrooms.
