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Susan Waters is a certified Ontario teacher who has taught students in many grades from Kindergarten to Grade 8, mainly in the Toronto area. She has also been a volunteer tutor for a well known Reading support program in local schools. In 2018, Susan was asked to design and deliver a pilot project for Grade 4 students. As a result of its success, the Reading support program was extended to Grade 4. Then the Covid situation intervened!
As a Special Education Specialist and Drama Specialist, Susan has often used scripts, songs, and poems to encourage shared reading, vocabulary development, practice, and enjoyment in Reading - especially for reluctant or struggling readers.
Baseball has been a very popular theme with these much-loved Baseball Classics. At one time, Susan also played on a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) team at Hanlan's Point in Toronto - where Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run.
Susan is a Researcher "at heart", and recalls that Happiness in the Workplace, includes having some control over your work and also, a friend at work (TIME, 2005). With ABC Moonshot, the students have a fun script, poems, and a suspenseful Introduction to the popular novel, "The Boxcar Children", that they can share with others, listen to online, or practice on their own.
Similar to a Baseball player or a team that successfully "pulls out of a slump", Susan has seen her students get a renewed enthusiasm for reading, and the ability to "catch up", with strategies from ABC Moonshot!
Reviewed by Pikasho Deka for Readers' Favorite
Who doesn't like baseball? Treat yourself to baseball tidbits and read some wonderful baseball poems and scripts with ABC Moonshot: Breakthrough in Reading and Soar Ahead! by Susan Waters. But that's not all. This reading guide also provides you with fun and easy ways to learn to read. Waters aims to help students get over their reading difficulties, providing an overview of basic English language skills that will make reading easier and more enjoyable. This handbook showcases practices and exercises for you to learn the fundamentals of the English language, starting with the various combinations of sounds and letters, as well as learning special spellings and sounds. The book also contains a daily workout plan, an introduction to a beloved children's classic called "The Boxcar Children," stories about baseball, and the correct application of consonants and contractions.
Reading is not an easy skill to acquire and children learn in different ways and at different rates. There are ways to circumvent these challenges with books like ABC Moonshot. Susan Waters has found an ingenious way to make reading an exciting activity - by combining it with America's favorite pastime, baseball. You will discover the origins of the words "Moon Shot" as well as some anecdotes about baseball's greatest legends. The baseball poems and stories are for you to share. Some of the verses are catchy, while others tell captivating stories. This is a book that makes you look forward to reading. I found it inspiring, educational, and lively. Highly recommended.
