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The Interactive Circus Vowels Reading Strategies has helped countless educators and parents. The extremely effective and effecting strategies have been presented at the
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Testimonials
“The Circus Vowels book is the perfect way to teach children long vowels! My first graders really understand these rules and I see it carrying over to their reading progress.”
Bekah LantisMichigan
“Mrs. McMaster was my 1st grade teacher. She taught me Circus Vowels and now I’m a bookworm!"
Hyde HopsonMississippi
“Engaging students in phonics lessons is the best way to get them to remember the information. The Circus Vowels Interactive Reading Strategies gives students that opportunity.”
Jason SherburneFlorida
Media
Television Appearances
- WMYD Channel 20 Detroit Morning News
Anchor: Alicia Smith @wxyzalicia
- WXYZ Detroit Channel 7 "The Now"
Anchor: JoAnne Purtan
- WTVG 13 Toledo
Rebecca Reigner's Full Plate
- Today in Nashville - WSMV
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Anchors: Carole Sullivan and Kelly Sutton
- FOX 17 Morning Mix (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
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Anchors: Leigh Ann Towne & Todd Chance
- WISH-TV "Indy Style" Morning Show
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Anchor: Tracy Forner
- WGGB/WSHM Springfield, Massachusetts - Better Western Mass
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Anchor: Chris Pisano
- WFSB Hartford, Connecticut - Better Connecticut
Anchors: Scot Haney and Kara Sundlun
Other Media
Circus Vowels
Author, Jodi McMaster has been a Featured Presenter 10 at State and National Conferences. Read this article.
CIrcus Vowels
Author, Jodi McMaster has been a Featured Presenter 10 at State and National Conferences.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jodi L. McMaster
Jodi McMaster is the author of Circus Vowels: The Long and the Short of It
and the creator of the Interactive Circus Vowels Reading Kit. When Jodi began as an elementary teacher over 20 years ago, she started noticing a huge problem when teaching students how to read. “The current way we are teaching children to read is wrong. We are making it too hard and giving children too many strategies to remember in the process,” Jodi has stated.
From this point, she decided to create reading strategies that are simple to teach, fun to learn, and have successful outcomes. The reading strategies Jodi developed empower beginning and struggling readers to look at a word and know exactly which vowel will make which sound solely based on one reading strategy that can be applied differently to all the vowel/consonant combinations. (cvc, cvcv, cvvc, cvccvc)
The proof is in the puddling! According to her 1st-grade students’ NWEA test scores for the past five years, they have made 2 years of reading growth in one school year. However, don’t take her word for it, try it yourself with your personal children or in a classroom setting. You will be amazed by the children’s reading proficiency after teaching the reading strategies taught in Circus Vowels.
The interactive Circus Vowels reading strategies have been featured on numerous News Channels, including Mom is a Genius
on ABC’s Channel 7, Full Plate
on ABC’s Channel 13, and many more. She has also presented these strategies at several reading conferences, including the International Reading Conference. Additionally, Jodi was spotlighted in Eastern Michigan University’s magazine in an article titled, A Pinch for Good Reading.