Introduction of Who I am...
My name is Jamie Balzarini. I am a certified elementary and special education teacher on Long Island. I work with children every day whether it is in the classroom, on the soccer field, or babysitting. When I am in school, I tend to work with children who struggle with reading fluency. I see the struggles and frustrations this causes students and wanted to see if I could help! I created this site to provide educators and parents with different approaches, lesson plans, resources, and more to help struggling readers become more fluent readers. I also have created a page where visitors can communicate with others to either share different ideas or reflect on what has or has not worked for children. After creating this website and researching this topic in great depth, my thirst to learn more has increased everyday and my goal is to make this website bigger and better day after day. There are so many resources and strategies out there and my goal is find the ones that are most effective for students. The standards that students are being held to are becoming more demanding as time goes on, so it is important that educators and parents start preparing students at a young age. Students need to be able to comprehend what they are reading and, as you will see, comprehension is highly linked to reading fluency. I hope you enjoy the site and it is my hope that it provides you with resources that help students enhance their reading skills.