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Fisher Hill’s popular English for the Spanish Speakerworkbooks are now Ebooks that can be downloaded from our website. Click on Choose an option.  You will have several choices.  Two of the choices can be downloaded: audio download or ebook. If you choose one of these then you will be able to download the audio or the ebook after purchase.  You can…

Fisher Hill’s English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker workbooks are now Ebooks that can be downloaded from our website. Click on Choose an option.  You will have the choice of either bookor ebook.  If you choose ebookthen you will be able to download the book after purchase.  You can do this with each of the workbooks in this series. There are six workbooks.…

Fisher Hill will Distribute its own Books   Fisher Hill will now be doing the job of shipping its books.  We will no longer be using a distributor.  By doing it ourselves, we hope to provide better and faster service. Anytime you have questions about our books or website, you can call us at 1-888-407-1187…

Reading Placement Tests   Fisher Hill has free Reading Placement Tests for their English literacy program.  Find these placement tests on our website at www.Fisher-Hill.com. Click on Teacher Resources from the top tool bar. Then click on Reading and Spelling.  Next scroll down to the Sound Spelling Placement Tests.  Students need to score 80% on a placement test to go to the next level.  Each level begins with the English Reading…

Happy New Year from Fisher Hill Publishers   Do you know someone whose New Year’s Resolution is to learn English or become a U.S. citizen? If so, Fisher Hill has two good series to help people accomplish these goals. English for the Spanish Speaker is a series of four workbooks. Each book in the series has eight lessons. …

Free Online Literacy Materials   Click on Teacher Resources from the top tool bar on our Home Page at www.Fisher-Hill.com. Next click on Reading and Spelling. Scroll Down and click on the difference resources. The Sound Spelling Placement Tests will help you determine on which level a student should begin the English Literacy Program. This Program has six…

Diga Feliz Navidad con un Cuaderno Electrónico    La serie Inglés para el hispanohablante ha ayudado a aprender inglés a miles de adolescentes y adultos de habla hispana. Hay cuatro cuadernos de ejercicios y cada uno de ellos contiene historias, actividades, conversaciones, listas de vocabularios, juegos, diccionarios y claves de respuestas. Cada cuaderno de ejercicios…

New Ebooks from Fisher Hill    You can now download Fisher Hill’s English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker series.  This series contains six workbooks. English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker was written to help students learn how to read and spell in English.  It uses a systematic approach to teach the English speech…

Fisher Hill’s English Literacy Program   Fisher Hill’s English Literacy Program uses a structured literacy approach to teach reading and spelling. It was designed for Spanish speakers but can be used by anyone who wants to learn to read and spell in English.  Structured literacy uses systematic and explicit methods to teach decoding and word…

Vocabulary Development   Vocabulary is key for reading comprehension.  Multiple encounters of a new word is required before a word is really known.  Repeated exposure to a word in a variety of contexts can add dimension to what is known about the word.  “The more opportunities students have to think about and use the words…

Reading Comprehension    Reading comprehension is the goal of reading. Reading comprehension is the ability to extract meaning from written words.  Fluency and vocabulary play an important role in reading comprehension. Many people enjoy reading non-fiction books. Developing comprehension skills can help with acquiring meaning from informational texts. Summarizing, inferencing, sequencing, comparing and contrasting, drawing…

Spanish Homework   If you need extra practice with Spanish, then Fisher Hill has an excellent series that is made up of two workbooks. Each workbook has twelve lessons and each lesson is about an everyday theme. Each lesson is divided into eight parts.  First, there is a vocabulary list.  Beginning Spanish is included as…

Reading Fluency   Fisher Hill’s English Literacy Program helps students developing reading and writing fluency.  The program is geared toward Spanish speaking students but all students who need to learn to read and write can benefit from this program. The program uses  Orton-Gillingham principles to teach reading and spelling.  The Orton-Gillingham approach uses structured, explicit,…

Ebooks by Fisher Hill Fisher Hill is now has ebooks on their website.   Fisher Hill’s popular ESL series English for the Spanish Speaker can now be downloaded as  Ebooks.  The CDs for this series can also be downloaded from our website. English for the Spanish Speaker is made up of four workbooks.  Each workbook has eight…