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Martin S. Richter has presented numerous workshops and teacher training seminars on his Change-Based Method for Narrative, a system that helps children of all levels create well-constructed stories.  Field-tested since 1994, the Change-Based Method gained national exposure in Teaching K-8 Magazine (2002).   Mr. Richter's bibliography appears below.

Mr. Richter is available to work with your children and/or your faculty.   Click here to contact him.  

 
 

A Viking Reader (2011) Anthology of source readings from the Viking era, adapted for students in grades 4-7.  Includes primary sources, The Vinland Saga, Beowulf, Viking Mythology, Viking Code of Ethics, and notes on culture.
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Rice from Field to Table (2011) Information about growth cycle and varieties of rice.  Suitable for students in grades K-2.  Colorful photos and diagrams.

My First Energy Book (2010) Covers sources of energy, differences between
renewable and non-renewable sources, energy transfer, ways to conserve energy.
 Suitable for students in grades 1-3.  Colorful photos and diagrams.  

Valmiki's Ramayana (2008) An adaptation of the classic Indian text, with
study packet introducing culture and history of India.  Suitable for students in grades 4-7.
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Our Living Language: Word Inventions (1998) Textbook on etymology covering humankind's greatest invention--language.  Discusses elements of language, language families, evolution of English, Greek and Latin roots. Student
workbook and teacher's guide also available.  Suitable for students in grades 4-6.
 
 
 
 A Mentor Program for U.R.O.s
 (Teaching K-8, Sept. 1998). 
   

 A Change-Based Approach to  Narrative    
 (Teaching K-8, May 2002).
   

 The Impractical, Wonderful Project
 (Teaching K-8, March 2006).
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Martin S. Richter taught Gifted Education K-6 at West View Elementary School in Pittsburgh, PA's North Hills School District. Prior to this, he taught grade five, and created the Accelerated Reading Mentor Program, the first nationally-recognized program to address the needs of advanced reader-writers. 
​ Mr. Richter holds a M.S.Ed from Duquesne University, where he won the 1993 PAC-TE Outstanding Student Teacher Award and the Duquesne University School of Education Certificate of Excellence in Student Teaching.  Mr. Richter's other teaching awards and honors include profiles in the North Hills News Record (1998), Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (2002), a PA State Senate Commendation (2002), Teacher Excellence Award (finalist) 2003, and PA Keystone Technology Award (2006).  He is also the creator of Puzzle-lympics, a five-event puzzle tournament designed for upper elementary and middle school students, now in its twelfth year. Recently, Mr. Richter was named as a District Administrator for the Metropolitan Opera Company's HD Live In Schools Program. He has presented Pop-Up Professional Development Workshops for the Met: Assembling the Ensemble, Dr. Atomic and Fermi Estimation, and Making Overtures. Click on the orange links to watch.
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For Mr. Richter's résumé, click here.

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