Helping Special Education Teachers Deliver Effective Interventions
Understanding story elements are important skills in both reading and writing. In lower graders, we often use the words beginning, middle, and end. We even briefly talk about describing the characters. But in upper elementary, we need our students to begin understanding that there is MORE than just these simple words. What is rising action? […]
Making Connections can be as difficult or as easy as you make it for our upper elementary students. I like to use mentor texts to give my students a LOT of practice in order to help my students master understanding each type of connection, as well as help them provide a list of things that […]
I’ll be honest. I am an IEP snob. I’m not saying all of my IEPs are perfect. Far from it, honestly. I’m also not saying that every IEP I have ever written has been top notch. Not at all. I’v learned a lot through the years and have worked to correct my errors. BUT…there are […]
Finding the main idea of a passage is critical for upper elementary. My third grade students and I have been hard at work using a reusable anchor chart to help us decide the main idea of a passage. Create a Reusable Anchor Chart I created this anchor chart (which isn’t something I enjoy 😬…I hate […]
Let me set the stage for you, it’s high stakes testing time. You have four evaluation conferences coming up, yet you have NO time to work because, well, testing. You get an email from your secretary. New kid. Has IEP. No records from previous school. UGH! How will you ever assess your students who are […]
Progress monitoring can seriously be an overwhelming task. Many special education teachers are overwhelmed at even the thought of assessing their students two to three times per nine weeks. I am one of the oddballs. I love to assess my kids on meaningful goals and use that data to make decisions about interventions they receive, […]
