Helping Special Education Teachers Deliver Effective Interventions
Before I go any further, teaching theme is HARD…like really hard. Why didn’t anyone teach me a sequence or developmental process for learning and teaching theme. When I first started teaching, I would just dive in. I’d find cool activities that practiced theme. Then, a few weeks later, it would come again in our textbook […]
I believe that small group instruction should be two things: targeted and FUN!!! I pull approximately 45 students each day, and they often beg to come. If I have a meeting or miss them, they are upset that they don’t get to “play games” with me. While playing our games, they are learning and growing. […]
Progress Monitoring Data and Assessments When I begin thinking about my small groups, I like to first make a list of common things that I am working on with my students. For example, in the area of reading, I have students working on letter names and sounds, decoding CVC words, decoding blends and digraphs, decoding […]
In upper elementary grade levels, departmentalizing has been a huge trend. In Facebook groups, I often see questions asked about the advantages and disadvantages to embarking on a departmentalized system in your grade level or school. I taught fifth grade in both a departmentalized and un-departmentalized setting. To be honest, I loved them both! So, […]
When I first started teaching, there was a new requirement from the director to progress monitor once every three weeks. Teachers were furious and overwhelmed. They thought that it was such a waste of time. To be honest, I don’t blame them. It can be time consuming and a daunting task. Despite the time commitment […]
When it comes to test taking, there are so many skills that our students need to master in order to do well and show their true abilities. So many times, I’ve found that many of the simple things that we expect our students to know are not instinctively done by our students. Below are a […]
