Helping Special Education Teachers Deliver Effective Interventions
My students and I have been reading the book Ungifted over the last several weeks. It is an absolutely PERFECT read aloud for fifth-grade students. It has allowed me to teach so many reading skills in one text, plus my kids fell in love with the main character. Now that we are finished, I wanted […]
At our school, our upper elementary students HATED to read. Accelerated Reader was a BIG deal. And I don’t mean it’s a big deal in a positive way, but rather everyone felt the pressure to make it happen. All students were expected to read books within their Zone of Proximal Development, answer questions with 90% […]
Please tell me that I’m not alone in wondering where to begin with test preparation. Do you start with the basics such as computation? Problem solving? Technology skills? Ahhhh! It can be overwhelming, and time is so precious. Last year, I began an intervention that I truly believe highly impacted my students’ test scores last […]
Let’s start with the basics. What are Bubble Pages? Bubble Pages are teacher-created, leveled pages that include tasks for students to complete independently over the course of the school week. When I develop my Bubble Pages, I typically ask that my students complete fifteen tasks per week. Meaning, I am asking them to complete […]
You have no idea how many questions and comments I receive asking if it is possible to use my bubble pages in reading. I am here to tell you that it is totally and completely possible! I actually developed bubble pages for my special education reading groups. However, by the time I actually posted my […]
I absolutely love math centers. If you’ve followed me for long, you already know that’s old news. A few weeks ago, I created a Christmas “Scavenger Hunt” to review basic computation. My students and I absolutely loved it, and it completely inspired a year round game to play in math centers. So far, I’ve used […]
