Helping Special Education Teachers Deliver Effective Interventions
Assessments Assessing students is a huge part of our job in special education. Whether it be assessing a student for their present level of performance, a reevaluation, or a brand new student, it should be a smooth and stress-free process. I recommend grabbing a clipboard and a book ring and creating your own little assessment […]
My IEP Meeting Bag What do you take to IEP meetings? My go-to is this bag! Have you ever been in a pinch for time and had to run down the hall to get to a meeting on time? (Let’s be honest, we all have from time to time…) Inside, it has everything I need […]
Parent Teacher Conference Clipboard Let’s be honest, parent teacher conferences can be overwhelming. No matter how many years you have been teaching, you need a great way to keep things simple and stay organized. As a resource room teacher, parent teacher conferences look different for us. This clipboard has everything I need. Self Evaluation for […]
Point to the Letter That Says… On Mondays, we typically keep things pretty simple. We are usually learning a new grapheme or reviewing something from previous instruction. After spelling a word, I’ll ask my students to point to the letter or letters that say a particular phoneme. This is also a great time to review […]
Are you pushed for time in your small groups? We know that our students need so many things, but where do we start? How do we incorporate both reading and spelling into our small group time? For me, it all about finding a balance with short, simple tasks that can help students in reading and […]
Assessing students for spelling intervention before beginning spelling intervention is essential. Students with disabilities have varied skills in spelling. For some, they are able to read words that are far more challenging than they can spell. For others, their abilities in decoding and encoding are closely matched. I like to begin with a simple assessment. […]
