Helping Special Education Teachers Deliver Effective Interventions
Do you ever teach new skills and feel like your kids are doing amazing, only to circle back to them and realize that your kids don’t “have it” like you thought they did? That was me about a week ago. My kids were doing great in small chunks, but their long-term retention wasn’t quite there. […]
Today’s post is all about our struggling readers. We’ve all had them. We all want to do our best to help them. But sometimes, that is easier said than done. To begin to help our struggling readers, we have to begin by identifying their greatest need. For most readers, they are struggling in one of […]
This year, I’ve been working to integrate multiple subjects into our daily activities. Today, I want to quickly share a fun activity that is perfect for both reading and writing. Our reading strategy this week is visualization, and we began writing personal narratives last week. I wanted an activity that would introduce visualization, yet give […]
Making inferences is such a challenge for some of my students. Better yet, many students can make an inference, but they struggle to support their inference with details, facts, or background knowledge. Today, we did a fun activity to begin making inferences and supporting them with evidence. While my students were at special, I hid […]
Managing Your To-Do List: Ever feel like you have an ENDLESS to-do list? I know I do. Between home, teaching, and blogging, I always have something that needs to be done. Actually, I am often asked I how am able to manage it all. Today’s post shares my method for keeping my life organized! It isn’t rocket […]
This summer, I began reading the book Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading. I immediately fell in love with the suggestions that Tanny McGregor offered. This week, we are beginning our school year by talking about schema, and this was the perfect opportunity to use Tanny’s lint roller idea as inspiration. To begin, I had several […]
