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During the preschool stage, there are many fine motor skills milestones to accomplish. As busy moms and teachers, teaching fine motor is affordable and easy -- try these Fine Motor ABCs using ASL!
We have one classroom in our program that accommodates the deaf students who attend. One of my good friends is the teacher in that class so we get the kids together often for fun activities. I think it's important to try to teach my kids some sign language so they can try to communicate with the others kids when they are together. My friend does "Sign Time" with a few of the classes during the year and last year it was even an elective the kids could sign up for. Today we learned how to finger spell our names doing this fun activity. My friend turned me on to the Enchanted Learning website where I was able to find the fingered letters. I saved each one to my computer and pasted four to a page so I would have the whole alphabet for later uses. After counting how many I would need of each, we made copies and cut them apart. I laid the letters out on the table and had the kids walk around finding each letter in their name. They colored and cut them out, then pasted them onto a piece of large white paper. My friend had a sheet of the regular alphabet available for them to color their letters and they cut those out and pasted them below their finger letters. Everyone had to go up to the front of the room and practice signing their names before we hung them up for all to see. This was actually a pretty long activity. From start to finish it took them about and hour and a little longer for a few of them. All in all, a great time was had by all!
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Organization for a teacher is very important, especially if you are itinerant and are always on the go! This ListeningFun post outlines everything I found to be helpful when it comes to staying organized and on top of my caseloads!
Organization for a teacher is very important, especially if you are itinerant and are always on the go! This ListeningFun post outlines everything I found to be helpful when it comes to staying organized and on top of my caseloads!
Special Education teachers are the masters of data collection! At times, collecting data can be overwhelming, especially when you sometimes have to outsource the collecting to other teachers, specialists, or teaching assistants. Tracking accommodations is necessary to make sure an IEP is being followed and can be helpful in determining which accommodations should be added to or removed from the IEP. Believe it or not, collecting data on accommodations and modifications does not have to consume your life! Share Information Be sure to share vital information with all teachers and assistants that work with your students. I have an accommodations organizer that I organize all of the information of my class. The information is in one place which is helpful for sharing information with assistants, special area teachers, and substitutes. When I first began teaching, I did not bother sharing such information with special area teachers until it was brought to my attention that a student of mine did not complete a test in physical education class. That student had trouble reading and was supposed to have his tests read. The PE teacher was unaware of his accommodations and therefore did not deliver them. I use a special form that reminds me of who needs to be informed of accommodations and modifications at the beginning of the school year and after an IEP annual review. Train Your Team If you have paraprofessionals in your classroom working with students, it is important to train them in how to deliver and how to track accommodations and modifications. Some interventions are more detailed than others. Observe your team while they are working with students and provide feedback as needed. The time you put in to properly train your team to record data the same way you would is so well spent! Use Checklists When I first started teaching, I used to write notes on a post-it that included which accommodations and modifications were used on assignments along with their effectiveness. It was very time consuming and often times, I forgot to add some things. Finally, I came up with a few checklists and forms to help the process. Level of Support One of the forms I use tracks the level of support a student needs from an adult. I use this one to determine the need for a 1:1 teaching assistant. It is useful before adding a TA and to collect data to see if continuing the intervention is a necessity. The adult that works with the student at that time fills it out while working with the student. Accommodations and Modifications Tracker I use this form two ways, depending on what I am collecting data for. As an IEP meeting approaches, I like to review the need for the interventions on the IEP. I can track the types of interventions are needed for different types of assignments and activities. More importantly, I can track the effectiveness of such interventions. I can also cut this tracker apart to staple it onto work samples. The work samples can be to show the Committee on Special Education the student's growth or regression. I also like to send work home with students with the form filled out from time to time so parents can see what kind of help the student needs in order to complete assignments at school. Frequency Tracker Another way I like to track the use of accommodations and modifications needed in school is with a frequency tracker I created. This gives me a quick visual of which interventions are being used and which are not. I focus on this during the weeks before a meeting so I can determine which accommodations and modifications need to remain, be added, or be removed from an IEP. Data collection is so important but it doesn't have to take over your entire life. Once you create a few checklists that fit your classroom or purchase one of the many checklists and charts from my TpT store, you will save yourself a ton of time and will have more data than you've ever had before!
One of my absolutely favorite things about being a special education teacher was that I had the freedom to design fun and exciting lessons for my students specific to their interests. I never had a curriculum to follow. No one ever told me what books to read to them or what activities I had to
Gather baseline data for auditory skills quickly and easily! This informal assessment helps TODs and SLPs understand their student’s current listening skills. Skills Included: Auditory Discrimination Phonological Awareness Auditory Memory 2-7 critical elements Words Sentences Auditory Comprehension Auditory Association (auditory closure, listening to descriptions, name the category, what does not belong) Details in Sentences & Paragraphs Sequencing 3-5 event story This resource does not include every level of every single skill, rather it provides baseline data so that the teacher/therapist understands the student’s current listening skills. This information can be used as a starting point for IEP goals, targets for therapy, and progress monitoring. Most of the informal assessment is done verbally. The teacher reads off the teacher packet and the student responds verbally. For the following directions with critical elements section, the student points to pictures on the student response pages. For the sequencing section, students use the included pictures to sequence the story. How I Use It: I put the student response sheets in a binder. I put the teacher packet with all the questions in the folder of the binder with the sequencing pictures. I print out several copies of the student record sheet (one for each student I plan on using it with). Then I am ready to go! This resource is also included in the TOD Goals and Data Bundle, which includes an IEP goal bank, rubrics, and a self-advocacy skills screener. Save 20% with the bundle! Click here to stay updated! New products are 50% off! Follow on IG @listeningfun, Join our TOD FB group Email me [email protected]
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What can we do for students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing? This guest post on Speechy Musings shares a few tips for language therapy for these students.
I've been a special education teacher for 6 years now. Actually, we're all special education teachers, as my first principal liked to say (and she was right). The thing I always struggled with the most
Executive functioning skills can be taught to all learners. Learn about how I use visuals specifically to teach executive functioning.
My students are absolutely obsessed with my color by number worksheets! I wanted to make fun pet versions since they LOVE showing me their pets during our Zoom lessons. I love that they can't wait to practice skills such as addition and multiplication while coloring fun pet themed coloring pictures! This post contains affiliate links. I earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase using one of my links, which helps to support the blog. All opinions are my own and I only promote brands and products that I have used myself and truly love. I currently have addition and multiplication math facts versions of these items. If you have a request for additional skills, leave a comment below! Each math facts set comes with (8) pet themed color by number pages and answer keys. Pull out the crayons or markers and let your students have fun while learning their math facts with these pet-themed math fact printables!
These free printable clip cards are great for helping kids see shapes in everyday objects!
One of our Literacy Curriculum Downloads. Here is what you get! 10 Printable Correct the Sentences Worksheets. Prints a total of 10 pages. The worksheets were designed by Annette Sutherland, owner of Teach at Daycare in Arkansas City, KS. Please see our other great educational items in our store and thank you for visiting.
Algo que a muchos nos desveló en los inicios de nuestra carrera fueron los fonemas y los puntos articulatorios. Por esta razón me llamó mucho la atención este esquema visto en el Facebook de Fonoau…
Growth Mindset: The Power of Yet Recently my 1st grade classroom has morphed into a K/1 combination classroom and then resulted in HUGE gaps (academically, socially, & emotionally) between my s…
Hearing loss simulations are very useful for educating parents, teachers, and friends about what a hearing loss "sounds" like. This article also explains the different levels of hearing loss.
A child's auditory skills are acquired in a developmental and progressive sequence, although their pace may vary depending on many different...
• LEARN & DEVELOP LANGUAGE – Coloring is more than just a fun activity for kids! Letting your child color, scribble and doodle is also the perfect time to practice naming primary colors and to teach them about other hues of colors. Discuss their globes and help them learn and recognize new countries, oceans, continents, and so much more in the world around them!• ENHANCE HAND & EYE COORDINATION – Coloring involves a variety of actions including holding crayons or markers, choosing colors and sharpening colored pencils. All of these tasks help children build their hand and eye coordination.• SPARK IMAGINATION & PROMOTE SELF-EXPRESSION – Give your little artists wings with this fun and educational coloring project. Let kids choose their colors and watch their creativity take flight as they learn about our planet.Product Description:Teach students where things are in the world the creative way! A great addition to geography curriculum and classroom crafts, this easy-to-color project gives students the chance to label all the continents and oceans. Once completed, they can proudly display their 3D project. Size: 9 x 11 Quantity: 12Material: Cardstock© OTCCYO Globe Craft Kit Instructions
This week in Science we have been learning about Earth's Land Features. All week we took notes, learned hand gestures, and watched a video,...
American Sign Language (ASL) is a great second or foreign language option for your children, and it's easy to implement into your daily lives and routines.
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Data collection for special education teachers doesn't have to be a tedious or all day task. As a self-proclaimed data nerd, I am here to tell you that it's possible to collect data daily without feeling overwhelmed. Click to learn more about this data system, tested and implemented by licensed special ed teachers.
These nine main idea strategies will help your students successfully master this important reading skill. The Teacher Next Door shares her favorite main idea strategies for teachers of upper elementary students.
Third graders are responsible for knowing a lot about a lot! I'm feeling the pressure of teaching them all the new third grade content plus ...
Help! My students don’t remember the parts of speech! Yep, we’ve all been there. You start a grammar lesson, only to realize that your students don’t remember the basics. It’s not that they don’t understand grammar and syntax; they just forgot the technical terms (nouns, verbs, adjective, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections) that they need […]
