Helping students to become more fluent in their reading probably isn’t the most fun to work on but it is essential to building good reading skills! For me, if a strategy is effective, I love using it. I am tutoring a first grade student this year and I’ve tried word chains with him. It’s such a joy for me when he says things like, ” I can do this!” or […]
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11
Dec
2019
Do You Know How To Do a Word Chain for Fluency?
I love getting the most out of what I teach students. I’m all about working smarter, not harder! When I learned a strategy on how to teach suffixes in a more strategic way, I actually got so excited! Does this make me a nerd? 🙂 Check out today’s video on how you can improve decoding, comprehension and spelling by teaching suffixes! Take a look! I can’t wait to hear how […]
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20
Oct
2019
14 Reasons Why You Should Teach Cursive!
I have a question for you. Is cursive writing gone? What are your thoughts on this? For me, there’s nothing more delightful than gorgeous penmanship. You’ve been hearing about the amazing training I went through this past summer when I learned how to implement the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading. Something else I learned from Janet George was the 12 reasons why we should be teaching cursive writing. It all made […]
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03
Sep
2019
A Numbers Rainbow: Multi-Sensory Ideas for Math!
You asked for a video on multi-sensory math ideas, so here it is! You know as well as I do that so much of math is language. Plus if you can get your students to remember both the language concepts and the visual cues to help make numbers in math more memorable by finding ways to have students see math, hear math and touch math then….. Why not?!!! 🙂 Take a look […]
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26
Aug
2019
A Multi-Sensory Rainbow Alphabet
If you’ve got students who can’t seem to remember their letters, perhaps they’re telling you they need something more. Perhaps they need something that can tap into any and all modalities that they need to learn. If so, then you are going to want to know about the Rainbow Alphabet. You’re going to ask, “Does it work because the students can visualize the different letters better?” Or you might ask, “Does it […]
Read moreAs you know, I love children’s literature! I know we have students who will sometimes connect better through a story than through personal contact with others. One of my students on the autism spectrum lost his grandmother. He was very close to her, spent tons of time doing things with her and he knew she understood him. When she died, he told his parents it was like in the movie, […]
Read moreWhen you have a student who ruins a t-shirt a week or someone who can’t leave your classroom pencils and marker caps alone, you need options! Options that are discreet and as “chew proof” as possible is what you need. I’ve found some really fun choices to show you! Take a look! Even if these options help redirect students to meet their oral sensory needs in a more socially acceptable way, at least […]
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