********************************************************** Using Digital Photos of Students to Teach Language ********************************************************** Play Bingo with the students pictures Show part of the photo and try to guess who it is Sort boys/girls Use digital disguises (hat/glasses/jewelry) Delete the eyes and mouth, print and then use manipulatives to change expressions Make a flipbook with heads on different bodies… Read More Using Digital Photos of Students to Teach Language
Activities with Digital Photos to Increase Oral Language and Vocabulary
********************************************************** Activities Using Digital Photos to Increase Oral Language and Vocabulary ********************************************************** Have kids dress up in the career center. Take a series of pictures (1st step, 2nd step, etc) showing how to do something. Assign pairs of students to go on a walk through the school to find examples of geometric shapes or items… Read More Activities with Digital Photos to Increase Oral Language and Vocabulary
Using Math Performance Taks To Inform Instruction
By presenting students with open performance tasks, and then examining their work by listening and observing, the teacher makes assessment part of daily instruction. Rather than being a task done quietly, alone at a desk, performance tasks allow students to learn math content by using math process tools Research Children need to experience mathematics as… Read More Using Math Performance Taks To Inform Instruction
The Power of Eight!! Pulling it Together with Instructional Planning Effective Behavior Practices and Academic Strategies to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners
In their meta-analysis of “what works” in classroom instruction, Mastropieri and Scruggs (2009) examined some commonly used content area interventions for students with disabilities and found “moderate to large effect sizes” for selected interventions. Implementing these practices establishes the “conditions for learning” and represents one of the most effective ways to reduce problem behavior in school (McIntosh, Sadler, & Brown, 2012). Read More The Power of Eight!! Pulling it Together with Instructional Planning Effective Behavior Practices and Academic Strategies to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners
Including Students with Significant Disabilities
If factors make it unrealistic to fully include students with significant disabilities, consider some of the following ways to facilitate integration. One of the main goals of CBI is to help students generalize skills from the classroom to the “real world”, thereby helping them become integrated members of their communities. One of the most… Read More Including Students with Significant Disabilities
