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Accommodations-Modifications & Strategies in Special Education. Daretodifferentiate - Choice Boards. Tic-Tac-Toe Template Choice board template Dinner Menu template Menu planner.

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Differentiation Strategies. Blooms_Gardner_Handout.pdf. Www.fortheteachers.org/Printables/Instructional_Strategies.pdf. Resources for Idaho Teachers. Resources for Idaho Teachers. Resources for Idaho Teachers. We know that students learn best when they are truly engaged in what they are learning, when they have the opportunity to explore, debate, discuss, examine, defend, and experiment with the concepts and skills they are ready to learn.

Resources for Idaho Teachers

Students learn best when instruction is: Appropriately Challenging Kids (and adults!) Learn best when they start at their current level of understanding and are challenged - with support (teacher, peers, materials, etc.) - just beyond what they are comfortable doing on their own. Resources for Idaho Teachers. Anchor Activities (or Sponge Activities) are designed for students to work on either immediately at the beginning of class time or after their class work has been completed, so that their instructional time is maximized.

Resources for Idaho Teachers

These activities are intended to review or extend learning of the subject matter, not to be busy-work. Activities may be designed for students to complete independently or in small groups. You may choose to assign particular students to particular tasks or to allow them to choose, when appropriate. All tasks should be relevant to the concepts being developed in class, but some may be more complex than others; there are times when students need the opportunity to do something that is low-stress and less demanding.

Anchor Activity Ideas: "Don't Waste a Minute" - Education World Article "Best Practices: Anchor Activities" (Regina Public Schools, Saskatchewan, Canada) Daretodifferentiate - Planning for and Managing Differentiation. Skip to main content Get your brand new Wikispaces Classroom now and do "back to school" in style. guest Join | Help | Sign In daretodifferentiate Home guest| Join | Help | Sign In Turn off "Getting Started" Loading...

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Common Core Resources for Special Education - Special Education. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English and math were adopted in 2010.

Common Core Resources for Special Education - Special Education

These standards define what students need to learn at each grade level. They provide a chance to improve access to quality content standards for students with disabilities. Symposiums Common Core State Standards Symposium for Special Educators Archived Sessions and Materials Part II March 21, 2014 (Posted 16-Apr-2014) The recorded sessions and materials include presentations on aligning Individualized Education Programs to the Common Core State Standards. Providing cues to students during assessments. Common Core and the Special Education Student: Your Guide to Instructional Shifts and Implementing Services and Supports. Get all the hands-on guidance and staff development tools you need in this comprehensive resource on the Common Core -- written specifically for special educators!

Common Core and the Special Education Student: Your Guide to Instructional Shifts and Implementing Services and Supports

This unique guide goes beyond explaining what the Common Core standards are, to show you how you can help students with disabilities access and achieve under them. Special Needs – Teacher Resources. Highlights 2016 Presidential Elections Election season is here.

Special Needs – Teacher Resources

Help your students understand the process of our national elections, from the President down to local representatives, with our election activities. Read short biographies of presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) and Donald Trump (R), explore mock election ideas, create presidential trading cards, learn election vocabulary, play election bingo and more! October Calendar of Events October is full of events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum! Chapter 15 - Differential Reinforcement flashcards. Steps in implementing the DRO procedure 1.

Chapter 15 - Differential Reinforcement flashcards

Identifying the reinforcer for the problem behavior -Reinforcing the absence of the problem behavior would not be effective if instances of the problem behavior continued to be reinforced. If it is not possible to use extinction for the problem behavior, it usually will not be possible to use DRO effectively. An exception would be teh case in which the reinforcer for the absence of the problem behavior is more powerful or potent than the reinforcer for the problem behavior itself. Www.hcpss.org/special/IEPmath-goals.pdf. Things to Do with Autistic Children in Kindergarten [Slideshow] Sample social emotional iep goals - Google Search. Social Stories. Disclaimer | By: Gavin Cosgrave | Reading Time: 5.8 minutes “Social stories were developed in order to support individuals with autism to better cope with social situations.

Social Stories

"- Ali and Frederickson (2006, p. 355) What is a Social Story? A Social Story can be a written or visual guide describing various social interactions, situations, behaviours, skills or concepts and were introduced and described by Gray and Garand (1993). According to Gray (2010) ‘a Social Story describes a situation, skill, or concept in terms of relevant social cues, perspectives, and common responses in a specifically defined style and format.

Although they are a very common intervention option for children, there remains a call for more research into the effectiveness of social stories (Reynhout & Carter, 2009). Why Might Social Stories Work? Social Stories and Theory of Mind Having a theory of mind is a bit like being able to say you're able to “put yourself in another person’s shoes”. They used three steps: References.