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Letterland

Last year our school district adopted the Letterland series to teach phonics, spelling and reading to our Kindergarten and First Grade students. As a resource teacher we support Letterland by teaching the intervention strand. There are not many materials to support the intervention piece.

Letterland is an Orton-Gillingham based program. I know for my students (students with specific learning disabilities), they require practice, practice, and more practice. So I created Reading and Writing Sentence handouts to supplement the intervention strand lessons. Each handout correlates with the sentences introduced in the intervention sections. There are 4 sections, Set A, Set B, Set C, and Set D. I have created supplements for Set A, B and C. I am still working on Set D.

 I hope these help other special education teachers as they try to support Letterland instruction in their classroom. Teachers can purchase these handouts on my Teachers Pay Teachers website.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/I-Luv-Special-Ed

Lunch Room Table

So, I decided to share with you my classroom. I have a very tiny space. I had to be meticulous about how to organize my furniture and supplies to make room for all of my stuff. :) Anyway, as a resource teacher we add more students throughout the year. Well, my first graders have gone from 3 to 8. So I had to come up with an idea to seat all 8 students at one time in a very small space. My friend Lita started using a lunchroom table in her room because of the same problem. I decided to try it. I LOVE it. 

My lunch room table gives me enough seats for my students to work and leaves just enough room to walk around safely in my classroom. Totally Awesome!!

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This is the only eye liner I use.

This keeps me moisturized all day.

My favorite color is Brown Sugar.

Nursery Rhymes

So I decided to make more cloze reading activities, but this time for my younger students. I decided to go with Nursery Rhymes. I chose five of my favorite Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty, Jack be Nimble, The Muffin Man, Little Miss Muffin, and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (which happens to be my kids favorite). I also made some fun phonics activities to go with each Nursery Rhyme. I am so excited about using these in my classroom. I know my 1st graders will LOVE it!!

My Family

 I am a happily married mother of two beautiful children. I love teaching and I have been a special education teacher for 14 years.

I taught in another state for about 5 years and then moved to NC. I have been teaching here ever since and I love it!

I love what I do. I have a passion for learning and sharing what I have learned with my students, friends and colleagues.

I recently finished my masters. I'm so happy that is done. :) I am currently working on renewing my National Boards. Work, Work, Work. It never ends. :)

Daily Objectives

This school year all teachers have to post the Common Core objectives they are working on.

We additionally have to put them in "language" that our students can understand.

Daily Objectives posted in my classroom.

As a resource teacher, this can be difficult with so many small groups throughout the day. With much trial and error, I found a solution that works well for me.

I laminated sentence strips so that I could use dry erase markers to write the objectives directly on the wall. When I need to change them, I simply erase with a dry erase marker. This system has worked well for me. :)

Multiculturalism

I recently took a course at ECU about Human Learning.

I found the following websites that have Lesson Plans, tips and tools to teach Multiculturalism in our classrooms.

1.      Critical Multicultural Pavilion

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/index.html

This website was intriguing because it gives the reader access to many tools in order to discuss and better understand multiculturalism. I like the availability of their resources: Equity and Diversity quizzes, ideas for multicultural activities, printable handouts and Social Justice songs, quotes and speeches.  They also list additional websites that support and discuss multicultural issues in education.

2.       Teaching Tolerance

http://www.tolerance.org/

This website states that it is a place for educators to find thought-provoking news, conversation and support for those who care about diversity, equal opportunity and respect for differences in schools. I like that you can sign up for weekly newsletters. This way you can continue to have access to current information and conversations related to multicultural education.

3.       Institute for Humane Education

http://humaneeducation.org/

This website provides a Resource Center that provides suggestions for lesson plans & activities, books, websites, & more. They also have an online program to receive your M.Ed. or M.A. in Humane Education.

4.       Teaching for Change

http://www.teachingforchange.org/

This website states that by drawing direct connections to real world issues, Teaching for Change encourages teachers and students to question and re-think the world inside and outside their classrooms, build a more equitable, multicultural society, and become active global citizens.

5.       Rethinking Schools

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/index.shtml

This website is interesting because it advertises new publications of books that teach history science and social history in a “multicultural” way. It also features articles about schools and issues around the country, who face, challenge and incorporate multicultural education.