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Learning Disabilities

Teacher Wishlist Unfulfilled: Let’s remember our 2020 commitments to equity

08/03/2021 by admin Leave a Comment

March 13, 2020 I’ve written about that date before. It was the last day we had in-person school before Covid-19 rushed us into virtual learning environments. During that time, we also witnessed massive protests across the country in response to the extrajudicial murder of another Black person. Then came the promises to do better in … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Covid-19 School Closures, DEI, Disabled students, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Special Needs, Virtual Learning

Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities during a School Shutdown

03/30/2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Today started our state’s third week of Virtual Learning due to the COVID-19 precautions and country-wide shutdowns. I am sure you have probably read at least twenty blog posts about ‘homeschooling’ your kids during this stressful and (for most of us) unprecendented time. I have tweeted a few resources here and there, but I thought … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parent Resources, Special Education Tagged: Amendment Meeting, Blended Learning, CK12, CoTaught Classrooms, Covid-19 School Closures, Dybuster, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, EasyCBM, ESY, Extended School Year, FAPE, IDEA, IEP, IEP Accommodations, IEP Amendment, Learning Disabilities, LRE, Progress Monitoring, Readability, ReadWorks, Resource Classrooms, SLD, Study Island, Virtual Learning

Popular Math Apps in the Resource Classroom: Why I Chose Not To Use Them

01/19/2020 by admin 1 Comment

For the last 8 months, my IG and Twitter posts have focused on two main goals; find: (a) Dyscalculia and Dyslexia training; and (b) Math Apps and/or curriculum designed with my students’ needs in mind. Both proved to be challenging and time-consuming endeavors, eventually I found one. Dyscalculia is the Learning Disability you’ve probably never … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Calcularis, Dybuster, Dyscalculia, Learning Disabilities, Math, Math Anxiety, Math Apps, Math Learning Disabilities, Math Teacher, Middle School Math, neuroscientists, Resource Math, Response to Intervention, RTI, Special Education, Special Education Teacher

Delusions of Teaching Grandeur; or, All the Things I Thought I’d Try in My Resource Math Class

08/25/2019 by admin 1 Comment

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry Robert Burns Remember what I wrote the last time about the pacing of the Math curriculum being too fast for the students in my Resource Math class? Well, we all hit a wall on Friday. I think I actually ran full-speed ahead into that wall. … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, IEP, IEP Accommodations, Learning Disabilities, Middle School Math, Middle school teacher, Open Up Resources Math, Opportunity Gap, OUR Math, Resource Math, Special Education Teacher

Slow Down! Child Learning Zone

08/18/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

I spent part of my Saturday evening working on the Math lesson plan for my 6th grade class. Yes, yes…I know I said I wouldn’t do any work on the weekends, but school life happens! These past 2 weeks have zoomed by and, although I have accomplished a lot, I still need to use some … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: IEP, Learning Disabilities, Math Learning Disabilities, Math lesson plans, Math pacing guide, Middle School Math, Middle school teacher, Resource Math, Special Education, Special Education Teacher

In Defense of Summer Work Packets

06/18/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

I wanted to write this post during the last week of school, but I’ll be completely honest: I was too tired. Once school officially ended, I kept telling myself “Tomorrow”. Again: I didn’t get around to it. Then, last week, one of those #edugurus tweeted that summer work packets were a waste of time. Needless … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Black students, ELL, ESOL, Hispanic students, Latino students, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Special Needs, summer vacation, Title I, Urban education

State-by-State Special Education Contact List

05/08/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

What kind of Special Education Teacher would I be if I did not have the patience of someone striving Job lie Job?? When I say my patience has been tested with getting this list completed and ‘live’, please believe me! I tried sharing it first on my blog as a PDF (not in a post) … [Read more…]

Posted in: Parent Resources Tagged: Advocacy Resources, Autism, IDEA, IEP, IEP Meeting, Learning Disabilities, Mild Intellectual Disabillity, Special Education, Special Needs, Special Needs Parents, State Advocacy Resources, State Special Education Directors

IEP Accommodations: What so many get wrong

04/07/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Special Education and IEP accommodations for students with disabilities are a recurring topic in several online teacher groups. Most recently, a teacher posted a list of ‘problems’ plaguing classroom teachers, with one being ‘too many IEPs and accommodations’. My response was short and simple: “Too many IEPs and accommodations? LOL!” Then, I quickly exited the discussion … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Accommodations, Coteaching, IEP, Inclusion, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Special Needs

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