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LARSON EAST PAU. Empowering our Deaf Students with the materials we all have in our classrooms. Current Reading Materials…. Materials used in classrooms. Milestones HighPoint Scholastic Teacher Suppmental. Milestones… it has to go!. Research based it’s not effective for our students
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LARSON EAST PAU Empowering our Deaf Students with the materials we all have in our classrooms.
Materials used in classrooms... • Milestones • HighPoint • Scholastic • Teacher Suppmental
Milestones… it has to go! • Research based it’s not effective for our students • Unrealistic context for reading • Doesn’t provide tools for reading strategies
What can we do ? • Seek for training with the materials you have in your classroom • Meet with the Reading Specialist and develop a plan using all the resources in your Teacher Ed. Book • Compile all the resources that goes with your materials. • Stop BUYING or developing your own materials!! It’s all in there!!
Reading Specialist…. • My role as a Reading Specialist • Resources • Observations • Suggestions • Meetings • Planning I can’t do it alone! I need all of you!
References: Documentation on Milestones: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/content_storage_01/0000000b/80/26/09/24.pdf