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Welcome to Our Open House Thorntons Ferry School – Special Education Program March 14, 2012 1:00 – 2:30. Our Goals. To provide parents with a better understanding of their child’s instructional day To enhance school-home-school collaboration Technology integration. A typical day….
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Welcome to Our Open HouseThorntons Ferry School – Special Education ProgramMarch 14, 2012 1:00 – 2:30
Our Goals • To provide parents with a better understanding of their child’s instructional day • To enhance school-home-school collaboration • Technology integration
A typical day….. • Core instruction in the classroom • Specialized instruction in the classroom or resource room • Additional Related Services per the student’s IEP; e.g., therapies
Partnerships • Regular and special educators and therapists • On-going progress review via collaboration/consultation/weekly planning meetings • GLEs (grade level expectations), curriculum, IEP goals and accommodations • Pre-teaching of content vocabulary and skills • Merrimack Special Education Parent Support Group
Reading Skills – the “Big 5” • Phonemic Awareness: K/1st • Phonics and Word Study: K-4th • Fluency: 1st – 4th • Vocabulary: K – 4th (listening, speaking, reading, writing) • Comprehension: K- 4th
Reading Instruction - • Direct instruction/Guided Reading • Skills in isolation then in connected text • Repeated exposure and practice opportunities • Instructional games • Partner reading, choral reading, read alouds • Comprehension strategies
Math Skills • Computation skills • Concepts and applications
Math Instruction • Manipulatives/hands on activities • Practice through games • Cooperative learning through partner and small-group activities
Written Language Skills • Idea development • Sentence development (grammar, punctuation, capitalization) • Paragraph development
Written Language Instruction • Prewriting strategies • Use of graphic organizers • COPS (Capitalization, organization, punctuation, spelling • Reader responses
Behavior and Social Skills Development • Collaborative approach • Social coaching in the natural environment • Focused skill instruction as warranted
A closer look at sample lessons, materials, strategies and technology • Reading – Rm 9 (Ms. Gladstone & Mrs. Starling) • Math –Rm 11 (Mrs. LoVerme & Mrs. Wolff) • Written Language – Rm 10 (Ms. Groccia & Mrs. Rousseau) • Technology Integration – Rm 10 (Mrs. Amato, Mrs. Gendreau, Ms. Groccia & Mrs. Rousseau)
Closing – Media Lab(2:15-2:30) • Questions and Answers? • Open House Survey • MSDParent Involvement Survey – April 2012