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Reinforcing Skills from the Developmental Checklist. Sonya Kunkel, Ed. S CREC Consultant. Language Arts. Reading Writing Responding. Here are some ways we read:. Independently As a group Skim With peers Books on tape Braille. Here are some ways we write. Independently
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Reinforcing Skills from the Developmental Checklist Sonya Kunkel, Ed. S CREC Consultant
Language Arts • Reading • Writing • Responding
Here are some ways we read: • Independently • As a group • Skim • With peers • Books on tape • Braille
Here are some ways we write • Independently • Fill in the Blank • Dictating • Pointing • Pictures, Drawing, Identifying a Sequence • Using Technology • Copying/ Trace
Different Ways to Respond • Verbally • Non Verbal Communication • Sign Language • Pointing • Choosing from choices • With Pictures • With Behavior • “Communicative Intent”
In the classroom • The teacher is discussing information from a book… What should a child with a disability do to participate? What is the Para-educators role?
To participate…the child can • Work on the same work as everyone else • Work on “part of the work” • Work on a parallel theme • Work on a goal or objective as related to the standard
The Para-educator’s role • Facilitate the child working with peers and or in groups • Assist other peers in the classroom (Fade, but not disengage) • Request clarification from the teacher as to what the child will be working on related to the standard • Assist with modifications • Assist with the child completing work independently
What is not the para-educators role: • To do the work for the child • To create and give the child work away from the curriculum • To provide too much help • To provide too much “proximity”
Exercise and Practice in Language Arts What can the child do? What is the Para-educator’s role? Reading In The Classroom: List 10 ways a child can participate in the classroom using the information in your packets
Language Arts, continued • What can a child do? What is the Para-educator’s role? • Writing in the classroom: List 10 things a child can do to participate in this task.
Language Arts, continued What can the child do? What is the para-educator’s role? Responding in the classroom, Orally, with sign language, with choices, with technology… List 10 things a child can do to respond to questions and classroom discussion.