ELA Games
ELA Games in Group Rotations Reading games are a great way to reinforce skills. Students are having fun and don’t even realize they are learning and practicing their skills! You can even take data over the words they are reading in the game. Reading games are a frequent request for my students. Most games are […]
Word Work Rotations
Word Work Rotations Work Work is a way to create individualized practice for each student. Students will be able to practice their sounds or sight words using individualized lists through each of the rotations. By having a variety of activities, the students will never get bored! For my word work rotation activities, I put […]
Technology
Teaching and Learning with Technology Technology can be a fantastic tool for practicing skills. Having clear expectations for students to follow is key! The technology you use also needs to be useful and applies to what the students are doing, avoiding busy work sites. Learning with Technology can be amazing for kids! Learning with Technology […]
ELA Rotation Teacher Table
Teacher Table Instruction When beginning ELA Rotations, I will begin the organization with who needs to get grouped together for the reading and writing teacher table instruction. A good time to get to know the students’ reading and writing abilities is while they are learning rotations and before you begin the teacher table groups. The […]
ELA Rotations setting up
Setting UP ELA Rotations Practicing the First Rotations Independent Reading Rotation First, you first need to have the students practice rotations together and understand expectations. Independent reading is a great rotation to practice first! Students can read at their spots or choose a location in the room. However, students are also practicing the expectations […]
ELA Rotation Organizing
Organizing ELA Rotations As teachers, whether you are a classroom teacher or a special education teacher, organizing ELA Rotations is key to making sure they seamlessly. Rotations There are a lot of moving parts to ELA rotations. How I organize my ELA rotations are: I use a 2 hour block, two options: 20 minute Rotations […]
ELA Rotation Group Organization
ELA Rotation Group Organization As a special education teacher, all day I teach small groups. Sometimes, I end up having larger groups and that will contain several reading levels, even other academic areas. If you are a special education teacher, you know!!!! I began to work on organizing my groups into an ELA Rotation. Special […]
Reading Group – Teacher Box Supplies
Teacher Group Box Organization With any small intervention group, you need to organize your teacher supplies. Having supplies organized and within grasp will enable an easily run group. Reading Group Organization: Teacher Box I love teaching Reading. It’s an amazing program! I wouldn’t recommend it to all my students. However, I teach it or […]
Wilson Reading – Group Supplies
Group Lesson Supplies Organization The Wilson Reading Program comes with lots of supplies. For me, I keep each small group’s supplies separate. Check out how I organize my teacher small group supplies. Visual Letter-Sound board Before I go into the contents of the Teacher Group Box, I want to go over the first step of […]
Reading – Group Lesson Plan
Organization is Key The Wilson Reading is an amazing program! Each reading group begins with the lesson plan. Without the plan, there is no group. I feel privileged that my district trained me. Even though it’s a lot of work to get certified, it is well worth it! However, the initial training of one-on-one is […]