by Oran Tkatchov | Aug 20, 2018 | assessment, instruction, language, learning, LSL, special education, Spoken Language
This article explains how by using informal assessments, teachers can target students’ specific problem areas, adapt instruction, and intervene earlier rather than later. Click here to read the article.
by Oran Tkatchov | Aug 20, 2018 | assessment, language, LSL, SLP, Spoken Language, Strategies, testing
This article provides a four-step process to quickly and accurately collect a language sample. Click here to read the article.
by Oran Tkatchov | Aug 9, 2018 | assessment, autism, Behavior, Classroom Management, IEP/MET, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, pararpros, SEL, Social-Emotional Learning, special education, Teach and Enrich, teaching
This article discusses the psychology behind a child’s behavior. When psychologists analyze a behavior, they think in terms of the ABC formula: Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence. Just about every behavior, both positive and negative, follows this pattern....
by Oran Tkatchov | May 17, 2018 | ASL, assessment, Deaf, Early Childhood, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, Spoken Language, Standards, Teach and Enrich, teaching, testing
This checklist, based on the ASL Standards, provides an overview of ASL skills a student should know prior to entering kindergarten. Foundational Kinder Ready Skills Checklist-ASL Content Standards
by Oran Tkatchov | May 16, 2018 | assessment, Early Childhood, Standards
These guidelines describe expectations about what infants and toddlers should know (understand) and do (competencies and skills) across multiple domains of development during specific age ranges, as well as what adults can do to support children’s optimal learning and...
by Oran Tkatchov | May 16, 2018 | assessment, AzMERIT, Coaching and Leadership, collaboration, Compliance, Curriculum, disabilties, EEI, IDEA, IEP/MET, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, pararpros, Reading, special education, Spoken Language, Standards, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching, testing, Writing
This document takes each of Arizona’s ELA Anchor standards and shows how each standard progresses at each grade level. This can be used as a tool to differentiate while still providing standards-based instruction in the classroom. Click here to access the...
