Vertical Articulation of Arizona’s ELA Standards

Vertical Articulation of Arizona’s ELA Standards

by | 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...
ASL Stages of Development

ASL Stages of Development

by | May 16, 2018 | ASL, assessment, Coaching and Leadership, Deaf, deaf-blind, disabilties, Early Childhood, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, pararpros, special education, Spoken Language, Strategies, teaching

This document from the California School for the Deaf’s Early Childhood Education Department provides a list of developmental stages for children when learning ASL. ASL-Stages-of-Development-Assmt
Ten Tips to Introduce Reading to a Young Child Who Is Blind or Visually Impaired

Ten Tips to Introduce Reading to a Young Child Who Is Blind or Visually Impaired

by | May 16, 2018 | ACVREP, Blind, deaf-blind, Early Childhood, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, Low Vision, pararpros, Reading, special education, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching

One of the first and most important things to remember when introducing books and literacy experiences to a young child with a visual impairment is that the child is a child first. This article provides 10 tips on how to introduce reading to a young child who is blind...