by Oran Tkatchov | Apr 6, 2023 | disabilties, diversity, learning, Reading, special education
From Vanderbilt University, this search tool contains information and synopses of children’s and young adult literature about or having to do with people with disabilities. This information includes the name of the author and illustrator, year of publication,...
by Oran Tkatchov | Jan 4, 2023 | engagement, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, learning, Literacy, Reading, special education, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching
Research shows that students whose teachers spend too much time talking are less likely to be engaged during classroom instruction. Luckily, instruction can be so much more than lecture, reading practice, memorization, or decoding drills. We, as teachers, can do more...
by Oran Tkatchov | Jun 1, 2022 | ACVREP, assistive technology, braille, CVI, deaf-blind, disabilties, Reading, UEB, webinar
The Sight-Reading Braille modules are designed to teach the basics of sight-reading braille. There are five parts which teach the braille alphabet, capitalization, and basic punctuation. Click here to visit the resource. If you would like to take these modules and...
by Oran Tkatchov | Apr 25, 2022 | captioned video, Curriculum, instruction, instructional assistants, Itinerant Teacher, language, learning, lesson, Literacy, Reading, special education, Standards, Strategies, Teacher Leaders, teaching, Writing
Writing with students is very challenging. In this video, ASDB itinerant teacher Cassandra Hart explains how to make a project that children are interested in, and that will help take them through the writing process from beginning to end in a way that helps them to...
by Oran Tkatchov | May 7, 2021 | instruction, learning, Reading, teaching, Writing
Using sentence starters and sentence frames are one strategy to support students in speaking, reading, and writing. A sentence starter is when you give students the beginning part of a sentence and they fill in the rest. A sentence frame is when there are blanks...
by Oran Tkatchov | Jan 6, 2021 | ASL, Deaf, distance learning, language, learning, Literacy, Reading, teaching
Young children who are developing language skills will love these ASL story time videos from Rochester School for the Deaf. The videos present many popular children’s books in American Sign Language, including “I Stink”, “Baby’s Very...