by Oran Tkatchov | May 17, 2018 | ASL, Deaf, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, Reading, Spoken Language, Strategies, teaching
This article provides some strategies and ways to help students who are deaf or hard of hearing succeed in English. Click here to access the resource.
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...
by Oran Tkatchov | May 16, 2018 | EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching
This article explains the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) method. It is a very simple activity designed to build students’ background knowledge and develop thinking skills that use detail to enhance understanding. Click here to read the article.
by Oran Tkatchov | May 15, 2018 | ASL, AzMERIT, Coaching and Leadership, Curriculum, Deaf, EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, pararpros, Reading, Standards
This document provides a comparison between Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards and the new ASL Content Standards. ELA Standards ASL Standards grade2
by Oran Tkatchov | May 15, 2018 | ASL, Coaching and Leadership, collaboration, Curriculum, Deaf, EEI, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, pararpros, Reading, special education, Standards, Teach and Enrich, Teacher Leaders, teaching
This video from the U of A College of Education provides an overview of the importance of vocabulary learning, connections between vocabulary and literacy, and components of good vocabulary teaching. Click here to watch the video.
