tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75651181737127188502024-03-01T00:40:57.654-05:00A special kind of classA special class for children with severe physical and/or speech disabilities.A Special Kind of Classhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647756622553111372noreply@blogger.comBlogger386125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565118173712718850.post-83006498090183859702023-07-04T20:47:00.000-04:002023-07-06T09:36:27.966-04:00Tracing Alphabet Book<p> Even though summer holidays have just started here, I am always in teacher mode. Every year I tell myself that "this year" I'm going to be more organized so that the fall is less stressful.</p><p>With that in mind I am beginning to prep some of my alphabet resources. My alphabet tracing book is the perfect way to start the year. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyWkExqcyJLsgzR4bTxflnPa5xvSyhITNIrgAmuFqAywMzL2OR27ZfIHsHTuqZoPDDcAOK4bS1T5ymGOLvL5QI8mHNmMXYC8xLeukLOSKkqcS-lOZ7JypXDc0DqIYJFhXwf0f4sCbALjiXZuLoCVGkj0bVLYHXzyLRqV9ChuQ2Te7NqxfPTdcPuWR4Vc/s1866/Picture6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Alphabet tracing book" border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1866" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyWkExqcyJLsgzR4bTxflnPa5xvSyhITNIrgAmuFqAywMzL2OR27ZfIHsHTuqZoPDDcAOK4bS1T5ymGOLvL5QI8mHNmMXYC8xLeukLOSKkqcS-lOZ7JypXDc0DqIYJFhXwf0f4sCbALjiXZuLoCVGkj0bVLYHXzyLRqV9ChuQ2Te7NqxfPTdcPuWR4Vc/w400-h266/Picture6.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All of my students will be new to me, so I have no idea where they are with their alphabet knowledge. This is fun and quick book to see how many letters and sounds they know and to see where their fine motor skills are at.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluMzLTKtc-QDWUQpYQ92J-Kwp-rTMFOGskusatnszE0cvzIkJttuMHuUgvVMQAkRbjFTibOK8Fwjh5-IEg3XfxnISuRMnXb9X0Tovt8A4r1bxtA-O7FvRXmeY0MWNQrVocWTQwuwe7NHtc_BBevcO5lPLmah_IX0Pznw42ONiL4V8-AE8oVvLcIpmKhU/s2468/Picture5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="child coloring in alphabet book" border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluMzLTKtc-QDWUQpYQ92J-Kwp-rTMFOGskusatnszE0cvzIkJttuMHuUgvVMQAkRbjFTibOK8Fwjh5-IEg3XfxnISuRMnXb9X0Tovt8A4r1bxtA-O7FvRXmeY0MWNQrVocWTQwuwe7NHtc_BBevcO5lPLmah_IX0Pznw42ONiL4V8-AE8oVvLcIpmKhU/w640-h400/Picture5.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I plan on making the colored posters into a tracing center by putting them in erasable sleeves. This will save me so much laminating.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCCb5_1Z9F6Y1FwmpFejau3zcrVpBplj1_jun410uoVRnodNDtg3c8g2G8sRrHpRyMoHvte35v5PApKNDW5QBSZqb4WKLibIbhk0SxRqNa6VAkT5nOeNUPETA0F6k43vi6LdOu_eapO4ublReUz3ItUZty74oPPWjqrF3usrUM-olV2zXc5vWWXowLUU/s1703/Picture10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="1345" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCCb5_1Z9F6Y1FwmpFejau3zcrVpBplj1_jun410uoVRnodNDtg3c8g2G8sRrHpRyMoHvte35v5PApKNDW5QBSZqb4WKLibIbhk0SxRqNa6VAkT5nOeNUPETA0F6k43vi6LdOu_eapO4ublReUz3ItUZty74oPPWjqrF3usrUM-olV2zXc5vWWXowLUU/w316-h400/Picture10.png" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also plan to putting up a color wall chart and printing small black and white charts for each of the children to color in themselves. 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I haven't decided yet if I'm going to put up the color version or let each of the children color one letter each and put up that version.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGAYp8qMfqym9r7VYnXgIqSh2JDSKmNmb3tE6j6QZzDm1GK3-kZgpIKsmwKy1Do1gPg2Xl05H2wI4gLN3k2SIDic22z1-eTQwhE3MxEqWBHqq8aUjjrRJf7-R2VIABVNydsoxG5cy-7OnCY1rJ9LMYvPArVkODFBPzmFSCJnQf1h_jg3sXOG4evvyyXA/s2061/Picture3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="alphabet posters" border="0" data-original-height="1873" data-original-width="2061" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGAYp8qMfqym9r7VYnXgIqSh2JDSKmNmb3tE6j6QZzDm1GK3-kZgpIKsmwKy1Do1gPg2Xl05H2wI4gLN3k2SIDic22z1-eTQwhE3MxEqWBHqq8aUjjrRJf7-R2VIABVNydsoxG5cy-7OnCY1rJ9LMYvPArVkODFBPzmFSCJnQf1h_jg3sXOG4evvyyXA/w640-h582/Picture3.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you are interested in any of this alphabet package, you can find it by clicking on the picture below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Alphabet-Posters-Tracing-756710?utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=tracing%20alphabet%20book%20July%204%202023" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="alphabet packet" border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="672" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81gNlLDZv-LVaTtI3WnM0N-4rav5pZSW9uJ10bvEdS-XfDpAXeuxO0emqiuEOYMhkYAVEjVy0AAi5CP907sqmBm0UuRt0M1Qs5UuLCb-nYE7H0-ssEF12aACTdUZ3yQTMy2KegaQ-hNIhgRex8oi5IRh7durIfRmDgQUDMtMQhRvvxOeCpCaQlqqH4i4/w400-h400/Slide1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>A Special Kind of Classhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647756622553111372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565118173712718850.post-53625604549330315182020-11-29T15:11:00.002-05:002020-11-29T15:11:43.883-05:00Christmas Visual Discrimination Freebie<p>I'm so excited to back. It's been such a long time since I've written a post but I'm happy to be back blogging with my brand new redesigned blog.</p><p>In order to celebrate my grand re-do, I've made a new Christmas freebie.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA-2hROZjP8Sm9zI_pn4NIo2VPCt4Nfa4LmsAG-pApfou_XweRnl2gMird7waoywP3h14UZRkX_Rdba-9bVUOk_2jqxOD36jA1fvmUFExDQt_8UjvXyqL4Kx_WhXozTX5Qk6bWDpQzPo/s912/Picture2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Christmas visual discrimination freebie for pre-school" border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="877" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA-2hROZjP8Sm9zI_pn4NIo2VPCt4Nfa4LmsAG-pApfou_XweRnl2gMird7waoywP3h14UZRkX_Rdba-9bVUOk_2jqxOD36jA1fvmUFExDQt_8UjvXyqL4Kx_WhXozTX5Qk6bWDpQzPo/w308-h320/Picture2.png" width="308" /></a></div><p>My students this year are very young. Where I live, students can enter kindergarten at 3 years old. Combine that with attention difficulties, vision issues and lack of exposure, we have a lot of work to do on visual discrimination. Visual discrimination is really important for reading. Being able to tell the difference between <b>b</b> and <b>d</b>, <b>e</b> and <b>c</b> or <b>t </b>and <b>l</b> are essential for beginning readers. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6Jzstgnf3-0QW0w7jbgMGUtF_FDNk82FCdfZpQYHfJbHquMMK8_FMr5zyUGNb5t-oLRZL_8TU4MW7x1S2XZLi-eApySRTlBXUZ-HR2_5bM9Ge-OIYtiqqzRdiIv0AwA9kMh5qPdDhCU/s912/Picture4.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Christmas visual discrimination freebie for pre-school" border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="877" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6Jzstgnf3-0QW0w7jbgMGUtF_FDNk82FCdfZpQYHfJbHquMMK8_FMr5zyUGNb5t-oLRZL_8TU4MW7x1S2XZLi-eApySRTlBXUZ-HR2_5bM9Ge-OIYtiqqzRdiIv0AwA9kMh5qPdDhCU/w308-h320/Picture4.png" width="308" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>We are starting with being able to tell the difference between pictures as well as working on the concepts of "same" and "different". Using simple Christmas pictures, we played a game of Concentration. <p>We placed the pictures face down on the table, which when getting the children to help me, was a learning experience in itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2meFOY9DFnwZlRnHab9SS8fiKSehBkJ7Lejl3Gfn-uLsopT8bFmdDXRTSSVnfVyjnVQKlZJQQXtNG3Xhkg6IdkFt4CrJ6pBBs3wOaVKlKTS1jYsVIgJ5l-uEa_j8LR975HMlQ2pnaiUs/s935/Picture3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Christmas visual discrimination freebie for pre-school" border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="877" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2meFOY9DFnwZlRnHab9SS8fiKSehBkJ7Lejl3Gfn-uLsopT8bFmdDXRTSSVnfVyjnVQKlZJQQXtNG3Xhkg6IdkFt4CrJ6pBBs3wOaVKlKTS1jYsVIgJ5l-uEa_j8LR975HMlQ2pnaiUs/w300-h320/Picture3.png" width="300" /></a></div>The children took turns turning over two cards and seeing if they matched. We emphasized the words "same" and "different". Are these two pictures the same? Yes? Then you get to keep the pair. Are the two pictures different? Yes? Then you need to turn them back over and the next person gets a turn.<p></p><p><br /></p><p>This game is also great for practicing turn taking and following the rules of a game.</p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can grab this free Christmas Matching Game by clicking on the picture below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Pre-School-Matching-game-Freebie-6296521?utm_source=My%20blog&utm_campaign=Christmas%20Matching%20Freebie%202020" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Christmas visual discrimination freebie for pre-school" border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUukCrFiGhR-dIhF2GoxTrBqAxswsW9OeB1-BPEXI9woQX7T4rY8kGo0dEjY54EZ3mjhE3BpCfcZh_r0FeQpxgd-sRA_w9mFoMDicU433lAs9s_tRMpkIDkIuMju9XG_9WwhXLlZX6T8/w320-h320/Slide1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>A Special Kind of Classhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647756622553111372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565118173712718850.post-56963037646412200152018-06-26T00:00:00.000-04:002018-06-26T06:19:52.227-04:00Start to Summer - Giveaway<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #212121;">"Polar Bear, Polar Bear" is another one of my favorite books by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. Like "Brown Bear" it has predictable text that makes it perfect for beginning readers. Using this book I like to work on the</span><span style="color: #212121;"> names of the animals, the sight words "I", "a" and "hear" and sentence structure.</span></div>
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When I do this book I usually spend an entire week on it, concentrating on something different each day, while building on the knowledge gained from the day before. On day one, we use the "I hear a...." board and a copy of the book.</div>
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We start by reading the story several times, taking note of the animals and the sounds they make. Most of the children have heard this story before and are familiar with it but they may be unfamiliar with the sounds of some of the animals. We often go to the internet to hear the real animals.</div>
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Once I'm sure that the children are comfortable with the story, I have them make the sentence "I hear a ......." as I read each page. At first I model the sentence along with them and then as they become more confident, they can do it by themselves. For children that cannot pick up the pieces, I hold them up and have them use eye gaze to make a choice.</div>
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Do you have a child with speech difficulties in your class? There seems to be a much greater prevalence of speech disabilities among young children these days. Not all qualify for speech therapy but those that do often have to wait months or years on waiting lists (at least in our area).</div>
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What does the speech child look like?</div>
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They may have articulation problems. They may leave off beginning sounds, ending sounds or substitute sounds in their speech. They may demonstrate disfluency (stutter), that is, they may repeat a beginning sound, word or several words at the beginning of a sentence. They may be speaking at a single word level or have no speech at all.</div>
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* demonstrate inappropriate behaviour due to their frustration level</div>
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* they may have poor language skills (but this is not always the case)</div>
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Repeating themselves over and over</div>
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If your student is involved with a speech pathologist, please consult them before implementing any strategies. If your student is still on a waiting list here are 4 strategies that you can try in the classroom.<br />
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1. Children are often very excited to tell us a story. When they come up to us out of the blue and start talking, for the unfamiliar listener, a child with a speech difficulty can be virtually impossible to decipher. When you don't know the topic, you don't have any reference to start figuring out the conversation. One resource we have found helpful in the classroom is a clarification board.<br />
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With a clarification board you can ask the child "who" questions. </div>
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"Who are you talking about?"</div>
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"Your family?", "A friend?" etc.</div>
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Wait for conformation and/or move on to where.</div>
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"Are you talking about something that happened at school?"</div>
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Continuing using the board to narrow down the scope of what the child is trying to tell you. Below is an example of might a clarification board might look like.</div>
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2. Augmentation communication boards are essential for children with little to no speech. In our classroom setting we have moved to CORE boards. CORE boards contain high frequency words. These words can be used in different situations and with a variety of people. CORE words make up about 80% of the words that we use everyday. Fringe words can added to the boards. These are words that are specific to locations or situations. The CORE board featured below is available for free from the <a href="http://www.minspeak.com/teachers/InterventionPlanningArchives_PixonCommunicationBoards_1.html#.Wf3gcGhSzIU">Minspeak website </a><br />
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3. Children using augmentative systems need lots of exposure to the symbol set they are using. We put symbols up all the room, and use them on a daily basis. Seeing everyone using symbols helps the children realize that this is "normal" and an acceptable way to communicate. The picture featured below uses Pixon symbols.<br />
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4. Using visual schedules is another great way to incorporate symbols into your classroom. They can be used to schedule the day, part of the day or a single activity. They can be used for the whole class, such as the whole day schedule or they can be individualized for particular children for certain activities or routines throughout the day, such as a bathroom routine.</div>
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A Special Kind of Classhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647756622553111372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565118173712718850.post-33948658763008534272017-09-03T13:46:00.003-04:002017-09-03T13:46:38.604-04:00First Day of School Poem<div style="text-align: center;">
I can't believe that Tuesday is the first day of school.</div>
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I'm not sure I am. I'm excited and I must admit a little nervous.</div>
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The first day is always a bit nerve wracking. </div>
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I know that my students are excited though.</div>
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I also know that on the first day of kindergarten, the most nervous people will be the parents. Many of them have never been away from their child before. This is new. This is scary. </div>
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Special needs parents are a unique bunch. Imagine having a child that can't talk, can't walk, can't do anything for themselves. It would be the most terrifying thing in the world to entrust your most vulnerable child to complete strangers. </div>
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That's why on the first day I like to do a little hand print poem.</div>
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It's something to show the parents that their child did have a great day. </div>
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They accomplished something. </div>
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They participated.</div>
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It's something they can keep forever.</div>
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Better yet, it's free.</div>
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Have you been told you will have a child or children in your class with sensory issues? </div>
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Did you say to yourself "What on earth does that mean?"</div>
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Do you have a child you think might be autistic but isn't diagnosed or the testing has come back negative? </div>
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If that's the case, you might have a student that is sensitive to sensory input.</div>
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Each year I seem to get more and more students with sensory issues, with or without another diagnosis such as low/high tone, autism or CP.</div>
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They may be the child with no friends. The one who sits alone. The one other children avoid because they are "odd". They may become overwhelmed or distracted in situations in which they become over stimulated. They may seem like they have autism or behaviour problems because of the coping mechanisms they have been using to get through the day.</div>
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Chew: On their hands, on their clothes, on toys, on virtually anything.</div>
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Scream: Loud and often.</div>
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Hide: These are the kids hiding under the desk or the table, curled into a ball.</div>
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Cover their ears: Having their hands over their ears is common.</div>
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Throw things: When frustrated, things go flying including their own body.</div>
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Spin: Round and round, with or without their arms out.</div>
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Loud noises</div>
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Whether your student has been diagnosed or not, here are 6 easy to implement ideas for you to try in the classroom.<br />
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1. Use chew toys<br />
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There are lots of inexpensive commercially available chew toys (Chewlry and Chewigem are just two names). They come in necklaces and bracelets, pencil tops and clip-ons. They have both boy and girl styles and have age appropriate models for any age. <br />
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In order to block out loud noises in the auditorium, gym or classroom, you can get noise cancelling headphones or a regular headset depending on how much sound needs to be muffled. Some students prefer wearing hats or hoods over their ears if that is enough to make them feel secure.<br />
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3. Weighted toys.<br />
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Adding weight often helps a child with sensory issues feel more secure and less fidgety. You can buy commercially made toys or vests in various weights or you can make one yourself. Add beans or rice to long socks and sew up the end. Add googly eyes and you have a snake. Drape over the child's shoulders or across their lap. Simple and inexpensive.<br />
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4. Alternate seating or flexible seating.<br />
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Letting your student pick how and where they sit may help reduce off task behaviors. If they need to stand, let them. If they need something firm or soft, let them pick. This ties in with self regulation and advocating for themselves as well. Giving them control of their environment will reduce their need to fight back against it.<br />
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A quiet area is important for the child to have. They need a space they can go to, to get away from everything that is overwhelming them. This gives them an area to be able to calm down in that is safe, is familiar and has calming items in it such as books, pillows or a favorite toy. </div>
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Having a sensory area available to students with high sensory needs is important for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it can be quite calming. The deep pressure of pushing and pulling putty or other gooey substances can be soothing while working on fine motor skills and strength. For another, many children find it calming to look into sensory bottles or lava lamps. Add these items to your quiet area if they help.<br />
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Many special education students don't have the experiences that their typically developing peers have. If a child cannot walk or talk, cannot hold things or turn their head in certain directions, then their view of the world is different from other children. Autistic children often experience the world in ways that differ from those of other children due to the nature of their condition.</div>
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Because of this, it is very important for us as teachers to make sure that our students have experiences to expose them to situations, events and vocabulary that they may otherwise not experience.</div>
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Word walls cards also known as flash cards are a great tool to use for testing and practicing new vocabulary. How to you use them in your class? Here are 3 ways that I use word cards in my class to test prior knowledge and increase the vocabulary skills of my students.</div>
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When introducing a new topic to my students, word wall cards are a great way to see what they know. When we started our farm theme I asked my students if they had been to a farm before. Did they know what a farm was? What kind of things would we see on a farm. We made several <span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">CHARTS</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span>which demonstrated what they knew about farms. Testing prior knowledge is very important to know where you are starting from. We started out by just putting up words they knew such as the animals on the farm. As the month progressed we added vocabulary that did not belong on a farm and I had the children tell me what did belong on farm and what might not be on a farm. You can make charts of farm animals and farm people and farm equipment. The possibilities are endless. Display the charts around the room for your students to refer to throughout the day.</div>
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Do you have a child that can't talk? No problem. Hold up two pictures, one that belongs on a farm and one that doesn't. If they can point, have them point to the correct answer. If they can't point, have them look at the right answer. </div>
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Once I've determined what vocabulary my students know and what they have to work on, I add the word cards to my <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">WRITING</span> center. Students can practice <span style="background-color: white;">writing</span> just the words, they can use the cards to help with spelling in their stories or they can use them as story starters.</div>
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Did you have a child that can't print? Put the cards at the computer station for them to type. Even children using assistive technology can practice typing.</div>
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The third activity I do with my word cards is to put them in a literacy center as a <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-size: large;">CONCENTRATION</span> </span></span>game. I make two copies of the cards and put out a varying number depending on the group and how well them know the pictures. The kids love this game. It's also great for working on turn taking.</div>
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For children with poor fine motor skills, laminate and put Velcro on the cards. Attach them to a Velcro board so they don't get knocked to the ground. </div>
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April is Autism acceptance month and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to show you how I use my adapted readers with ASD students. My students often have several characteristics that impact their learning such as little to no speech, poor or no fine motor skills and poor attention skills. </div>
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The first thing to remember is that <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">all children</span></b>, including those with autism, <span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">CAN</span> learn to read. The second thing to remember is that a child does not need to be able to speak in order to read. </div>
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I had been adapting some of my commercially bought leveled readers by reproducing the text and then having the children move the words to make the sentence in the book. The only problem was that because my students needed so many opportunities to practice the same words over and over again in different contexts, I ran out of books that were simple enough for them to read.</div>
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The other issue was that some of my students had poor fine motor skills and pieces would often slide off slant boards or get knocked to the ground by shaky fingers. I needed Velcro.</div>
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Since spring was coming up, this first set is geared toward spring activities. Book one has three words per page and book two has four.</div>
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By limiting the options that I give to the children, I gear it to their level. Once the child gets good at finding words, I will add some distractors to make sure they are reading the words in the book.</div>
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I also made some take home books that the kids could cut and paste, color and then share with their family.<br />
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Flash cards with some of the vocabulary in the books were used for "write the room" and comprehension activities.<br />
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I made some comprehension questions to go with my stories. There is one question per page. Some of the questions require general knowledge and some require relating the story to their life. All the questions can be answered without verbal skills.<br />
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I can't believe that spring break will be over tomorrow. </div>
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I still have some students that don't know all their letters yet, and those that do, still need to practice matching upper and lower letters.</div>
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Match the upper case bears with the lower case flowers.</div>
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Pigs, pigs and more pigs. </div>
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My kids are totally into pigs right now, so I decided to make up some more pig books. </div>
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I love making interactive books. Designed especially for my SPED students, I find that interactive books improve expressive and receptive language skills while allowing my students with poor fine motor and attention skills to participate. Interactive books also allow children with no verbal skills to participate in the reading process by using eye gaze.</div>
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I made three different books so my students could work on number skills at the same time.</div>
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The first one has a blank spot in the sentence that the kids have to put the right number in.</div>
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Count the pigs and add the number.</div>
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The second and third books are the same (one has the number word and the other the numeral). In these books, the children have to add the right number of pigs to match the sentence. There's a surprise at the end of the book.<br />
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When I got "Ten Hungry Pigs" in my Scholastic book order a couple of months ago, I instantly fell in love with it. It's cute, funny and perfect for working on counting skills. I knew this was the next book I wanted to adapt for my students. </div>
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Core vocabulary is at the heart of all we do. It's so much easier to work activities around core vocabulary (those set of words that we use most often) and add some fringe (those words specific to an activity) than to make theme or activity boards. This way the children begin to learn where certain words are on their boards and learn to communicate faster.</div>
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When I do shared reading activities with the children, I read the same book everyday but vary the activities each day. <br />
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On the first day I have the children work on making the sentence "I see # pigs" by pointing to the words on their board.<br />
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We then make a large class book. Each child makes one page and then we bind it together. Some children are ready for the number word and some are working on the numerals. The aim of this activity is to work on sentence structure. Just because my students can't talk doesn't mean we can't be working on proper sentences.<br />
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On the second day we worked on making a big chart about what food each pig liked. Again, we worked on making sentences and putting words together.<br />
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The children then made individual books to demonstrate their learning. They completed the sentence and added the picture of the food item. For children who are able to draw, I had them draw a picture of the food item. For child who are non-verbal and have little fine motor skills, I held up two food item choices and had them eye gaze to the one they wanted. I then used hand-over-hand to help them glue their choice into their book.<br />
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On day three we talked about personal preferences and what the children themselves liked or didn't like. These types of questions are great for getting to know the likes and dislikes of our class. Don't worry about the vocabulary being exact on their communication boards. "Not like" is perfectly acceptable. Remember, we want them to use what they have to get their point across. There isn't room on the boards for every negative. Teaching the children to use the "not" symbol, opens up a wide range of options when it is combined with other words ( ie. "not happy" rather than "unhappy").</div>
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On the forth day we talked about what each pig put on the pile in order. In this way we are retelling the story in order. The children have practiced using a lot of the vocabulary already.<br />
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On the last day I concentrated on asking the children questions about the story. It's important to practice answering questions that require more than a "yes/no" answer. I tried to include some fringe vocabulary that would lend itself to questions. The response sheet is made up of yes/no questions so that we practice both.<br />
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I hope you are having a wonderful holiday. </div>
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I thought I would end the year with a little freebie for you to start the New Year.</div>
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Besides using these numbers on your calendar, you can put them in your math work stations. Have the children put the numbers in the right order. There is also an AABB pattern. Can the children predict the next colour?<br />
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I love these Christmas trees. They are so easy to make, require very little skills and are fun to do. They also allow for a lot of artistic expression. Children can decorate them with anything you have on hand. String, stickers, sparkles, glitter, beads, sequins etc. Put out a variety of items and see what they do.<br />
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Snap cubes are a staple in our class. We use them for everything. Great for fine motor skills, they can be used in both math and literacy activities.</div>
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The one thing that I really like about snap cubes for children with disabilities is that you can feel the circle on each one. This is important for children with visual disabilities because they can clearly feel the difference between each one.</div>
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Close your eyes and touch each one. Can you feel them?</div>
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When measuring, I use the snap cubes for children who need to "feel" the different cubes to help them count. Putting their finger in each hole as they count, helps some children differentiate between them.</div>
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Sorting can easily be done with snap cubes. The various colours make them easy to see and the chunky shape is easy to handle.</div>
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I like to use them for our hundreds chart. We make rows of 10 and because there are 10 different colours they are perfect for counting by 10's to 100. Because they snap together, they won't fall apart when you are working with them.</div>
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The snap cubes snap together in different directions. This makes them perfect for joining together to make numbers and letters. This is ideal for children who need to "feel" what they are doing and it's a very "hand-on" way to make number and letters.</div>
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I've used the cubes as counters during math work station activities.</div>
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They are great for working on one-to-one counting. Once the children have placed one cube on each item, I have them move them off the card and count them.</div>
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I like patterning with snap cubes because they stay together. They are sometimes hard for little hands to push together but with some practice most of my kids have been able to do it.</div>
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When you turn them around, there is still a pattern. This is great for self checking their answers.</div>
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Halloween is fast approaching and I'm squeezing in some last minute activities. I wanted to do the poem "5 Little Pumpkins" with the kids and I wanted it to be more hands-on than felt or paper pieces. My lower kiddos really need the hands-on, "real" practice.</div>
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My original intention was to get some mini pumpkins for the kids to use but I couldn't find them in the grocery store this year. I went to the farmer's market but I couldn't justify the price they wanted for the little ones.</div>
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Instead I ended up using a bag of clementines. It was only about $4 for a bag and I got a couple of sets of Jack-o-lanterns out of it. This way I could have a couple of children doing the poem at the same time.</div>
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Use a sharpie to add a face to the clementines. Tip: Do this when they are warm. The marker doesn't write well on cold clementines. </div>
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I used a piece of wood for the "gate". A large block from the block center would work too.</div>
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As I read the poem I had the children pick up each of the "Jack-o-Lanterns" in order.</div>
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5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate</div>
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The first one said "oh my it's getting late"</div>
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The second one said "there are witches in the air"</div>
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The forth one said "we are ready for some fun"</div>
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The fifth one said "let's run and run and run"</div>
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So ooooow went the wind and out went the lights.</div>
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And the 5 little pumpkins rolled out of sight.</div>
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After a few adult readings I found the children were able to do the poem on their own. I placed all the materials in an accessible location for them to go to and act out. </div>
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Print out the colour version and laminate. I printed out a few of them and ran a group activity.</div>
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I used play-dough and had the children roll ten small balls before we got started. If you don't have play-dough, don't worry. Use blocks, counters, or poker chips. </div>
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I had each child roll a dice and then put that many balls on their pumpkin. The first child to fill their pumpkin is the winner.</div>
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I also included a black and white version. This one is great for putting letters, shapes or numbers on. Use a bingo dabber or crayons and dice that you can put what you want on them.</div>
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Halloween is just around the corner and we are working on the alphabet.</div>
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We have been putting the alphabet in order.</div>
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We have also been playing a matching game. Depending on the level the children are working at, we have done this with matching lowercase to lowercase, uppercase to uppercase and uppercase to lowercase.</div>
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Popcorn Kernels</div>
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Communication Board - <a href="http://www.minspeak.com/teachers/InterventionPlanningArchives.php?PixonCommunicationBoards=1#.VZhmYvlViko">this is one I used from Minspeak</a></div>
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I started by showing the children the items we were going to use and asked them "what", "do", "this"?<br />
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We can't expect children to do something they don't see us doing.</div>
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We took "turns" looking a the popcorn and seeing what was going on in the container.</div>
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Do you have students with poor fine motor skills? Is their printing so messy and/or big that they run out of space or you can't read what they have written? Well my son was that kid. Diagnosed with a learning disability, his printing was often sloppy, full of spelling mistakes and letter reversals, and he often ran out of room before he finished his sentence because his printing was so big.<br />
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Using the program, take a picture of your worksheet. He's 12 so he can do this himself. If you have younger children, you can do this part beforehand.<br />
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Tap anywhere on the screen and start typing. You can easily change the size of the text by sliding the ball across the top. You can also move what you have typed around the screen to get it in the perfect spot.<br />
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Once you're done, the page can be emailed to the teacher or printed out. The yellow highlighting does not show up in the printed copy.<br />
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The best part is that the app is free. The paid version has more features but the free version is great to find out if it would work for you.<br />
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The second amazing feature that we use is the word prediction. It's built right in to the iPhone and iPad. Word prediction anticipates what you want to write and gives you suggestions. Tap on the full word and it will insert it. This feature dramatically speeds up a child's writing. <br />
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The third trick is the microphone option. It helps speed up writing when having to do long sentences or paragraphs. As long as your child has good speaking skills, it should be fairly accurate.<br />
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Both of these can be combined with Snaptype to make filling in worksheets a breeze.<br />
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I found 5 smooth stones and painted them like frogs (I hope they look like frogs).</div>
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Originally I went looking for some blue construction paper for my pool, when I came across this blue cookie tray. I was perfect for what I needed.</div>
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Once the children had used the frogs and log for a few days, I added some magnetic numbers to see what they would do with them.</div>
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The summer has been ticking by and I've been trying to get a head start on few things I need to prepare for the new school year.</div>
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I'm starting by making copies of my Monthly Printing Assessment Journal.</div>
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I use my Assessment Journal to keep track of my students fine motor and printing skills each month. Since most of my students have speech and language disabilities, I find that fine motor difficulties are more likely to be an issue when they come to school. </div>
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I start by getting the children to color the front cover.</div>
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Each month I get them to fill out the appropriate pages.</div>
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I usually take a small group at a time and I guide them through each section. I find this keeps me accountable because we don't want to miss a month.</div>
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A Special Kind of Classhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647756622553111372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565118173712718850.post-4087779361228395982016-06-30T08:21:00.000-04:002017-03-25T10:42:44.381-04:00Canada Freebie<div style="text-align: center;">
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July 1 is Canada Day. School is finally over and it's time to celebrate.</div>
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The Mountie Alphabet has both upper and lower case letters.</div>
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