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Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Sentence Mash Up Overview: Sentence Mash Up is fun way to create simple sentences, and can be easily adapted for a wide range of skills and grade levels. Procedure: 1. Attach small Velcro dots (female side) to all sides of two lightweight cubes. 2. Cut twelve cardstock cards a bit smaller than the sides of the cubes. 3. From a current text, write six sentences and divide them into six nouns (words or phrases) and six verbs (words and phrases) on the...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Sensory Poems Overview: What do the five senses and poetry have in common? Give up? The answer is this activity! Procedure: 1) If you have not already done so, teach your students about the five senses. Give students plenty of opportunities to experience items with the senses and describe them. 2) Model writing a sensory poem for your students. Examples: 3) Involve all students in a group writing session where students provide ideas and the teacher...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Predicting Overview: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the best predictor of them all? This lesson teaches students how to make predictions about a text and will have them looking into the future in no time! Procedure: 1. Allow students to choose a book related to the current topic of study. 2. Prior to reading the book, skim through a couple of pages in the book, showing students the pictures, and thinking out loud about what the pictures may...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 T emplate and Multiple Choice Writing Overview: Providing a template and multiple choice options can allow students who cannot write with a pencil and/or have significant language difficulties, including spoken, read and written, to participate in writing activities and to express their thoughts. Procedure: Create a template for the writing assignment. The template can be highly structured or loosely structured (See attached example templates)....
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Mock Trial Overview: This lesson allows students to form their own opinions about a scenario court case and support those opinions through the writing process. Students have the chance to act out a court trial as a fun way to present their writing. Procedure: Read a scenario that includes evidence and a suspect(s) of an event (this scenario could be based on a real trial that is appropriate for school or the teacher could write a meaningful scenario...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Letter Writing Overview: Dear Teacher, Learning how to write a letter will open so many doors for me. Besides being a very functional way for me to communicate with others, it will also allow me a way to express my opinions and make/keep in touch with friends. Please consider using this activity to teach me these skills. Procedure: 1. Discuss the elements of the various types of letters. Sincerely, A. Student a. Introduction, Formal, Complaint,...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Fill--in--the--Blank Overview: Do your students have a favorite book or story that you read over and over? Why not give the story a makeover? This is an easy activity for all levels that allows for creativity within parameters that you control. Procedure: 1. Choose a story or passage a. From a recent text read in class (Guided Reading Book) b. Have the class vote on which story to use (HS--C1f (SOL 1.10)) c. Create one yourself 2. Delete key...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 High Frequency Words Overview: Using word walls, word banks and labels of common objects provides opportunities for students to build sight word vocabulary necessary for reading and writing. Procedure: Using sight word cards labeled with high frequency words place one word at a time in front of the student saying the word. Using alphabet stamps have students stamp the words as you say each letter name. Cover the word and have the student stamp the...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 “About Me: My Feelings Book” Overview: This activity provides an opportunity for individual students to identify emotions, their personal definition of various emotions, and to express themselves through reading and writing. There are many ways to differentiate this activity for students at varying ability levels in language and development. Procedure: Students will create a personal book about their feelings and emotions. The teacher will choose a...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January Facebook through History Overview: Using historical figures, students create imaginary Facebook pages with profiles, timelines, friends, photos, status updates, and conversations. Procedure: 1. Discuss Facebook with students and show sample pages. 2. Each student chooses a historical figure from a nonfiction text. 3. Have 2---3 Facebook---style templates both on student computers and paper, individualized with more or less complexity and levels of...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Diamond Poem Overview: Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but this fun activity will ensure that diamond poetry is your students’ best friend! Procedure: 1. Explain to students that they will be composing a poem that is in the shape of a diamond. Show students examples of diamonds. 2. Show the students an example of a diamond poem and explain that the first, fourth, and seven lines are composed of nouns, the second and sixth lines have...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Epilogue Overview: Are you searching for a fresh and interesting writing prompt for your students? The answer may lie within the pages of their favorite story. Procedure: 1) Tell students that they are going to have an opportunity to add on to one of their favorite stories. 2) Model the concept to your students by reading a popular story. Close the book and using a think---aloud strategy, write about what happened to the characters after the story...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 The Declaration of Punctuation Overview: Students practice the proper use of punctuation by writing their own “Declaration of Independence” while learning about an important American document. Procedure: The teacher discusses how the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and how he used punctuation when writing this important document. The teacher should also discuss how America declared its independence from Great Britain....
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Creating Surveys Overview: All students love to ask questions. They also love to give their opinion on everything. This activity lets them do both, while learning some great literacy skills. Procedure: 1) Set up a survey for your students. (What is your favorite color: Red, blue, orange, or purple?) Model writing this question and possible options. Take votes from students and discuss the outcomes. a) Repeat with other common surveys (Favorite...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Create an Autobiography Overview: Students love to share their own experiences! Why not use this opportunity to practice writing? Procedure: Teachers may want to choose parts of a student’s life and have them describe each part of their life, or choose one event like a field trip or vacation. 1) The teacher must first provide a prompt a. Example: Let’s talk about what you did not your vacation, or let’s write about what you did during our field...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Creating a Commercial Overview: Do your students have shining personalities? Give them the opportunity to be a star! This is a writing activity that will get every student motivated to write. Procedure: 1) Explain to students that we will be creating our own commercials. a) Show examples of simple but descriptive commercials to your students. 2) Students will need to brainstorm different products. Encourage students to choose a product they use or...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Comic Publisher Overview: Students will use supported iPad writing applications to compose and publish writing. Procedure: 1. Download supported writing apps to iPad such as Comic Life or StoryPatch. 2. These apps will provide students with a supported framework in which to write/type and illustrate their own stories or comics. 3. Have students take pictures with the iPad camera or select pictures for built in clip art gallery to use in their...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Classroom Rules Overview: All successful classrooms have rules. Why not include your students in the process? This engaging writing activity puts the FUN in FUNctional! Procedure: 1) Explain to students that they get to help make the classroom rules. 2) Begin a brainstorming session. a) Use a think aloud strategy to model a few examples of potential rules. (“Hmm, what are some good rules that we should follow? I think that we should always walk when...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Overview: Classroom Newsletter *All students should participate in every activity. The teacher can decide which submissions to include in Fun topics + a real audience= students who are eager writers! Creating a class newsletter will accomplish this. Interests and skills such as creative writing, reporting, photography, and drawing can be showcased for friends and family. the newsletter. Procedure: 1) Plan your newsletter by creating a template that...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Character Traits Overview: Students love to listen to stories. Make each story more meaningful by incorporating comprehension techniques. This is an activity that will get your students engaged in exploring character traits. Procedure: 1) Explain to students that we will be reading a story and describing the characters. a) Inform students that character traits are how we can describe the characters. Model making a list of character traits. (happy,...
Description: Character Props Overview: Use character props as tools to enhance comprehension of characters in grade---appropriate text. Procedure: 1. Find or make inexpensive items to represent the characters in a current text. 2. Discuss with students why each prop was chosen for the character it represents. 3. When reading with students, refer to the prop when it comes up in the story. 4. When reading aloud, give each student a prop to raise in the air when the corresponding character is mentioned....
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Build--A--Story Overview: Do you like to build things or use your hands in learning? This activity uses the kinesthetic/tactile learning style and engages students in learning writing that is sure to captivate all students. Procedure: 1) Allow students to choose topic to write about or give students a writing prompt/topic. 2) Provide words on index cards/magnets. These words can be familiar words, or words related to a topic they are learning about...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Bulletin Board Overview: This activity creates a hands---on message board or newsfeed similar to those used in popular online forums. Students are given the opportunity to practice their writing skills by posting their responses to questions or statements proposed by the teacher. Procedure: 1. A question or statement is posted on the board. a. “What’s your favorite movie and why?”, “Who’s going to win the Super Bowl?”, “Name the 5 coolest animals.”...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Animal Research Overview: Everyone has a favorite animal. Why not let your students research their favorite animal? This activity will be fun and engaging for students of all ages. Procedure: 1) Explain to students that they will be spending time learning about their favorite animal. Model by telling the students your favorite animal. 2) Give students time to think about their favorite animal. Write down each student’s favorite animal to reference....
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Advertisement Overview: Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Your students have ideas; let them shout those ideas out loud... with advertisements! Procedure: 1. Explain to students that they will be making advertisement posters and advertisements to advertise a specific aspect of the school (i.e. advertise the new menu item in the cafeteria, the new sports equipment in the gym, a new staff member, a pep rally or dance, an activity that can be completed at school,...
Description: Virginia Department of Education, January 2018 Acrostic Poems Overview: Maybe your student is a poet and you don’t even know it. Any student can write poetry with this easy---to---follow lesson! Procedure: 1. Choose one word that best represents what your students have been recently studying. This will be your keyword. (For example, if my students were studying outer space I might choose the word “planets.”) 2. Write your keyword vertically down the left---hand side of a large piece of paper or...
Description: Harness the power of High Leverage Practices (HLPs) for Special Education to boost your inclusive practices in the area of student involvement in IEP goal development! The Ready, Set, Go Team in coordination with TTAC @ GMU has offered 4, 1-hour virtual community of practices for general education teachers and special education teachers who serve students pre-K-12 during the 20-21 school year. Educators who participate in this webshop will have an opportunity to view...
Description: VCU-ACE has resources for families about raising and supporting young children with ASD. They also have resources for educators and providers as they learn more about ASD and how to use evidence-based practices. For Parents: Raising a child diagnosed with ASD can be confusing and overwhelming. Many times, parents and family members struggle to understand the diagnosis, how to support their child's success, and how to problem-solve through challenges. Information from our seminars, webcasts, and...
Description: All young children (Birth to 5) with and without disabilities have the right to experience settings, relationships, and interactions that will support and futher their development and learning. This infographic from VCPD helps families to understand the importance and value of inclusion in early childhood.
Description: This special video explains the relationship between the High-Leverage Practices (HLPs) for special education and Evidence-Based Practices (EPBs). There are a range of sources for content in this video including the IRIS Center, the What Works Clearinghouse, the Council for Exceptional Children, and peer-reviewed journal articles included in the reference list. This video is split into two parts. In part 1, we discuss how High-Leverage Practices which we refer to as HLPs and Evidence-Based...
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Description: Celebrate differences and disability awareness in your school. Picture book readings for young children celebrate differences and the importance of including everyone. Videos for older students highlight how people turned their experiences with isolation into inclusive opportunities. These resources encourage inclusive practices that make everyone at school feel welcome.
Description: Ready Now Math are a group of independent, small developers creating innovative math software, games and digital learning tools. All of our tools have received some level of federal funding, and are based on research, with documented effectiveness. Most importantly, our products are Ready Now to be deployed at scale to improve math learning for all ages Tools you can use now Math games, websites and comprehensive learning software you can immediately integrate into instruction. Each of these...
Description: HLP 14 Highlight Tool 2024.docx - The High Leverage Practices (HLP) Highlight Tools were developed to acquaint educators with the key components of each HLP in order to begin implementation into their instruction and strengthen inclusive practices with students. Each Highlight Tool contains a brief description, video clips, suggested activities and a Plan of Action activity teachers can implement with students to help get them started. As teachers become more acquainted with HLPs, additional...
Description: Supporting Students With Complex Learning Needs in Virtual and Remote Learning Environments - The purpose of this document is to help families identify ways they can work with educators to provide instruction and support to students with complex needs. Family-school collaboration is critical to remote learning.
Description: TThe Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) offered a three-part learning series titled, Providing Remote Instruction for Preschoolers with Disabilities: Coaching Parents and Building Partnerships. It was targeted to early childhood and early childhood special education teachers, but would also be appropriate for administrators, related service personnel, and anyone else who may partner with families and implement coaching strategies to support learning. The series was led by...
Description: Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Reflection Guide offers a set of reflection questions that make self appraisal, goal setting, and critical conversations across the eight competencies more concrete. We also share research evidence that describes the benefits of culturally responsive teaching. Now is the time to revamp efforts to foster a culturally responsive teacher workforce. We hope this resource enables teachers and those who support them to promote rigorous and relevant learning...
Description: The Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) guarantees a free appropriate public education to all eligible children with disabilities. Refer to Evaluation & Eligibility for more information. The steps in the special education process include: Identification and referral Evaluation Determination of eligibility Development of an individualized education program (IEP) and determination of services Reevaluation There are timelines schools must follow for each step. Timelines...
Description: CLS provides SEL lessons for students K-12 that focus on mindset, self-awareness, and emotional regulation.
Description: The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research. Developmentally Appropriate Approaches to Literacy: Books Articles Blog Classrooom Favorites: Articles To Share with Families Articles Most Recent Articles
Description: It’s fascinating to watch young children learn about their world and develop new skills. And, it’s natural to find variation in the pace of development of different skills. The information and resources in this section will help parents and educators understand and support preschool-aged children's development. Early Literacy Early Math Early Childhood Resource Locator
Description: Research shows that engaging families in education is critical not only to a child’s success, but to the entire family’s economic and social well-being. The National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) promotes family education solutions across three approaches by engaging families, educators, administrators, and advocates to drive results and ultimately reduce education inequities. Our work supports multigenerational learning for families from early childhood through adult...
Description: These podcasts are designed so EI practitioners like you can easily listen between visits or on breaks during your busy day. Each episode focuses on an important topic that is discussed by two experienced EI professional development specialists who have also been service coordinators, service providers, and parents of children enrolled in EI. Listen often to learn, reflect on your practices, and hear a few tips to do the work you do well even better. These podcasts are a collaborative effort of...
Description: Parents can obtain ID cards for their children under age 15 at any DMV customer service center. The cost of a child ID card is $2 per year (minimum $10; maximum $16). In addition to serving as an identity document, the child’s photograph is stored in DMV’s database. If the child becomes missing, DMV can retrieve the image from the database and transmit it to law enforcement anywhere in the U.S. Child ID cards will expire on the last day of the customer’s month of birth in a...
Description: The National Child ID Program has distributed over 70 million inkless in-home child id kits since its founding following Amber Hagerman’s disappearance in 1997. These inkless kits do not enter a database and a stored at home by parents, providing them with a gift of safety they hopefully never have to use. The kits take two minutes to complete and allow parents to safely store in their own home the vast majority of their child’s vital information should law enforcement ever need it...
Description: The National Early Literacy Panel looked at studies of early literacy and found that there are many things that parents and preschools can do to improve the literacy development of their young children and that different approaches influence the development of a different pattern of essential skills. Identification of the domain of early literacy skills Six early skills predictive of later literacy achievement Five early skills moderately predictive of later literacy achievement Instructional...
Description: The use of student assessment data for decision making is a key high leverage practice because it helps guide teachers and other professionals to analyze instructional practices and make necessary adjustments that improve student outcomes. Collecting data in isolation, without using that data to make instructional decisions about student programs, is not a good use of a teacher’s time. Researchers have demonstrated that when teachers utilize data to make instructional decisions, student...
Description: The International Dyslexia Association’s fact sheets are convenient, professionally reviewed materials designed to improve understanding and support advocacy initiatives. Fact sheets are frequently used to enrich and supplement IEP meetings, school board discussions, and district policy initiatives. Some of these fact sheets are available in Spanish.
Description: HLP 11 Highlight Tool 2024.docx - The High Leverage Practices (HLP) Highlight Tools were developed to acquaint educators with the key components of each HLP in order to begin implementation into their instruction and strengthen inclusive practices with students. Each Highlight Tool contains a brief description, video clips, suggested activities and a Plan of Action activity teachers can implement with students to help get them started. As teachers become more acquainted with HLPs, additional...
Description: HLP 12 Highlight Tool 2024.docx - The High Leverage Practices (HLP) Highlight Tools were developed to acquaint educators with the key components of each HLP in order to begin implementation into their instruction and strengthen inclusive practices with students. Each Highlight Tool contains a brief description, video clips, suggested activities and a Plan of Action activity teachers can implement with students to help get them started. As teachers become more acquainted with HLPs, additional...