Special education reading

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Do your students struggle to show that they are able to comprehend what they have read? Being able to demonstrate comprehension is a vital life skill. Here is how we target reading comprehension in my self-contained special education classroom. Many of my students have language based disabilities. The more words (spoken or written), the more […]

A library of printable adapted books and digital adapted books for teachers and parents to use with elementary-aged students. Adapted books are great for students with special needs.

How to prepare and lesson plan for Guided Reading in a special ed self contained classroom. When you teach in a self-contained classroom, you have a huge array of student ability levels and disabilities. This makes lesson planning for different reading groups with varying strengths + weaknesses a little more challenging. It’s not impossible, but it's challenging. Learn more about my Guided Reading rotation schedule, with all of the tips + tricks I have learned + implemented in my own…

If you are a special education teacher, then you know that IEP goals play an important role in our job. Today, I want to share how to set up IEP goal bins to make your life easier as a special ed teacher. Data tracking for special education students is easy once you prep your goal bins. Each special ed student gets a container, a label with their name, and materials for each objective. Read more about what is inside and how to keep them organized in your special ed classroom.

Do you want to learn how to create adapted books for special education classrooms? This post provides a step by step list, with examples...

Functional reading is critical for our older students, but can be tough. In this post I outline the steps for instruction with tools to help.

Comprehension of language in general can be very challenging for students in special education. Most of my students have been diagnosed with autism or another language based disability. As a result, understanding what others say to them, vocabulary and text comprehension is difficult. Here are 3 activities we do to help students understand language better. […]

A FREE Adapted book to keep young learners focused and on task! Colors and color words to match dinosaur shoes. This reading skills adapted book is aligned with academic standards and a suggested IEP goal, too!

In all my years teaching in a self contained special education classroom, the reading curriculum offered was either a fluency program or A-Z reading levels. Both are great to help children learn HOW to read the words, but what about the comprehension skills that go along with reading fluently? There's a yearly reading comprehension bundle, monthly units, or grab a Characters & Settings freebie when you join my mailing list! Teacher resources for ELA for the special needs classroom.