Hello and welcome to my brand new (and very first!) blog. I am looking forward to communicating with parents, staff, and anyone else I might be of service to. I plan to use this as a forum to discuss best practices for education and learning strategies to better serve our elementary students. Periodically, I will post links to current ideas on academic strategies, as well as those pertaining to the diverse needs of our children. Please check back frequently to see what is new and feel free to respond with your comments and questions.

Teachers:

Don't forget to sign up online for the Touch Math workshop that will be held in Gibson's media center on Thursday, Oct.15th and Thursday, Oct.22nd. Both of these sessions will run from 3:15-4:15.


Check out these helpful websites:

Math

http://www.touchmath.com/

http://www.centeroninstruction.org/ Site provides researched-based instruction in all content areas.

Reading

http://www.starfall.com/

http://www.free-reading.net/ Great site for teachers!


Classroom Interventions/Modifications

http://serge.ccsso.org/ Be sure to click on the link to view essential questions. Question 2 is particularly helpful.

http://www.interventioncentral.org/

www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/default.asp This site has a great deal of content specific info.

http://www.circleofintervention.org/

http://autismnetwork.org/modules/behavior Broad areas of interventions for children with disabilities. Includes descriptions of how the teaching/learning strategies work.