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Professional Development & Conferences · April 10, 2020 · Link to original article
Reaching New Heights: Advancing Every Classroom Through the Science of Reading.
Located at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado, just outside of Denver.
Hosted by PC READS in Park City, UT!
Rescheduled from April 23rd to October 26th.
Early Bird rates extended to September 14th.
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Professional Development & Conferences · April 10, 2020 · Link to original article
Postponed from Spring 2020.
Registration will re-open once all speakers are confirmed.
Professional Development & Conferences · April 10, 2020 · Link to original article
Professional Development & Conferences · April 10, 2020 · Link to original article
Conference Date: June 5th
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Professional Development & Conferences · April 10, 2020 · Link to original article
Conference Dates: April 20th – May 8th
Early Bird : Jan 2 – Feb 29, 2020 – $175.00
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COVID-19 School Closures · March 31, 2020 · Link to original article
COVID-19 School Closures · April 7, 2020 · Link to original article
Teachers everywhere are adapting to distance learning and some areas are more challenging than others. Read about what one teacher in Appalachia is doing to keep in touch with his students.
General · April 3, 2020 · Link to original article
EXCERPT: Education Week interviewed three experts—a special education attorney, an attorney who represents school districts in special education disputes, and a professor who studied special education law for decades—to find out what advice they have on handling IEPs during the global pandemic.
During the discussions, three common themes emerged. Schools should: provide services to students as soon as possible; worry more about making progress than following the letter of the law; and understand that much of federal law wasn’t written with online education in mind.
COVID-19 School Closures · March 31, 2020 · Link to original article
COVID-19 School Closures · April 3, 2020 · Link to original article
COVID-19 School Closures · April 2, 2020 · Link to original article
COVID-19 School Closures · April 1, 2020 · Link to original article
Helpful information from Wrightslaw.
“Bottom line: Assume you will attend online IEP meetings. To help you prepare for an online IEP meeting, we are gathering tips from people who have attended these meetings and tips from experts in the video-conferencing field. You can expect an article about Online IEP Meetings soon.”
COVID-19 School Closures · April 1, 2020 · Link to original article
As parents become teachers at home, one of the most important questions to answer is, “Is my child learning to read, or reading to learn?” Then, you can make a better plan and gather necessary resources.
Parents, Structured Literacy & Orton-Gillingham · March 30, 2020 · Link to original article
What should effective classroom reading instruction look like? This article reviews aspects of reading instruction including phonics, decodable readers, vocabulary and background knowledge.
“If children can’t master phonics, they are more likely to struggle to read. That’s why researchers say explicit, systematic instruction in phonics is important: Teachers must lead students step by step through a specific sequence of letters and sounds.”
COVID-19 School Closures · March 27, 2020 · Link to original article
“I do believe that a lot of wonderful learning can take place for special education students at home,” said Shafer. “However, special education is a complex web of strategies and activities dependent upon student needs, and at home, students are not likely to get the academic learning they would receive in the classroom. Still, we have no choice but to try.”
COVID-19 School Closures · March 30, 2020 · Link to original article
COVID-19 School Closures · March 30, 2020 · Link to original article
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COVID-19 School Closures · March 29, 2020 · Link to original article
COVID-19 School Closures · March 27, 2020 · Link to original article
EXCERPTS:
For special education teachers adapting to a new virtual reality, Desrochers suggests making sure lessons connect to real life. And she urges teachers and parents to lean into the tools and objects students have in the home.
For example, if you’d use blocks for counting in the classroom, use something like pasta. For a lesson about surface area, have students count how many tiles are in the kitchen, or how many steps it takes to get from one side of the room to the other. And for parents, she adds, don’t forget about household chores: “Cooking with your kids, is a great way to teach math.”
COVID-19 School Closures · March 27, 2020 · Link to original article
Our friends at Understood.org are providing the latest updates and tips on this page, which is updated daily: Coronavirus: Latest Updates and Tips. They have grouped articles into categories including: How to Talk About Coronavirus with Kids, School Closings & Learning At Home, Activities to Keep Kids Busy at Home and Disability Issues at Work.
COVID-19 School Closures · March 26, 2020 · Link to original article
Student Videos, Students · January 14, 2020 · Link to original article
Today’s post is about another amazing kid who created art with 750 Rubik’s Cubes. Be sure to watch the very cool time-lapse video showing Benjamin Russo, age 9, making his masterpiece!
Students · January 21, 2020 · Link to original article
Keep an eye out for Elliot Cox! His goal is to be the youngest winner of the Indy 500. Meanwhile, he’s raising money to help other kids with dyslexia learn to read!
“It means a lot to me because I don’t want other kids to feel stupid like I did, and I just want to raise money for tutors so they can help other kids learn to read better and not let dyslexia get in the way of everything,” he says.
Videos · June 4, 2019 · Link to original article
PC READS is proud to share this video of Board Member, Barbara Wirostko Morelli. She gave a wonderful talk, entitled “Dyslexia: Tapping into the Potential” at TEDxBozeman earlier this year.
Parents, Videos · March 26, 2020 · Link to original article
This 45 minute video covers the simple view of reading, explains why reading is a complex task, what “explicit instruction” means and provides parents with resources and activities to help develop their child’s skills and enjoyment of reading at home.
COVID-19 School Closures · March 25, 2020 · Link to original article
Assistive Technology, Students, Videos · Link to original article
Video by Debbie Irwin, of Designed with a Purpose, demonstrating use of voice to text within Google docs.
COVID-19 School Closures · March 24, 2020 · Link to original article
COVID-19 School Closures · March 23, 2020 · Link to original article
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