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Reflective Exercises: Unpack Your Perceptions About Diversity

This filled-out questionnaire shows sample answers to questions prompting students to reflect upon their perceptions of someone from a diverse background, whether it be in terms of disability, race/ethnicity, language, or family structure. Read More

Writing Process and Product Worksheet

Use this worksheet to assess a student's writing process and product Read More

Body Language & Gestures

This lesson plan from The Social Compass Curriculum will help students with autism understand what others are communicating when using body language. Read More

Vocabulary development

Read the excerpt to learn how vocabulary development strategies can be integrated into Tier 1 core reading and content area instruction and small-group Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction. Read More

The Color Poem

Often, teaching poetry in the classroom is achieved successfully through imagery. This introductory lesson from The Word in Play provides students with insight into their own creative depths, helping to establish their “eye for resemblances.” Read More

The Magnocellular Theory of Dyslexia

This excerpt examines the research supporting the belief that fundamental phonological reading problems in people with dyslexia may be due to mild, but pervasive, impaired development of magnocellular systems throughout the brain. Read More

The Role of Teacher Effectiveness in Children’s Reading Achievement

This chapter excerpt considers the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful teacher of reading as well as how schools of education might better prepare elementary-level educators to teach reading to children from a variety of backgrounds. Read More

Planning Checklist for Implementing Schoolwide Reading Intervention

Excerpted from Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties, this five-step checklist helps administrators evaluate their school's current reading intervention process and develop plans for implementing change. Read More

Promoting Language and Literacy Development in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: An Introduction

While the landscape for language and literacy interventions for children who are deaf/hard of hearing is shifting, the need for an individualized approach to intervention endures. Learn more in this introductory chapter. Read More

Reading comprehension difficulties in struggling readers

This chapter excerpt from Unraveling Reading Comprehension explains the various types of poor readers, and takes a closer look at the barriers to successful comprehension. Read More