Transition

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This book is from the Magic Tree House Series (#26) by Mary Pope Osborne. Students will read* this book over 7 to 9 weeks, answer comprehension questions, be exposed to new vocabulary and participate in a variety of activities related to the theme.

* some actually read, some listen to book being read, or help operate ALD switch.

This class covers a variety of topics that promote awareness of positive relationships, our bodies, public and private places and behavior, appropriate touch and safety with strangers as well as people we know. PowerPoint shows,  Boardmaker social stories, videos, and discussions are used throughout this class.

Parental/guardian permission is required and pre- and post testing is done to check for understanding.

This class provides an opportunity for students to learn about current events.  Utilizing a newspaper published weekly especially for students with special needs, this class incorporates reading fluency, comprehension, geography, and social studies.  The News-2-You also offers recipes, and puzzles.  Students also learn about other news sources and learn how to use them.

 The PCI Reading Program builds student success one level at a time. Completion of the three levels will take a non-reader to approximately a 3.0-3.5 reading level. Level three moves students toward reading independence by teaching basic decoding using 23 onsets and 20 word families selected from words taught in levels one and two. Students learn the basics of word analysis, word building, and decoding. Build upon the successful controlled-vocabulary approach from level one and two, students transition to learning onsets in the Letter/Sound Correspondence Lessons and word families in the Core Instruction Guide. Level Three also expands students’ reading selections, adding the genres of poetry and nonfiction. In Level Three, students mature as both readers and writers, learning and applying comprehension skills and strategies as well as practicing fluency and writing. Comprehension skills, including: setting, main idea, cause and effect, main character, character traits, supporting details, compare and contrast, using graphic sources, fact and opinion, identifying fiction and nonfiction, sequencing events, conflict and resolution, and identifying how to steps and the outcomes. Unit tests include both word decoding and comprehension questions. Students learn and practice the fluency skills of accuracy, rate, smoothness, phrasing, and expression. Students also write to communicate word comprehension and to respond to a book that has been read.

The interactive lessons teach beginning readers to automatically recognize an additional 140 sight words and common nouns and verbs through visual discrimination and the use of a comprehensive system of repetion, high-intterest activities, and controlled vocabulary reading.  While level two's focus is still on teaching word through visual discrimination, it also introduces students to several new reading skills.

The Edmark Reading Program, Level 2, is an extensiion of Level 1 fror students who have successfully completed Level 1.  Level 2 Continues to provide students with one-to-one teacher to student lessons.  Level 2 teaches 200 words including compound words, as well as reviewing and reinforcing words learned in Level 1.

The Edmark Reading Program offers lessons in Pre-Reading, Word Recognition, Direction Cards, Picture/Phrase Cards, Storoes, Reviews, and tests.  The Edmark Reading Program, Level 1 teaches students 150 basic sight words plus endings (-s, -ed, -ing), taking a non-reader to possible 1.0 reading level.

THis will compile all of our teaching materials for our literacy curriculum in the STIP program.

This class focuses on developing communication skills necessary for students to have meaningful conversations with the people around them.  Some skills that are included are: Introducing yourself, asking questions, reading non-verbal cues, conversational etiquette, and staying on topic.

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