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The
articles included in Teaching How-to’s are drawn from TEACHING
Exceptional Children (TEC), a publication of The Council for Exceptional
Children (CEC). TEC is published specifically for teachers and administrators
of children with disabilities and children who are gifted and features
practical articles that present methods and materials for classroom use
as well as current issues in special education teaching and learning.
All articles are offered in PDF and require Acrobat Reader software to download and view.
© Council for Exceptional Children. All articles are reprinted with permission.
At-Risk Second Graders Can Improve Their Comprehension of Compare/Contrast
Text
Author: Joanna P. Williams
We have developed an instructional program to improve second graders'
comprehension of expository text. The program focuses on a single structure,
compare/contrast, and follows a highly structured and explicit instructional
model.
PDF (4 p, 62k)
Evaluating the Suitability of Phonological Awareness Programs for Children
Who Are at Risk
Authors: Jeanne Wanzek, Bill Bursuck, Shirley Dickson
This article provides a framework of examples of phonological awareness
programs to help teachers evaluate, select, and adapt the correct program
for each of their students. It includes information on content scaffolding,
task scaffolding, materials scaffolding, and teacher scaffolding.
PDF (7p, 125k)
How Do Your Kids Do at Reading? And How Do You Assess Them?
Authors: David L. Tucker, Jeffrey P. Bakken
Discussion of reading assessment of students with learning disabilities
considers theoretical models of reading, curriculum-based assessment,
and miscue analysis. A comparison of the reading strategies of two second-grade
readers using miscue analysis is detailed. Emphasis is on instructionally-relevant
student assessment.
PDF
(7p, 125k)
Classwide
Peer Tutoring at Work
Authors: Barbara M. Fulk, Kathy King
This article describes effective ways to actively involve students of
diverse skill levels in inclusion as well as resource settings. The techniques
have additional benefits for students’ self-esteem and improved social
skills.
PDF
(5p, 81k)
Bibliotherapy
for All: Enhancing Reading Comprehension, Self-Concept, and Behavior
Authors: Dheepa Sridhar, Sharon Vaughn
This article describes using bibliotherapy to improve reading comprehension
and enhance self-esteem or improve behavior for students with learning
and behavior problems. A step-by-step procedure is provided to ensure
success with all students. A list of recommended books to use with students
in preschool through second grade is provided.
PDF
(10p, 282k)
Using
Collaborative Strategic Reading
Authors: Janette K. Klingner, Sharon Vaughn
This article describes collaborative strategic reading (CSR), a technique
for teaching students, such as those with learning disabilities, reading
comprehension and vocabulary skills in a cooperative setting. Covers teaching
the four strategies of CSR (preview, click and clunk, get the gist, and
wrap up), as well as teaching students cooperative learning group roles,
and monitoring groups.
PDF (6p,
193k)
Success
with Reading and Spelling: Students Internalize Words through Structured
Lessons
Author: Richard M. Oldrieve
This article describes the structured internalization spelling method,
which uses a series of small, graduated steps to teach students with learning
disabilities to transcribe phonological sounds (phonemes) as alphabetic
letters (graphemes) onto paper. The implementation of the program and
the benefits of structured internalization are presented along with a
sample lesson plan.
PDF
(5p, 69k)
