Teaching Content through Pocketbooks in the Special Needs Classroom
Today I’m writing to all the Double Dose of Learning fans as a guest blogger! My name is Katie and I’m a new special education teacher in Buffalo, NY. About six weeks after graduating college I was offered a summer school position at a private agency that caters to students with emotional disturbances. I have to be honest and say that the ED kiddos were not my first pick. In the weeks leading up to the first day of summer school I struggled SO MUCH with creating lesson plans that were engaging yet simple enough for my crowd. It was a known fact that my students needed routine and structure, not just in the day-to-day classroom happenings, but in the delivery of the content as well. Enter my two teaching angels sent from heaven—Kelly and Stephanie of Double Dose of Learning :) Luckily I had the benefit of knowing Stephanie for quite some time, and through her I met Kelly. They so graciously provided me a six-week science unit that would last me the duration ...