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What is the most effective way to teach spelling instruction? If you are like us, then at one point or another you may have questioned your approach to spelling instruction in your special needs classroom. You may have felt like you were reaching some students and not others. You may have not even taught word analysis skills to some of your functional learners. We struggled with the best way to integrate students’ current levels of performance in analyzing word patterns with a cohesive and organized method that was appropriate for all of our students. In our classrooms, we can have students that are reading and writing at a functional level all the way up to a 3 rd grade level…all in one class. We have students that need to read and spell pre-primer/primer sight words and then students that are working on complex vowel patterns. And, in special education, its so important to integrate vocabulary to aid in age-appropriate listening and reading comprehension. So, here is what we did… 1...

What is a better topic to investigate during summer school, than SHARKS?! These dangerous and fascinating creatures will be sure to captivate your class, and even get them pumped for Shark Week! The Mega Bundle will allow them to utilize research skills, recall new information learned, summarize, and write organized paragraphs to demonstrate knowledge of information learned. The Discovering Sharks MEGA BUNDLE provides all the materials you will need to give your students interactive and hands-on opportunities to study these fascinating creatures. Check out what is included in this pocketbook, which turned out to be one of our favorites! :)  1.  PowerPoint Presentations . We love to begin the unit by introducing the new topic through colorful PowerPoint slides. The students love the vivid images, which really grabs their attention and gets them thinking! Then, e asily move into a group discussion after the open-ended question is given on the last slide to give students a...