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I teach Language Arts to special education students who do not quite fit in. Their functional abilities are too low for them to be successful in a general education/inclusion classroom, and yet too high to be in a self-contained specialized classroom. This is often where the special education system fails students - where they fall through the cracks. I am so thankful that my school has provided me with the position to be able to teach these students, who would otherwise fail in an inclusion setting. But, resources available to middle school students are not quite what these special education students need. The students I work with cannot simply learn with paper and pencil. They need multiple ways to learn a concept, and multiple opportunities to practice. Most of the students I work with are reading multiple years below grade level. Some do not even have a Lexile level. And this is where I am challenged. How do I teach grade level content to students who have not yet mastered basic reading skills?

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I teach Language Arts to special education students who do not quite fit in. Their functional abilities are too low for them to be successful in a general education/inclusion classroom, and yet too high to be in a self-contained specialized classroom. This is often where the special education system fails students - where they fall through the cracks. I am so thankful that my school has provided me with the position to be able to teach these students, who would otherwise fail in an inclusion setting. But, resources available to middle school students are not quite what these special education students need. The students I work with cannot simply learn with paper and pencil. They need multiple ways to learn a concept, and multiple opportunities to practice. Most of the students I work with are reading multiple years below grade level. Some do not even have a Lexile level. And this is where I am challenged. How do I teach grade level content to students who have not yet mastered basic reading skills?

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