This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
I am a Special Education teacher at a Title 1 school in the city of Norfolk, Virginia. Title 1 schools serve large concentrations of low-income students and most of my students are from low- socioeconomic households. Each student is remarkable in their own individual way and their needs are not met solely in the general education classroom.
My students are amazing humans that overcome challenges and achieve greatness every day!
Currently I service the entire second grade team and work as an inclusion teacher, alongside two fantastic general education teachers, as we collaborate and work together to meet the needs of our students. My caseload consist of 9 students and all my students are eligible to receive special education services under a variety of IDEA categories. Just as the disability categories of my students vary, so do their abilities. I don’t teach a class. I teach and support 9 self-autonomous individuals that are able to overcome and adapt to the world’s daily adversities.
My Project
All of my students are identified with reading deficits according to state- mandated assessments, psychology assessments, and medical diagnosis. My job is to provide specially designed instruction targeted to meet the needs of my students on their individual level, while providing differentiated instruction to help them access the general education classroom with their peers.
I have exhausted my library of leveled readers to use with my students.
I am a new teacher, and I have very little leveled readers in my personal library. The main site my students use is the Get Epic! Which is a great site that does provided me with a small selection of leveled readers. This is the same site they log on in their personal time for reading logs. At this time in the year, many of my students have already read the books I plan to use.
The Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards will provide me with the means to purchase "teacher-created" leveled reading passages. These are reading passages that are designed by professionals in reading instruction. Currently, I have two leveled reading passages bundles that I plan to buy. Each bundle includes leveled passages from level AA to level Z, using the Fountas & Pinnell Leveling System. The two bundles provide me with over 300 passages, with over ten from each level. Additionally, these passages can be used with future students in all grade levels from k-12, so no matter the level of my student, I can meet their needs. Progress monitoring form, running records, intervention schedules, and comprehension printable are also included within the bundles. With the help of these gift cards and my chosen bundles, I can provide my students with the reading instruction they need as they adapt to the changing world.
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