My students all have a moderate to severe intellectual disability. Their future isn't career or college based. Their future is life skills and independent living skills based. We work daily on academics, career skills, and independent living/life skills. The most important topic is their independence and ability to care for themselves. They do not know how to clean, cook, handle hygiene, wash clothing, etc. These are all skills that many of us take for granted. These essential life skills are a focal point for my students. They need to learn how to complete simple things like changing their clothing after an accident, washing their dirty clothing, making their own drink, making a simple food item or meal, basic communication skills, and self-care things like brushing teeth and flossing.
My Project
The books requested for the project will help my students improve their functional reading skills. These books are at levels that are appropriate for my students, based on their ability levels, and will help to encourage independent reading!
My students will use these books to practice daily silent or independent reading in my classroom.
My students practice sight words and functional reading (reading environmental print, etc). I want to encourage reading even when we are essentially non-readers! I really hope that exposure to text, both fiction and informational, at their ability level will help foster a love for reading. I really want to promote greater future independence and being able to read simple texts will immensely help with navigating the community, grocery shopping, reading signs, filling out forms, etc.
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