Stories of Children’s Lives Changed
During COVID, we have seen a few new students coming in from different schools or coming from homeschool situations. Adjustments to a new environment along with some possible loss of learning time can be very stressful for all students, but especially for those who struggle with a learning need. Last year I had the opportunity […]
Building relationships is important. As one grows in their faith, it is important to build a relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. When teaching, it is important to build relationships with our students. I am blessed to not only be the reading interventionist at our school but also the art teacher. I get […]
I have an 8th grader who has a history of brain surgery and cannot see from the left side of each eye. I have been doing 1:1 instruction with him in his core subjects (Social Studies, Math, and English) since he was in 6th grade. When he started Middle School, most of the time he […]
As LSEM teachers, we often worry about students who are referred to us. Can they attend, can they understand directions, can they express their needs, name letters, recall letter sounds, read words, comprehend what they read, know numbers, compute calculations, solve word problems, write letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs. How are they socially? What are […]
We had a student start in our school at age 7 ½ who had not previously been in the education system. The student came to us without knowing his letters, and was unable to count past 4. He was placed in the grade level that suited beginning instruction and saw me 4 times a week […]
I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. – Proverbs 4:11 As a special education teacher, I understand the importance of continuous education and training to improve my students’ learning and my teaching abilities. This is one of the reasons why I was very interested on participating in the […]
As I started the new year, I was hopeful that students had retained some of the skills that they had worked so hard on during the previous grade. I have two fourth grade girls that really struggled with math concepts and facts during third grade but both had committed to working hard to understand and […]
I have been in education for 30+ years, and had recently retired. I have been trying to listen more closely to the Holy Spirit and (for me, a major introvert) boldly go where He leads me. I felt like I should go to the Lutheran school near my house, not knowing why…maybe there would be […]
With kids who struggle to read, your hope as a teacher is that one day they learn to love books and love reading. You show your excitement about books, you share books, read books in a funny voice only to hope they develop a passion for reading. Last school year, I had four 5th grade […]
I have been working with a fifth grader since the beginning of last school year. He was new to our school and has a lot of difficulties in the classroom due to his dyslexia. I have gotten to know him and I work with him at the end of every day to help read his […]
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