Meville to weville literacy program

Measured outcomes and benefits of the "MEville" to "WEville" program were evident for the students in each classroom. Students demonstrated increases in their attempts to initiate and sustain social interactions, and improvements in their literacy skills and understandings.

Although observed differences did not reach statistical significance, the outcomes represent a significant practical difference for the children in the current study.

Contains 2 tables. Basic Picture Math This series was developed to help beginning and struggling readers improve their basic math skills. Each level contains reproducible activity sheets designed to be as simple and visual as possible to ensure students' success. Practice for real-world situations is also included. Equals Mathematics These manipulatives are for use with Equals, a Pre K curriculum for educators who work with students in special education or in alternative education program.

Stages Math Software that helps students with intellectual disabilities recognize and use numbers fluently, identify numbers' relative values.

PCI Word Problems for Non-Readers PCI helps students with limited or no reading skills solve basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems based on life in the real world. The activity sheets are illustrated to allow visual learners to understand how math works in everyday life. Teaching to Standards: Science A year-long standards based curriculum: Students participate in a hands-on experiment during each lesson.

Response pages help them engage in the inquiry process. Their own student book, ScienceWork, provides extension activities that connect the science concepts to the world around them. Teachers follow scripted lessons that provide clear direction for individual student accommodations. A set of experiment materials included in the Classroom Kit makes it easy to prepare for class.

An electronic Image Library can be used to create communication overlays and additional homework assignments. Karen Berlin, M. Unit 3: My School includes: The book My Special Day at Third Street School , written by Eve Bunting, to support the school theme and lesson contents page spiral bound manual in full colour 75 lessons and 60 extension activities that focus on: reading activities, vocabulary and word wall activities, writing activities, creating books, art projects, games, brainstorming, and relationship building.

Lessons include: Learning New Words: Students identify new words and develop expressive language skills through saying words, singing songs and using words in high-interest motivational activities. Vocabulary Activities: Students practise using the vocabulary words in engaging activities designed with repetition and variety to promote the understanding of each word. Literacy Lessons: Students engage in lessons using literature books and real life experiences to practise choice making, direction following and giving a personal response.

Writing Lessons: Students make decisions about individual and group writings and express themselves through book making and other structured writing projects. Action Dictionary references every action verb that is used in the MEville to WEville supplemental curriculum. These action verbs are words presented in bold throughout the manual.