I implemented ZooPhonics in the resource room with kindergarten and first grade students with disabilities. The phonics program uses animals to help children remember the shapes and sounds of the letters, in addition to body movements for each animal letter. I implemented the program in the resource room using Direct Instruction, songs, and games.…Read More

One of the best apps I have found this year is Teach Your Monster to Read. My FMD students LOVE it! It is a game-based reading program. The website is always free and the app is $4.99, BUT is offered free every few months. If you sign up on the website, you’ll get an email when the app is on a discount or free offer. Even if you pay the $4.99,…Read More

Using the iPad to record performances for future reference and analysis

The CmPS team from Johnson County Middle School has received mamaroos, swaddling blankets, and diapers to begin dispersing to Community of Hope and Serenity House. See the video in FireCast to understand their project.

I will be posting video next week of our ballroom dancing and students playing the recorder.