Psalms 68:16 This is the hill which God desireth to dwell in.
I am still in the place of developing new relationships with my students and gaining their trust. I have several autistic students this year with challenging behaviors. I have to remind myself that this is my hill-The Lord's Hill- and there is a purpose for the challenges that I face. One of my boys will shout out in the middle of a math problem, "I love you Miss!" In eleven years of teaching high school I never had students randomly shout out true love for me. When I am tired and frustrated and he will not follow directions or sit in his seat, I am just getting through the moment. It is important to reflect on God's word and the reason he put me in their lives this school year.
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| One of my favorite reading intervention resources are fluency fact cards. My students enjoy learning about the different topics as they practice their fluency skills. CLICK ON LINK! |
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| I hang them on 3m hooks by set. Each topic has a set one and a set two with about 16 questions per set. |
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| I store the questions in a 3 ring binder and use the Avery Ready Index I order from Amazon to organize the answer pages and answer keys. Click on Link! |
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| I need to move up to a bigger binder to store the answer sheets. I didn't take a picture but I print the answer keys on yellow paper and put them behind the answer sheets so the students can check their answers independently when they finish a set. |
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The student reads each card three times, making a check mark after each read. Then they answer a comprehension question related to what they have read. Since my class is a resource class, I either read the card to them first or at least listen and correct them as they read it the first time to make sure they are saying each word correctly. I only have two or three students working on these at a time so I can provide enough help. I sit on my red carpenter's chair between them so I can easily slide back and forth to make sure they are on task. I have a daily rotation set up for reading interventions. My other students are working on Reading Eggs or E books when it is not their day for task cards.
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