Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: James Madison University's Special Education Program maintains this website called "Learning Toolbox."The website can be easily used by teachers, parents, or students. The main learning categories covered include organization, test-taking, study skills, note-taking, reading, writing, math, and advanced thinking.... Projects: Writing 6-12 292 Classwide Peer Tutoring at Work Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This professional resource begins by addressing the inherent value of peer responding, an effective and cost-effective instructional technique to use with all students, including those with and without disabilities. Further discussion highlights how classwide peer tutoring has been proven a successful technique.... Projects: Writing 6-12 293 Adaptations are Essential: Middle Years Reading Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8, Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This public document is a resource guide for adapting learning and assessment for students with mild disabilities. It was designed for use by educators and resource personnel in Washington to assist educators in aligning student's Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) with academic learning standards.... 294 What is Universal Design for Learning? Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts, General Education Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: "Universal Design for Learning" is a framework for creating a curricula that accommodates the many diverse learning abilities and challenges in today's classroom. It includes flexible goals, methods, resources, and assessments.... 295 Teaching Every Student Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts, General Education Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This professional resource details how the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) promotes the idea of using the technique of Universal Design for Learning. TES (Teach Every Student) supports educators learning about and implementing UDL.... 296 A Friendly, Welcoming Attitude Toward Change Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–12 Professional Commentary: In this professional development article, author Bertram C. Bruce discusses at length the implications for and consequences of change, focusing especially on education and change in technology.... 297 Literacy Ideologies: Critically Engaging the Language Arts Curriculum Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 7 Professional Commentary: Using critical literacy as a lens of analysis, this professional development article delves into detailed, well-researched discussions about how literacy is defined, by whom, and for what purposes. Addressed, too, are ideological constructions of literacy, constructions which, the author tells us, allow us as educators to reflect critically on our beliefs about literacy and the English... 298 Creating a Culture of Literacy: A Guide for Middle and High School Principals Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts, General Education Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: Collectively, these seven chapters of "Creating a Culture of Literacy" create a readable and informative look at literacy in our middle and high schools. Aimed at providing principals guidelines for literacy development, the chapters include a thorough examination of 21st-century literacy, and include focusing on literacy needs, policy statements, positions on literacy in our schools and communities, and components for literacy improvement.... Projects: Writing 6-12 299 What Do I Do About the Kid Who....? 50 Ways to Turn Teaching into Learning Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts, General Education Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–10 Professional Commentary: This professional resource is the online, pdf chapter version of Kathleen Gould Lundy's book, What Do I Do About the Kid Who. .... 300 Thinking Through Genre: Units of Study in Reading and Writing Workshops 4-12 [excerpt]: Chapter 1, "Teaching Genre in the Classroom" Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 4–12 Professional Commentary: This full-chapter excerpt (chapter one from Teaching Genre in the Classroom) is readable online as a 21-page pdf file. Throughout the article, author Heather Lattimer explains her conversion to teaching through genre.... Projects: Writing 6-12 |