Welcome to My School Day World

Often I refer to my classroom as "alphabet soup."  It the students have a disability with a letter they are in my classroom.  I teach in a small Northern Wisconsin School District.    We have about 650 students in our school K-12.  I teach students with disabilities in grades 3-6 with 18 students on my caseload.  I usually work with students who have  been diagnosed with SLD( Specific Learning Disability),  ADD/ ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder),  Mild CD (Cognitive Disorder), OHI (Other Health Impaired),  and Autistic.   Before the district hired an EBD (Emotional Behavior Disorder) teacher.  I also worked with EBD students.

I promised the students Banana Splits when we finished the MAP and Star Reading and Math computerized tests.

A special girl in my classroom is a Student with Downs Syndrome.  She has increased her skills leaps and bounds this school year. She has become verbal saying  the words, "Good girl,  go go go,  back pack, crackers,  mom, baby, and bike." She learned to ride her trike this year. A full time aide is with her throughout the day.

My 6th grade reading students were doing research on Dinosaurs of the three Mesozoic periods.  I used the Smartboard to direct them to a specific website on the laptops.  From there they found the information they needed to create posters. 

The 7 sixth graders will be moving up to Jr. High in the fall.  After working closely with students for four years it is sometimes difficult to let them go.  A new group of 3rd graders will be coming over from the primary school to join us.