Every day at 9:00 we march down the hallway (quietly with safe hands) to our special for the day. What does that actually look like? ArtMrs. Arem plans weekly classes that excite the students. She is able to adapt lessons to meet the individual needs of the students. Art is all hands on deck. It is not rare for our Occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and assistants come in to support students so that everyone feels success. MUSICDuring music class, Mrs. Tsintzos helps us practice making choices, requesting songs, and taking turns. The students are also able to dance and experiment with musical instruments. ADAPTED PEAdapted PE is a unique special for us. Most students have IEP goals that Mr. Smith incorporates in to our classes. The students work on locomotor and object control skills, staying on task, remaining in an assigned area, imitating a model, and following visual schedules. SpeechWe are very lucky to have Speech class built in to our schedule. Mrs. Cannup comes to our class to teach core vocabulary and concepts that we are able to continue using throughout the week (and then through the entire year!) to increase the communication skills of our students. She finds ways to engage each student with a total communication approach. We post our core concepts within the classroom as well as outside our door. We encourage the use of our core vocabulary words in the total school environment. MEDIATo simply say that Mrs. Bahnweg reads a book to us during Media class would not even begin to cover the skills she practices with our students. Mrs. Bahnweg prepares books that engage students and she creates SmartBoard activities that align with the storyline. She demonstrates taking picture walks, practices making predictions, and answering comprehension questions.
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September and August flew by! We are already getting started with our next unit of study, Movement. We will be looking at the way things move, starting with hot air balloons in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In math we will be working on ordering and sequencing numbers. We have started comparing objects (big and small, more and less) and will will soon be comparing numbers! Our social skills will focus on real and make believe. We will look at fiction and nonfiction text as well as different costumes! During our look at real and make believe, we will practice sequencing stories and using phrases like first, last, before, and after. During speech we will introduce concepts and core vocabulary including over, under, no, don't, that, it, this. Important Dates in October:
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TeacherI am Ashley Allred. This is my second year as an Autism Teacher at McKee Road Elementary and my fifth year teaching in CMS. Archives
October 2017
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