Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Language Arts Teacher Activities and Strategies for an Inclusive Classroom

by D'Amico, Karen E.; Gallaway, Kate

• ISBN13: 9780787984663
• ISBN10: 0787984663
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-27
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

An essential resource for teachers in inclusive classrooms This valuable sourcebook offers teachers key strategies on how to design and deliver effective instruction, measure success, and get students to work together. Covering topics such as decoding, vocabulary, blocking, using graphic organizers, mnemonics, literary elements, writing as a process, and doing research, it features dozens of ready-to-use language arts activities that are tied to core curriculum standards, and each activity has adaptations for students with different learning needs. Joan D'Amico, MA (Wayne, NJ) is a learning disabilities teacher/consultant with over 15 years of experience. She is also the coauthor of Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Math Teacher (978-0-7879-8468-7), as well as many activity books for children, and has appeared on TBS and CNN.

Author Biography

Joan D'Amico, M.A., L.D.T.C.,?is a learning disabilities teacher and consultant in the Garfield School District in New Jersey.? She has over 15 years of experience as a learning disabilities teacher and consultant in both public and private schools, and also has a private practice as a learning disabilities specialist.

Kate Gallaway?has over 15 years of teaching experience and has worked with districts and teachers nationwide on differentiated instruction.

Joan and Kate are also the co-authors of Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Math Teacher.

Table of Contents

About This Book

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Being Successful in the Inclusive Classroom

Collaborating Effectively

Collaborating for Intervention

Collaborating with the Child Study Team

Collaborating with Parents and Families

Tips for Talking with Parents

Preparing for Differentiated Learning

Working with Core Curriculum Standard

Assessing Learning Styles

Multiple Intelligences and Learning Strengths

Planning for Students with Special Needs

Effective Teaching Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

The Effective Inclusive Classroom

Measuring Success

Language Arts Activities for the Inclusive Middle School Classroom

Written Language Conventions

Identifying Nouns

Identifying Action Verbs

Auxiliary and Being Verbs

Identifying and Using Modifiers

Sentence Mechanics

Writing as a Process

Steps to EffectiveWriting

Writing a Personal Narrative

Writing Clear Instructions

Writing an Essay Comparing and Contrasting Events

Writing a Descriptive Essay

Writing an Argumentative Essay

Writing in the First, Second, and Third Person

Writing a Research Paper

Reading Skill

Vocabulary Building

Spelling

Oral Reading Fluency

Reading Comprehension

Interpreting Textbooks

Interpreting Context Clues

Sequencing and Finding the Main Idea

Comparing and Contrasting

Predicting Outcomes

Cause-and-Effect Relationships

Reading andWriting Poetry

Literary Elements

Reading for Meaning

Oral Language

Listening Skills

Oral Presentations

How This Book Maps to Education Standards

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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