Using Story Maps for Reading Comprehension
A story map is a visual organization strategy that utilizes a diagram to show the characters, settings, and sequence of events in a story...
Practice Telling Time with "The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery"
This was one of my favorite books growing up. I spent hours finding the clues on each page and trying to solve the mystery of who stole...
Star Wars Workbooks
If you've been following my page for a while, you know that I'm not the biggest fan of worksheets in general, but I've found some...
Reading Assessment with a Favorite Character
This week, I was doing a quick assessment with one of my students. I wanted to see if he could read "days of the week" words (Monday,...
Increasing Independence with Written Prompts
Since most of my students on the spectrum are stronger visual learners (rather than auditory learners), I've been starting to give more...
Creative Activities After Reading a Book or Story
My son loves reading, so I’ve been looking for activities for him to do this summer about the books he’s reading. I know that, in school,...
Priming: A Way to Introduce New Activities to Students with Autism
Priming is a strategy that we can use to help a student with autism prepare for upcoming activities. With priming, you're essentially...
Review of "All About Reading" Curriculum
What Is It? All About Reading is a ready-to-use, minimal-prep curriculum that incorporates multisensory and hands-on elements for...
Star Wars Phonics and Reading Comprehension
Many of my students have been interested in Star Wars, so I love to use it as a teaching tool. I bought this set of books years ago, and...
