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Curriculum Night: Lauren Woodhull

Lauren Woodhull's office hours and contact information for open communication between home and school. Available for phone calls, emails, and appointments.

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Curriculum Night: Lauren Woodhull

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  1. Curriculum Night: Lauren Woodhull Basic ASD Classroom G101

  2. Office Hours & Contact Information • Work Number: (248) 203-4212 • I encourage open communication between home and school. I will be available to answer phone calls and emails during school hours (7:15am-3:00pm), and will make every effort to return emails within 24 hours of their receipt. I will also be available to meet by appointment after school hours between 3:00pm-4:00pm or during my prep (second hour on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) or (Wednesday or Thursday 5th hour.) • I will answer phone calls during the day as long as I am not teaching. My primary concern is your child’s education.

  3. Sample Daily Schedule 7:15am – 7:30am: Buses arrive at Seaholm. 1st Hour 7:30am-8:43am: Lockers, Bathroom, and Prepare for the Day -Group: Calendar, and Weather -Learning Strategies: Deskwork (Independent work) related to IEP goals and prevocational/vocational skills, and work on IEP goals pertaining to various subject areas. 2nd Hour 8:51am-10:09am: Adapted Physical Education (PE) ( Monday, Tuesday, and Friday) 3rd Hour 10:17am-11:30am : Math: Math Materials: Equals Math, Unique Learning Systems (ULS) math lessons, Market and Money Math, and Math Fluency B Lunch: 11:30am-12:10pm 12:18pm – 1:30pm 4th Hour: Language Arts: Four Blocks of Literacy: Guided and Shared Reading, Word Work (Making Words), Self-Selected Reading (Silent Reading), and Writing 1:38pm-2:50pm 5th Hour: ULS-Science and Social Studies curriculum that includes (Language Arts) lessons Prepare to go Home and Classroom Jobs A Week: Special: Adapted Music (Thursday), and B Week Adapted Music (Wednesday) *Note: Your child may have adapted PE with another class due to his/her mainstreaming schedule

  4. Wednesday: X-Block Wednesday’s Schedule including X-Block: X-Block: 7:30am-8:30am 1st Hour: 8:30am-9:30am 2nd Hour: 9:39am-10:44am 3rd Hour: 10:52am-11:52am B Lunch: 11:52am-12:32pm 4th Hour: 12:40pm-1:41pm 5th Hour: 1:49pm-2:50pm

  5. Tentative: Community Based Instruction C.B.I. Schedule (Note: May vary by trimester)

  6. Specials Schedule (5th Hour )

  7. Four Blocks of Literacy: Literacy for Students with Significant Disabilities Thanks to: Karen Erickson, Ph.D. & Penny Hatch, Ph.D. Center for Literacy & Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill David Koppenhaver, Ph.D. Appalachian State University

  8. Comprehensive Instruction • The components of comprehensive instruction are: • Reading Comprehension: Guided Reading/Shared Reading • Word Study/Word Work (Phonics + Word Recognition) • Self-Selected Reading (Silent Reading) • Writing

  9. Reading Comprehension Instruction • Use a Before > During > After format • Before • Build or activate background knowledge • Set a clear purpose • During • Read while actively thinking about purpose • After • Complete task directly related to the purpose • Provide feedback and return to the text

  10. Guided Reading: • Primary purposes are to assist students to: – understand that reading involves critical thinking – become more strategic in their own reading • Must use a wide variety of books and other print materials • Maximize Thinking • Develop the skills and understanding necessary to be strategic in reading a wide variety of texts • Increase student ability to self select and apply purpose for comprehension  Guided Reading Activities(Reading for Comprehension): -Making predictions, increasing vocabulary knowledge, and understanding story elements (characters, setting, etc.) • Example: Use during Language Arts Block

  11. Shared Reading: • Maximize Interaction- • Builds vocabulary and knowledge of the world • Builds and promotes use of oral language concepts • Offers a language-rich context to foster expressive communication Shared Reading Activities are: • Echo and Choral reading • Language rich • Interactive • Print based • Open ended • Student focused Example: Use during Unique Learning Systems (ULS) lessons

  12. The Word Wall • Typically 5 new words are added each week • Include high frequency words (sight words) • Include words that have common spelling patterns (one for each word family) • Teach the meaning of the words when they are added to the wall • Say and spell each word while clapping and chanting the letters then write the word • Words are placed alphabetically by first letter and do not move once they have been added to the wall • Refer to the wall throughout the day to encourage its use • In addition, words will be used from ULS to encourage meaningful learning

  13. Word Work • All students need instruction that helps them: • Decode unfamiliar words • Read most words automatically

  14. Some Word Wall Activities • Dictate sentences using only Word Wall words • Spell word wall words that share a spelling pattern with the rhyming words. • “I am thinking of a word that starts with l and rhymes with hike.” • Play I Spy • “I am thinking of a word on the wall. It has 4 letters. It is on a yellow card. It rhymes with the word pain. The word is …”

  15. Self-Selected Reading(Silent Reading) • Increase the odds that students choose to read when they don’t have to. • Increase competence in skimming, scanning, sampling, and selecting appropriate and interesting books. • Increase competence in sharing interest and excitement about reading. • Increase fluency in application of skills learned in guided reading and words blocks.

  16. Writing Instruction Teach students to generate their own topics Provide LOTS of opportunities to write without standards Write for real audiences Provide models

  17. Writing Block • Mini Lesson • Independent writing time • Writing conferences • Authors chair (share writing pieces)

  18. Review of Comprehensive Instruction • Reading Comprehension: Guided Reading/Shared Reading • Word Study/Word Work • Self-Selected Reading (Silent Reading) • Writing

  19. Other Classroom Curricular Tools Used: • PCI Reading Curriculum (supplemental reading activities) • Literacy Websites (Reading A-Z and Raz Kids) • Unique Learning Systems (ULS) – Social Studies and Science curriculum tool that is cross-curricular in nature and includes Language Arts (Reading Comprehension and Writing), Life Skills, Math, and Science/Social Studies lessons • Equals Math Curriculum • Market Math and Money Math • Math Fluency:(Math4Autism & Math Websites (Math IXL, Xtra Math, and Math-Drills.com)

  20. Curriculum Night • Thank you for attending! • Classroom Tour • Any Questions?

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