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Differentiating Instruction For Advanced Learners In the
Mixed-Ability Middle School Classroom
- A particular challenge for
middle school teachers is being able to differentiate or adapt
instruction to respond to the diverse student needs found in
inclusive, mixed-ability classrooms. This digest provides an
overview of some key principles for differentiating instruction,
with an emphasis on the learning needs of academically advanced
learners.
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Helping Middle School Students Make the Transition into High School
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This Digest discusses how educators can ease students' transition
into high school by providing challenging and supportive middle
school environments and by designing transition programs that
address the needs of students and their parents and that facilitate
communication between middle school and high school educators.
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Including Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities in Typical
Classrooms -
Now in its second edition, this
best-selling resource gives educators all the latest wisdom on
including students with both sensory impairments and cognitive and
physical disabilities. Packed with practical information and ideas,
the updated edition features a new chapter on assessment,
information on IDEA 1997 and new regulations, strategies like block
scheduling and service learning, separate chapters on middle and
high school, and coverage of today's hot topics, including literacy
in all its forms.
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Making the Transition from Fifth to Sixth Grade -
I would like to
share our successful transition plans for 5th graders going to the
Middle School. We have combined several approaches that have proved
to be very helpful for our students.
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Middle School Friendship Programs - In today's
middle schools, students with intellectual disabilities often learn
in the same building and walk the same hallways as their
non-disabled peers, but they are left out of social activities. Best
Buddies Middle Schools is our newest program. It is designed to
improve the school environment by promoting friendships between
students with developmental disabilities (Buddies) and students
without disabilities (Peer Buddies).
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Middle School Transition & Operation Jumpstart -
Middle School
begins the long track in secondary education. It is the time when a
child grows, develops, and changes more than in any other phase of
life (except infancy). The child who comes into middle school leaves
as an adolescent. Teachers can assist these children by helping them
without smothering them, leading them without taking them and by
giving them strategies which last throughout their lives.
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Middle School Students with Reading Disabilities
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Moving From Elementary to Middle School: Supporting a Smooth
Transition for Students With Severe Disabilities
- Excitement, apprehension, curiosity, and concern—the transition to
middle school is often accompanied by a mix of such emotions. For
some students, middle school represents a new milestone— an
indicator that they are approaching young adulthood. Simultaneously,
it can be a time that evokes anxiety, uneasiness, and worry (Akos,
2002; Mullins & Irvin, 2000). Parents wonder what middle school will
be like for their children. (Requires
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Social Skills for Middle School Students -
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Surviving or Thriving?-gifted middle school boys with learning
disabilities -
For many gifted
students school is a place to flex the mind, to show
accomplishments, to have fun, and to demonstrate abilities. Teachers
often view gifted students as outstanding performers and see these
students as top picks for their classes. Yet, not all
gifted-students thrive in school. For gifted students with learning
disabilities, school is not always the most comfortable place.
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Telling classmates about your child's disabilities may foster
acceptance - Parents
often become experts on their child's disability. Through their own
learning process, many see the value of teaching their child's
classmates about the affect of the disability at school. (Requires
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