Special education reading comprehension

In all my years teaching in a self contained special education classroom, the reading curriculum offered was either a fluency program or A-Z reading levels. Both are great to help children learn HOW to read the words, but what about the comprehension skills that go along with reading fluently? There's a yearly reading comprehension bundle, monthly units, or grab a Characters & Settings freebie when you join my mailing list! Teacher resources for ELA for the special needs classroom.

A library of printable adapted books and digital adapted books for teachers and parents to use with elementary-aged students. Adapted books are great for students with special needs.

Teaching reading has always been a struggle for me. The curriculum I was using needed something more. I needed something more hands-on, more engaging so that my students made better progress. I also wanted to provide the main instruction instead of my paras or peer tutors. Throughout the time I was teaching, I continually added and changed how language arts and reading instruction in my classroom looked, and it's been a successful change!

Do your students struggle to show that they are able to comprehend what they have read? Being able to demonstrate comprehension is a vital life skill. Here is how we target reading comprehension in my self-contained special education classroom. Many of my students have language based disabilities. The more words (spoken or written), the more […]

Collecting data for progress monitoring should be EASY! But often times, as special education teachers, progress monitoring is just overwhelming and time-consuming. Let's me it easy by collecting your data DURING your reading intervention groups. Progress monitoring really can happen in minutes!

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Improve comprehension with these engaging and fun reading comprehension strategies! They'll learn important skills that are easy to remember.

Have students who just can't remember what they have read? I have ten reading comprehension strategies to use right away to help them out!

Hey there! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKARMA.com Teachers, can you believe that you actually have to tell your students to THINK WHILE THEY READ? Reading is Thinking Resource has the perfect anchor chart for working on: predict infer visualize make connections question the text summarize Grab your FREEBIE over at Teacher KARMA. Best wishes! Jen Bradshaw You Might ... Read More about READing is THINKing – Comprehension Anchor Chart