Special Educator Fall Newsletter
Fall 2019
TECH: Vocabulary - Sites and Apps to help Students
- Knoword - Game platform with three levels. Starts with the definition and the student has to choose the correct word.
- Math Vocabulary Cards - Each card features three sections: a math term, a representative example, and a concise definition.
- Vocabulary.com - Free vocabulary study service offering many practice lists and activities for students from elementary to graduate school. Find lists that are attached to novels, historical documents, and current articles.
- Vocabulist - Platform developed by a high school student that needed to look up fifty definitions. The site allows students to upload a document and have it extract words and definitions from it. There is also the ability to modify the definition if needed. Students can download the list as a PDF or export it to Quizlet.
- Vocabahead - Platform that offers videos and flashcards designed to help students learn new vocabulary words. Animated videos help explain what words mean in context.
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EVENT: Reimagining Word Study Instruction
Are you looking for a new way to look at vocabulary instruction?
Consider this 2 part series!!!
Designed for K-3 literacy coaches, interventionist, and teachers.
For more information, click here.
PART 1
October 24, 2019, 9:00-3:00
1371 North Perry Street, Pontiac, Michigan
Part 2
March 19, 2020, 9:00-3:00
2111 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford, Michigan
Event Information
EVENT: Building Thinking Classrooms Co-Teaching Mathematics
Building Thinking Classrooms is the result of over 10 years of research by Dr. Peter Liljedahl. Join us to experience high leverage practices that promote problem-solving, questioning, and thinking aloud.
When?
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2019, 08:30 AM
Where?
2111 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford, Michigan 48327
Oakland Schools Special Education Consultants
Dalyce DePauw - SDI LIteracy, Co-Teaching, EI/SLD Teacher
Diane Fekete - Cognitive Impairment
Amy Gjonaj - Autism Spectrum Disorder
Colleen Meszler - Autism Spectrum Disorder
Shawna Veit - SDI Mathematics, Co-Teaching, SLD Teacher
Email: Angela.Emig@oakland.k12.mi.us
Website: https://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/educators/special-education
Location: 2111 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford Township, MI, USA
Phone: 248-209-2351
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