Day+1

=__DAY 1 - AM__=

This morning you will be learning about what it is like to have a learning disability: through video, simulations, and written text. I think it is incredibly important to place ourselves"in the shoes" of the students we teach--what better way to understand the difficulties they encounter. It was very difficult for me,when I first started working with students with LD's, to understand why they couldn't "get it"; especially when they seemed to have "gotten it" the day before. We will explore exactly what kind of barriers students with LD's are up against, and how we can learn to see the world through their lens. I believe this is extremely important foundational work that we need to do before we address "how" to best apply teaching strategies. The objective is to clearly uderstand the student that is learning disabled.

=__DAY 1 - PM__=

This afternoon, you will explore the webinar [|//Differentiated Tools and Strategies to Support RTI in Language Arts / Social Studies//]. While listening to the lecturer, Kathy Glass, my hope is that you will take away specific strategies that you will apply in your classrooms. In addition to the webinar, you will explore [|Universal Design for Learning] (UDL). UDL is part of IDEA, and is extremely important when working with students with learning disabilities. The objective is to synthesize what you learned this morning with that of this afternoon and think of ways that you can differentiate instruction and apply UDL strategies within your classroom and within the school as a whole.

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