Someone recently asked for information on good websites to share with families and teachers. I wanted to make sure that you are aware of the Iowa AEA online possibilities. See what you think! Some of you may want to try these activities with your own children and/or grandchildren!
Start by going to the Prairie Lakes AEA home page, click on Iowa AEA Online (blue bar at top of page),
Look on left side (menu) click on World Book Web
You will be asked to put in a user name-try (Zone4Poky) and password (nwiaea)works for me - maybe you can try a different zone number
Then scroll to the bottom of the page, RIGHT hand corner, you will see Early World of Learning. Click to open
The Early World of Learning is the premier online resource for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades. Developed with experts on early childhood education, the Early World of Learning offers rich resources designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum. The site encompasses three interactive learning environments:Trek's Travels offers narrated stories, interactive games, and original videos that teach critical early childhood themes, including numbers, shapes, colors, opposites, and more.
Welcome to Reading provides leveled reading practice to develop and strengthen phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and comprehension skills. This site incorporates The Lexile Framework® for Reading to make sure every child meets with success.
Know It offers a richly visual interactive encyclopedia that will captivate early learners with non-fiction topics of interest and importance to them.
Configurable settings throughout the Early World of Learning will provide educators with the ability to:
• introduce the engaging content to emergent readers of varying abilities• leverage resources for group instruction as well as independent and small group study
The Early World of Learning will stimulate a lifelong love of reading and knowledge
Monday, December 20, 2010
Other Website Favorites
If you are not familiar with the csefel.vanderbilt.edu/ site you must check it out. There is a section for families, caregivers, teachers, etc. Talked to a toddler room teacher this morning about a BITER - great article to share with family and the staff called, "Responding to Your Child's Bite" - check it out!
Also take a look at the Get Going Activities on the getreadytoread.org site - lots of fun ideas for families and children to work together
Have you seen teach-nology.com/printables I am really opposed to worksheets, but there are some other time saving labels on this site
And www.childcareland.com - you can subscribe daily , again, I'm not for worksheets, but this has some other fun ideas.
Enough for now - if I give you to many, you won't check them out!
Also take a look at the Get Going Activities on the getreadytoread.org site - lots of fun ideas for families and children to work together
Have you seen teach-nology.com/printables I am really opposed to worksheets, but there are some other time saving labels on this site
And www.childcareland.com - you can subscribe daily , again, I'm not for worksheets, but this has some other fun ideas.
Enough for now - if I give you to many, you won't check them out!
Monday, December 13, 2010
3-5 referrals
Someone recently asked me if "we are to be capturiing all 3-5 referrals on the Early ACCESS intake form and sending them to me?" Another good question to address.
All of our office secretaries capture 3-5 referrals that are called in to the AEA on our EA referral form and then they send them to me. I do keep them in a folder and send them on to the appropriate staff member (often times an SLP).
I have NOT asked you to complete the form on every child (3-5) that you may see. I am assuming that you have that information, if I need it. It was collected in the past, to have data to hire additional staff. At this point, we don't expect to hire additonal staff, so it is no longer being collected systematically.
Sure enough, someone will want the data with that being said!
All of our office secretaries capture 3-5 referrals that are called in to the AEA on our EA referral form and then they send them to me. I do keep them in a folder and send them on to the appropriate staff member (often times an SLP).
I have NOT asked you to complete the form on every child (3-5) that you may see. I am assuming that you have that information, if I need it. It was collected in the past, to have data to hire additional staff. At this point, we don't expect to hire additonal staff, so it is no longer being collected systematically.
Sure enough, someone will want the data with that being said!
Progress monitoring
I recently received an email asking, "What is the expectation for progress monitoring?" Good questions, - if you have those thoughts, so do others, so I will address it in my blog!
The expectation is to try progress monitoring with ONE child and bring the form back to our Jan. meeting with Gloria. After that, you can decide if it's a helpful and meaningful way to collect data and show progress. Progress monitoring is not appropriate for every child or every goal; it can be used when a child already has a skill and you want to increase or decrease the skill/behavior. It often works well to use as a "team approach" when several are working together and supporting each other.
Gloria will also introduce/(review for some)mastery monitoring - in some cases, that works better for collecting data and showing progress for certain children. And rubrics will be addressed as well. (Don’t' worry, we don't intend to throw the baby out with the bath water!)
You are NOT being forced into doing anything, but rather, given "more tools" to use -as each child is different and we know we must have data to make decisions. Remember, some people in our dept. have been on the job less than 5 years, and they really need to know what's all available and how to use it. Hope this helps!
The expectation is to try progress monitoring with ONE child and bring the form back to our Jan. meeting with Gloria. After that, you can decide if it's a helpful and meaningful way to collect data and show progress. Progress monitoring is not appropriate for every child or every goal; it can be used when a child already has a skill and you want to increase or decrease the skill/behavior. It often works well to use as a "team approach" when several are working together and supporting each other.
Gloria will also introduce/(review for some)mastery monitoring - in some cases, that works better for collecting data and showing progress for certain children. And rubrics will be addressed as well. (Don’t' worry, we don't intend to throw the baby out with the bath water!)
You are NOT being forced into doing anything, but rather, given "more tools" to use -as each child is different and we know we must have data to make decisions. Remember, some people in our dept. have been on the job less than 5 years, and they really need to know what's all available and how to use it. Hope this helps!
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