During week 3 we focused on the first day of school. Which connects to standard 5: instructional planning and strategies. This standard states beginning special education professionals select, adapt, and use a repertoire of evidence-based instructional strategies to advance learning of individuals with exceptionalities. This connects because I will have students that adapt differently because not everyone is the same and I will inquire into my classroom and to not have it be a stressful day but to have a safe place where we are going to learn together and get through the year together to meet our goals as individuals and as a class.
We looked at a sample schedule, flow of the day, teaching academics, and teaching discipline. That’s a lot to learn in one day. Because you have breakfast, morning meeting, reading, recess, snack, math, lunch dismissal. I can make it minimize it to cubby name tag, morning meeting which inquires working as a team to make those expectations and procedures. A tour of the school and include snack, lunch, recess, assemblies. During teaching academics just to work on those routines and the expectations/procedures, and materials the class will run smoothly later on. For teaching discipline how I talk as an educator and the positive expectations we will place and how to redirect each one of my kids as needed. Having these in place and not worrying about the academics at first is so important to build that bond with my students.
