Teaching Tips

This page hosts various teaching tips and lesson plan ideas. Barbara will post a new tip at least every two weeks.
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Last update 2/24/02

Reading Tips for Emerging Readers

Reading Tips for Comprehension

Reading Tips for Skills

Reading Tips for Oral Fluency

Writing Tips

Management Tips for Positive Communication

Management Tips for Setting Limits

Management Tips for Handling Conflict and Anger

Special Considerations

Guidance From Texas


Reading Tips for Emerging Readers

Creating Materials for Beginning Readers

Individual Sentence Composition

Reasons for Literacy Failures

Word Ladders & Phonograms

Reading Tips for Comprehension

Comprehension and Reading To Children

Creating Story Maps

Read Pause Think

Reading Think Aloud

Retelling

Specific Answer

Teaching Context Clues

Visualization for Comprehension

Expository Comprehension

Possible Sentences

Reading Tips for Skills

A Phonics Strategy

An Alphabet Strategy

Behavior Problems Letters

Memory Strategy

Reading Tips for Oral Fluency

Oral Close and Echo

Grounding For Word Recognition 

Independent Reading Rates

Instructional Reading Rates

Neurological Impress

Carbo Recorded Reading

Writing Tips

Handwriting

Multisensory Teaching Approach (MTA) Handwriting

Writing for Children

Management Tips for Positive Communication

Anchor Dignity

Active Listening

Encouragement Over Praise

I Messages

Motivation

Motivation to Start a Task

Motivation to Finish a Task

Building Relationhips to Manage Behavior

Management Tips for Setting Limits

Logical Consequences

Offering Choices

Reality Therapy

Using Contracts

Ways to Avoid Problems

Management Tips for Handling

Conflict and Anger

Alternatives for Expressing Anger

Apologies and Amends

Understanding Conflicts

Special Considerations

Characteristics and Suggestions for Dyslexia

Characteristics and Suggestions for Dysgraphia

Assessing Vision

Large Print

Cross-lateral Walk

Infinity Walk

Eye-Hand Coordination

Proprioceptive System: Sensory Intergration & ADHD

Adapting for Sensory Integration Needs

Guidance from Texas

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)