Overview - WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME LD? ENGLISH TEACHER BINDER
This popular resource helps secondary students learn the meaning of the term "learning disability." The student workbook includes ten short chapters, followed by activities that help students understand themselves and their strengths. By focusing on positive individual traits, the student workbook helps students improve their self-concept. A teacher's binder with lesson plans, extension activities, additional reproducible worksheets, and reproducible assessments is sold separately.
FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES
One feature of the student workbook is short, easy-to-read biographies and photos of well-known people who achieved success by overcoming their learning differences. Famous people from film, music, sports, science, politics, and more are featured, including Tom Cruise, Cher, Whoopi Goldberg, Greg Louganis, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Woodrow Wilson, and Winston Churchill.
STUDENT WORKBOOK
The consumable student workbook features short chapters that are written with respect and understanding to individuals with learning differences. Each of the chapters is followed by a self-exploration activity that encourages readers to make personal connections with the text and express their feelings about the subject. The Student Workbook is available in English and Spanish.
TEACHER’S BINDER
This 109-page binder has a lesson plan that corresponds with each chapter in the Student Workbook to help teachers engage students in discussions on each topic. Extension activities are included. Reproducible activity pages promote reading comprehension, written expression, and problem-solving skills. Assessments for each chapter include multiple-choice quizzes and culminating projects. The Teacher’s Binder is available in English and Spanish.
APPROPRAITE FOR MANY AUDIENCES
Program can be used in inclusion, resource, and regular education classes. It is also an excellent parent and teacher resource.