Are we creating Independent Learners? What are we doing to encourage self-advocacy in our students?

I have been working with my kindergarten classes using Story Grammar Marker and the EET ( Expanding Expression Tool: see previous post November 4,2013).  Yesterday we listened to ” The Great Fuzz Frenzy” by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel.  Prior to reading the book we used the…

I have been using a new visual tool, the EET or the Expanding Expression Tool. It can be purchased through  http://www.expandingexpression.com/.       Each of the beads represents a different aspect of what you can say about an object or a picture. Green: group…

I have dipped my toe into the TPT website posting my first product.   Baby Beluga This is a fun song that many children love. Raffi a popular  child singer sings it and you can see it on youtube. The song is about a little white…

Recently I read an article by Kim  Marshall in Education Week ( September 2004) Let’s Clarify the Way We Use The Word : ‘Curriculum’ Seven Different Meaning, Seven Possible Names I concur and it is often this is the first problem when we are starting a…

Welcome to my first adventure in blogging! My name is Patricia Rakovic and I am the speech language therapist at Frenchtown school in East Greenwich and a clinical supervisor at the University of Rhode Island. This blog will be  a place for me to share…