SEIMC Spring 2014 Newsletter

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Special Education Instructional Media

Center (SEIMC) electronic newsletter

is published periodically throughout

the school year to supplement curricu-

lum and professional needs of all those

working with children with disabilities

in CESA 11 SEIMC subscribing districts.

Inclusion of information in this “E”

newsletter is in no way an endorsement

or promotion of any organization or

individual. It is a way to provide infor-

mation to all persons working with

students with disabilities, covering

inservice opportunities, new materials,

new strategies and professional support

and consultant services.

Cooperative Educational Service Agency #11 * SEIMC eNews * Vol. 10 | Issue 3 | Spring 2014

Special Education Instructional Media Center: Cooperatively providing services to meet the curriculum/professional needs of all those working with children with disabilities in

CESA #11.

The SEIMC is a CESA

#11 shared service. We

are proud to serve

approximately 200 staff

members in the

following districts:

Baldwin-

Woodville

Cameron

Clear Lake

Cumberland

Elmwood

Luck

Osceola

Pepin

Plum City

Prairie Farm

St. Croix Central

St. Croix Falls

Shell Lake

2 0 1 3 - 1 4 S U B S C R I B I N G S E I M C D I S T R I C T S

MEET ALLISON!

Allison Lutz is the new library support staff at CESA #11. She graduated from UW-Eau Claire in English

and Library Science and is starting school again at St. Catherine University to get her MLIS degree. Allison

likes to work with iPads and to research free resources (like website generators and apps). When not

working or writing papers, she loves to read—mostly children’s books, graphic novels, and young adult

non-fiction. Allison will be supporting the SEIMC along with the other CESA #11 libraries. Allison can be

reached at (715) 986-2020 ext. 2172 or [email protected].

W E H A V E S O C I A L T H I N K I N G R E S O U R C E S !

The SEIMC has a variety of Social Thinking resources for teachers to review and utilize with

students. Michelle Garcia-Winner has developed materials that focus on Social Thinking. What is

the concept of Social Thinking all about? According to the Socialthinking.com website, social

thinking is what we do when we interact with others and how we think about them. This affects

how we behave, which in turn affects how others respond to us, which affects our own emotions.

Whether we are with friends, sending an email, or in a classroom we take in the thoughts,

emotions and intentions of the people we are interacting with. This is considered very much a part

of who we are, but for many individuals, this process is anything but natural.

These challenges are commonly experienced by individuals with autism spectrum disorders (high-

functioning), social communication disorders, Asperger's, ADHD, and similar diagnoses.

Social Thinking strategies teach individuals:

How their own social minds work - why they and others react and respond the way they do.

How their behavior affect the way others perceive and respond to them.

How this affects their own emotions, responses to and relationships with others across

different social contexts.

The SEIMC has many social thinking resources by Michelle Garcia -Winner available for checkout:

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Spring Valley

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Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11 * SEIMC eNews * Vol. 10 | Issue 3 | Spring 2014

juliacookonline.com: Julia Cook is a teacher, author, counselor, and national keynote

presenter. She has authored many books dealing with childhood issues. We have several of

her books in the SEIMC.

PBISWorld.com: PBIS World is a website containing links to hundreds of interventions,

supports, resources, and data collection tools, all of which are organized into the tier 1

through 3 framework. It is designed to guide users through the PBIS implementation process,

starting with behavior identification and offering suggestions for interventions and data

collection tools.

wisconsinrticenter.org: The Wisconsin RtI Center provides professional development and

technical assistance to help schools operationalize implementation of culturally responsive

multi-level systems of support, interventions and information on all levels of RTI, as well as

implementation, progress-monitoring and data collection tools.

autismspeaks.org: Autism Speaks has grown into the world's leading autism science and

advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments

and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating

for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.

We

apps!!!

Here are some of

our favorites:

This is a website with free

apps listed by rating and

grade level:

www.slideshare.net/

gtoews/free-apps-list

starfall.com: Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach

children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with

phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second

grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).

Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.

PBSKids

Articulation Station

NASA app

Stack the Countries

Lite

AppWriter

Toca Boca Apps

Choice Works

Zoo Train

SkyView Free

Stack the States Lite

Read2Go

Book Creator

Endless Alphabet

AutisMate

Co-Teaching has become a popular service delivery option for meeting the needs of

all learners in a general education classroom. It can be a great way to not only

allow access to the general curriculum while having high expectations for all

students but it also allows two experts to work collaboratively to meet the diverse

needs of all students in a classroom. For co-teaching to be implemented

effectively, it’s important administrators and teachers take a close look at why they

are moving toward this service delivery model and what the overall vision is. The

SEIMC recently added new co-teaching resources to assist teachers as they

collaborate in their co-teaching efforts.

educationworld.net: Education World is a free site dedicated to providing quality

educational resources to the general public in an easy to use format. Site features education

jobs, a bookstore, and updated educational news.

C o - T e a c h i n g

http://www.juliacookonline.com/

http://www.pbisworld.com/

http://www.wisconsinrticenter.org/

http://www.autismspeaks.org/

http://www.slideshare.net/gtoews/free-apps-list

http://www.slideshare.net/gtoews/free-apps-list

http://www.starfall.com/

http://www.educationworld.net/

TEACHERS…DID

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State Lending

Library

The Assistive Technology

Lending Center (ATLC) is

a lending library of high-

end Alternative and

Augmentative

Communication (AAC)

equipment for trial

purposes. Equipment can

be on loan for four weeks

and the service is free of

charge. The ATLC

provides high-end AAC

devices costing $6,000 or

more for loan to

Wisconsin LEA public

school li-censed

professional educators

for trial with children ages

3 to 18 who have IEPs

and are enrolled in public

schools or students age

19-21 who are enrolled in

a Wisconsin LEA school

program and have an IEP.

ATLC contact info:

[email protected]

CESA #2

ATLC Lending Library

Phone: 262-473-1449

Website:

www.atlclibrary.org

Technology Update Do you need another iPad? We

have two iPads and our new

SPEDPad for your students’ use.

They are loaded with great apps

in all areas! Find all of our

switches & AT

devices in our AT

catalog:

http://issuu.com/

mmatusewic/

docs/atcatalog

Lost and Found

We have two switch toys that were sent to us on the van in a bag without any identification as to where they came from. If these cute little guys belong to you, please let us know and we will return them to you.

The Career & Technical Education Library

has a wonderful collection of history

materials that are available to everyone

whether your district purchases the library

or not!! Especially impressive are the

History Kits. These kits feature actual

artifacts and photographs that will make

your history lessons

come to life. The kit

titles are:

The Great Depression:

Inside is a collection of primary

and secondary source

materials intended to support

a study of the Great Depression and the New Deal

during the 1930's. The items chosen represent

depression-related experiences of people living in

Wisconsin. Grades 4-12

Lumber Country: This unit focuses on the history

of the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company and its

role in the shaping of the City of Chippewa Falls. The

kit has a list of applicable Wisconsin Academic

Standards. Grades 6-12

History Detectives: Discovering history through

objects and photographs provides lessons and

activities to help students and teachers discover

history. Grades 3-6

Discovering Your Community: Uses examples

of community-based documents, maps,

extraordinary historical artifacts, and photographs to

help students and teachers discover the history of

their own communities. Grades 7-12

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): The

Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal

government program that put young men to work on

public works projects during the Great Depression of

the 1930s. Grades 6-12

Citizen Activism: This unit uses the Tyrone

Nuclear Energy Park story as a model for studying

modern history at the local level. The unit begins with

the Tyrone story and expands to include Wisconsin

and then the globe. Grades 7-12

Click here to order your kit today!!

Check out the links to our

material request forms:

Start to Finish

Vocational Assembly

Early Childhood Theme Units

Reading Kits


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SUGGESTIONS?

We would love your

input! Do you have a

recommendation for

us? A great book? A

neat sensory toy?

Please let us know!

Contact us!!

Karen Blanford

[email protected]

(715) 986-2020– ext. 2169

Mary Matusewic

[email protected]

(715) 986-2020— ext. 2165

Allison Lutz

[email protected]

(715) 986-2020—ext. 2172

IMPORTANT LINKS

CESA Information

SEIMC Webpage

Library Website

Directors of Sp. Ed.

Van Delivery Service

CESA 11 Website

Upcoming CESA

Trainings

SEIMC eNews

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A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e

Linda Liedle—Unity Middle School Amie Gafner—St. Croix Central

Linda Schrankel—Shell Lake Elementary Ruth Baumgartner—Spring Valley

Kelly Stephenson—Osceola Intermediate Teri Massie—Cumberland School

Diane Blanchard—Clear Lake High School

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A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E

Join our team! We are looking for member

to join our SEIMC Advisory Committee. We

meet twice a year; once in the fall and once

in the spring. Our goal is to collaborate

about resources for the SEIMC and how we

can improve our overall service

Send Karen an e-mail if you are interested!

[email protected]

Coming this

SURVEY HURRAY!! We will soon be

sending out a short survey asking about our service and how we

can improve. Please take time to fill it out and let us know how we

are doing and how we can make things better for you.

L4U Upgrade!! Our library software will be getting an upgrade this

Spring to L4U Elite. Look for improvements in

graphics and additional features when reserving

items.




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SEIMC HOT NEW ITEMS!!

Social Behavior and Self–Management: 5-

Point Scales for Adolescents and Adults

Building on the success on the leg-

endary Incredible 5-Point Scale, this

book also uses scales as a way of

explaining social and emotional con-

cepts to individuals who have difficul-

ty understanding such information but

have a relative strength in under-

standing systems. The 5-point scales

can be used to increase communica-

tion between the person on the spec-

trum and their support person. It can increase self-

management skills and, once learned, it can serve as

an excelled self-advocacy tool.

I Have, Who Has? Cards

I Have, Who Has? games are an engaging way to

practice and reinforce math skills with the whole

class or in small groups. These fast-paced card

games are perfect for developing fluency with basic

facts, for use as a quick assessment of students'

understanding, as a center activity, or for a whole-

class review. We have the following cards: Addition,

Simple Addition, Subtraction, Simple Subtraction, Fractions and Decimals,

Elapsed Time, and Division.

New Reading Kits with DVDs!!

Freaky Friday

Annabel Andrews is tired of her

mother telling her what to do. If she

were an adult, she could do anything

she wanted. One Friday morning,

Annabel’s wish comes true when she

wakes up and realizes she’s turned

into her mother! This is one freaky

Friday she will never forget!

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Four adventurous siblings—Peter,

Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—

step through a wardrobe door and

into the land of Narnia, a land frozen

in eternal winter and enslaved by the

power of the White Witch. But when

almost all hope is lost, the return of

the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great

change . . . and a great sacrifice.

Progress-Monitoring Comprehension Assessments: K-2

This book helps document students’ mastery of specific

comprehension strategies and prepare them for

standardized reading assessments during the school year.

The book includes leveled reading passages with multiple-

choice and constructed-response answers for specific

strategies including analyzing character, story elements,

and structure, drawing conclusions, identifying main idea

and supporting details, making inferences, and more.

Includes a CD with printable versions of every assessment.


Following Directions: Gr. 3-4 & Gr. 5-6

Help sharpen your students' skills in following both

written and oral directions--important skills for prepar-

ing for standardized tests. Students will solve riddles,

color pages, find hidden objects, and draw step-by-

step pictures while following written directions. Stu-

dents will listen to directions that are read aloud or

taped while following oral directions. Nonfiction Skill Based Story Cards: Science

These cards feature captivating, full-color

illustrations that spark student interest and offer

clues to the story's content. Under each

illustration is a short, high-interest reading

passage. Skill-based questions featured on the

back of each card target specific

comprehension skills like-facts, sequence,

cause and effect, comparison, vocabulary,

locating the answer, conclusion, and inference.

Ideal for both large and small groups or as a

center activity. These high-interest cards

feature compelling nonfiction stories, color-

coded into three science categories--Natural

Disasters, Animals, and Solar System.

Common Core Mathematics: Practice at 3 Levels

Common Core Mathematics is your answer to teaching math effectively and with

ease to students of EVERY level in your classroom. This book aligns to Common

Core Math standards and includes word problems, critical thinking questions,

and assessments for each skill. We have grades 1-6

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SEIMC HOT NEW ITEMS!!

Lakeshore Corner!!

We have a lot of “Lakeshore Lovers” so we are dedicating this corner to you!

Here are some goodies we just got in:

180 Days of Math for First Grade

This book provides 1st grade teachers and

parents with 180 daily practice activities to

build and gauge students mathematical

fluency. Each problem is tied to a specific

mathematical

concept. Students

gain regular practice

through these quick,

diagnostic-based

activities. Data-driven

assessment tips are

provided, and the

Teacher Resource CD

includes assessment

analysis resources.

Take Ten Hi-Lo Readers

Mystery Set: “Freeze Frame”;

“Nobody Lives in Apartment N-2”;

“The Return of the Eagle”;

“Touchdown”; “Stick Like Glue”

Chillers Set: “The Haunted Beach

House”; “Ghost in the Desert”; “The

Water Witch”; “Alein Encounter”;

“Trapped in the Sixties”

Place Value Bingo

Help strengthen

students'

understanding of

place value concepts

all while having fun

playing bingo! While

playing Place Value

Bingo, students will

sharpen their skills in the following areas:

learning place value from ones to hundreds,

number recognition with relation to place

value concepts, and concepts of "more than"

or "less than."

Reading Fluency Cards

These cards engage different

kinds of readers with fiction

and non-fiction texts in a variety

of genres and content areas

(math, science, social studies).

They offer suggested activities,

list of high-frequency words,

definitions and pronunciation of

difficult words, and checklists

of characteristics of fluent

reading on reverse side of each

card.


A “5” Could

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Lose

Control!

This hands-on activity helps

students who are highly anxious

cope with their stress by

classifying social and emotional

information and analyzing how

best to act. Picture word cards

make the activity suitable for

students with communication

challenges.

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Early Math Match-Ups Button Sorting Center Hear Myself Sound

Phone Centers

Count and Link

Find the Number

Counting Kit Giant Sight& Sound

Tubes

Books with CDs

Gems in a

Treasure Chest

Counting Game

Cookies on a Plate

Counting Game

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