Week 14 - Online Special Education

Monday:

• Help your child to identifying the letters of their first name on a keyboard and use their index fingers to type their first name with as much guidance as necessary.

• Modification: practice using appropriate keys with fingers starting on, and returning to, the home row.

• Modification: practice locating and typing just the first letter of the first name. Ex. "Find J. Tap J."

• If you find that your child is holding the key down to create a series of one letter, practice "tapping" keys. Put your index finger under your child's finger so that you are able to lift his/her finger and say "tap" after each letter. For instance, "Tap A." Let your child's finger down long enough to tap A and then say "tap" as the child taps A. This will help pair the word "tap" with pushing the key and letting go immediately.

Tuesday:

• First and Last Name: write or trace​

Wednesday: 

• Help your child to identifying the letters of their first name on a keyboard and use their index fingers to type their first name with as much guidance as necessary.

• Modification: practice using appropriate keys with fingers starting on, and returning to, the home row.

• Modification: practice locating and typing just the first letter of the first name. Ex. "Find J. Tap J."

• If you find that your child is holding the key down to create a series of one letter, practice "tapping" keys. Put your index finger under your child's finger so that you are able to lift his/her finger and say "tap" after each letter. For instance, "Tap A." Let your child's finger down long enough to tap A and then say "tap" as the child taps A. This will help pair the word "tap" with pushing the key and letting go immediately.

Thursday:  

• Pop a hole that's just smaller than the size of a cotton ball into the top of box (shoe boxes are great for this). Have your child place a cotton ball onto the hole and use each finger to push the cotton balls into the holes. For more of a challenge, stand the box up so that the holes are on the side of the box.

Friday:

• First Name: write or trace​

Daily: Practice counting by 1s to 5, 10, 15, 20, etc.

Daily: Count various items around the house (ex. rocks, spoons, cotton balls, etc.)

• Practice reading and identifying each word below. 

• PRINT lined paper for written work.

• Write the words on index cards and spread them out.  Ask your child to identify each card by name.  Ex. "Cat."  Touch "cat."

• Go over and review the index cards from previous weeks.

Modification: students who have a difficult time with writing, write words out on index cards and cut the letters into strips.  Scramble up the letters and ask your child to spell the given word.

Modification: have an index card with the word written out to use as a model.

Modification: hand-over-hand to assist with spelling, or have your child place the letter strip over the letter on the written model.

• For students who can write, practice writing and tracing these words each day this week.​​

Review these past words:

of many where should

because but came she

this look went was

after all with said

play do big for he

the about great learn

​Try to:

1. ​Write each word 3 times each.

2. Type each word 3 times each.

That's it for this week!

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You're doing an amazing job.​

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