By Saskia Nilsen, M.A. Learning Specialist and RITES advocate Good executive functioning is the key to success with life skills. Here are some steps you can take to help your child get more organized and cope with temporary road blocks at home: Model Flexible Thinking: We often make hundreds of decisions a day - chicken or beef tacos for dinner, answer the phone or call back later, etc. A … [Read more...]
Home-schooling: A Teacher’s Perspective
RITES Learning Specialist and Home-school Coordinator Debra Nassau, M.A., reflects on the unique rewards of working with home-schooled students.When we become educators, we do so for various reasons, but a common thread throughout is undoubtedly the desire to make a difference – to make an impact in a child’s life and to lead them to that “lightbulb” moment. It can happen in a traditional … [Read more...]
RITES Hamilton Summer Program Week 5
Hamilton Summer Program Orton-Gillingham-based Language Arts 1: Why sit at a desk all day to learn? These Orton-Gillingham students hit the floor to learn about Y as a vowel in words such as try and candy. They also practiced the spelling generalization for -tch (use at the end of a word after a short vowel). Orton-Gillingham-based Language Arts 2: These … [Read more...]
RITES Hamilton Summer Program Week 4
Hamilton Summer Program Orton-Gillingham-based Language Arts 1: Students in Allyson Villari's class practiced the spelling rule for -tch and -ch while playing an interactive game of O-G Bingo. They also worked on closed/VCe syllables combined in compound words, such as "landslide" and "pancake," helping them break down and spell bigger … [Read more...]
RITES Hamilton Summer Program Week 3 Snapshot
Hamilton Summer ProgramOrton-Gillingham Based Language Arts 1: Allyson Villari's class learned all about story sequencing this week. Students cut out sentences and transitional words, deciding the proper order. Students also loved reading the sequence-themed story A Bad Case of the Stripes and writing about their favorite part. Orton-Gillingham Based Language … [Read more...]
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