Setting a Purpose for Reading: Story Map, Pt. 1 | Literacy for Students with Cognitive Disabilities

In this self-contained lower elementary classroom, the teacher uses a literature book to set a purpose for reading and the students successfully listen to achieve the purpose: to identify the characters and the setting. While reading, another adult uses a student’s communication system to model various words from the book. The teacher stops after reading several pages and asks who are the main characters. Students identify the characters, and the teacher writes their names on a sticky note. One student places the sticky note on a story map under "characters". The video demonstrates effective strategies for engaging students with disabilities in literacy instruction.

This video is part of the English Language Arts Strategies for Students with Cognitive Disabilities video collection (   • English Language Arts Strategies for ...  ) featuring strategies for comprehensive literacy instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities. This collection was developed through a collaborative partnership with the Iowa Department of Education; the University of Northern Iowa; The Center for Literacy Disabilities Studies, UNC Chapel Hill; and general and special education teachers across Iowa The purpose of the collection is to support educators and families in understanding how all students can learn and make progress in Iowa’s English Language Arts Academic Standards.

The video collection is also available on PBS LearningMedia at https://iowa.pbslearningmedia.org/col...

Videos produced by Iowa Public Television for the Iowa Department of Education.
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