This practical guide explains how to raise the rigor for students with special needs so they can achieve higher levels of learning. Bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn and intervention expert Bradley S. Witzel provide helpful information on assessment, planning, co-teaching models, high expectations, common obstacles, and emphasizing positive outcomes. This second edition offers new, expanded instructional strategies for literacy and math, as well as strategies that work across subject areas. In addition, each chapter is filled with tools and examples to help you implement the ideas. Perfect for general and special educators and supervisors, the book also comes with a study guide so you can collaborate on the book with building or district colleagues. With the practical information in this book, you'll understand how to teach with higher expectations and rigor so that all students can feel successful.

This practical guide explains how to raise the rigor for students with special needs so they can achieve higher levels of learning. Bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn and intervention expert Bradley S. Witzel provide helpful information on assessment, planning, co-teaching models, high expectations, common obstacles, and emphasizing positive outcomes. This second edition offers new, expanded instructional strategies for literacy and math, as well as strategies that work across subject areas. In addition, each chapter is filled with tools and examples to help you implement the ideas. Perfect for general and special educators and supervisors, the book also comes with a study guide so you can collaborate on the book with building or district colleagues. With the practical information in this book, you'll understand how to teach with higher expectations and rigor so that all students can feel successful.

Packed with effective instructional strategies, this book explores why certain K-5 students struggle with math and provides a framework for helping these learners succeed. The authors present empirically validated practices for supporting students with disabilities and others experiencing difficulties in specific areas of math, including problem solving, early numeracy, whole-number operations, fractions, geometry, and algebra. Concrete examples, easy-to-implement lesson-planning ideas, and connections to state standards, in particular the Common Core standards, enhance the book's utility. Also provided is invaluable guidance on planning and delivering multi-tiered instruction and intervention.

Packed with effective instructional strategies, this book explores why certain K-5 students struggle with math and provides a framework for helping these learners succeed. The authors present empirically validated practices for supporting students with disabilities and others experiencing difficulties in specific areas of math, including problem solving, early numeracy, whole-number operations, fractions, geometry, and algebra. Concrete examples, easy-to-implement lesson-planning ideas, and connections to state standards, in particular the Common Core standards, enhance the book's utility. Also provided is invaluable guidance on planning and delivering multi-tiered instruction and intervention.

Response to Intervention (RTI) is a relatively new system for assessment and instruction that has promising potential for teaching mathematics. This book presents a discussion about RTI in mathematics and offers guidelines for teachers responsible for the planning, designing, and delivering of mathematics instructional programmes that reach all students. Each chapter begins with a brief description of how RTI can be implemented in various areas of maths and presents multiple examples of RTI procedures that are illustrated by various case studies. Guidelines in each chapter address common concerns and provide suggestions for multiple interventions related to the specific maths areas. The authors explain the need for effective interventions and include: - The types of interventions that are appropriate within an RTI system for mathematics - Intervention examples in the context of small group instruction - A call for increased research