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Oct 15, 2024
Harnessing Executive Function: The Role of Reflection in Student Learning
Self-reflection is not easy. Our ability to non-judgmentally reflect on our needs, habits, and behaviors and then adjust our actions according to the task at hand is ongoing work for most adults. The more awareness we bring to this process – in other words, the more we engage in metacognition – the more grounded and
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Sep 9, 2024
Executive Function Essentials: Identifying and Boosting Motivation in Students
Motivation is why we do the things we do. It’s a crucial element in supporting children with learning differences as studies have shown that students with learning disabilities experience lower levels of motivation than their peers without disabilities. Feeling overwhelmed, under-challenged, or threatened can have a negative impact on motivation. When supporting students, particularly those
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Sep 1, 2024
What is Executive Function?
Impact on Schooling Landmark Outreach has publications that synthesize the research and outline how to best support students’ executive function processes in the classroom. According to Patricia W. Newhall author of Language-Based Learning Series: Executive Function: Foundations for Learning and Teaching, “Executive Function is the brain’s ability to coordinate the cognitive and psychological processes needed
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Aug 16, 2024
AI in the Middle and High School Classroom | Webinar Recording
Learn how AI works, why it is important to understand it, and how it can be implemented in classroom activities. Since this “thing of the future” is here to stay, educators and their students need to know how to use it properly as a tool for critical thinking instead of a replacement for original work.
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Aug 16, 2024
Developing Confident, Capable Writers: Process Writing Strategies | Webinar Recording
This webinar explores how to apply process writing and use mentor texts at the middle-school level to integrate reading and writing skills and increase students’ confidence and independence in all phases of the writing process. Erin Broudo covers genres such as narrative writing, claim/opinion, and compare/contrast to demonstrate how to teach genre in writing in
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Aug 7, 2024
Chall’s Stages of Reading Development
Stage 0: Prereading: Approximately Birth to Age 6. In this stage, children “play” read. By being read to, they have begun to understand that books contain words that provide meaning. They may “read” books from memory, start demonstrating book-handling skills, and begin “writing” the alphabet. Stage 1: Initial Reading and Decoding: Approximately Ages 6-7 /
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Jul 29, 2024
Use Multisensory Approaches
Consider these suggestions for implementing multisensory instruction: 1. Get students moving When asking students to brainstorm information, instead of handing students a blank sheet of paper, try a Round-Robin Brainstorm. Post large pieces of paper with different topic ideas on the classroom walls. Place students in small groups to generate knowledge and questions on each
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Jun 27, 2024
Teaching the Elaborated Paragraph
The Topic An elaborated paragraph begins with a topic sentence that needs the support of clear, logical ideas. Teachers can cue students for the topic sentences with a question. For example: Question: Is recycling beneficial to the environment? Topic Sentence: Recycling is beneficial to the environment. The Body The body of an elaborated paragraph supports
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Jun 10, 2024
Why DEIB Matters to Landmark Outreach
Unfortunately, students from marginalized social groups are often misidentified in consideration for special education services. Studies primarily indicate an overrepresentation of students of color, raising questions about bias. When Black students qualify for special education services, “there is evidence that they are more likely to be identified as intellectually disabled or behaviorally disordered rather than
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