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By Tonya

I serve Resource grades 3-5, half day, and Content Mastery, half day this year. I did have an aide this year that monitored the content mastery lab on the other side of the room. Resource was on one side, with room dividers,
and CM was on the other side. When CM wasn't busy, she would help me, if needed. Most of that time, I used her for small group lessons so that I could do individual assessments or get paperwork ready for a meeting. She is a godsend!
Next year, I will have full day Resource, probably grades K-5 along with Resource/Content Mastery teacher (same as me this year). The aide will be primarily

responsible for Content Mastery (regular and special ed) with our supervision. We will not have an aide in either Resource room.

Centers was something I started this year. It was a great learning experience for me! It takes a lot of preparation and modeling to make it effective for the students. Special ed students need it modeled repeatedly and everything needs to be explicitly stated and shown. There are many great web sites that I got information from. My initial inspiration was from Dr. Bertie Kingore's book, Centers in Minutes. Her web site is at bertiekingore.com. I noticed she now has volume 2 out of the book that is for learners with reading and writing difficulties. I'll probably purchase that. I had taught a workshop on the content of the book with the Gifted and Talented teachers in our district.

I also use Guided Reading (the Fountas & Pinnell way) in my classroom. It is research based and much can be found on the internet about it. A good place to start is at http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/english/guided_rdg.html.
I also taught a workshop on Guided Reading last summer.

If you want to email me, I'd be glad to send you my PowerPoint presentations and Resource pages on either or both. Hope this helps.