R Staab, teaching in a self-contained moderate to severe special education classroom in the Los Angeles area.
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I need help finding the owner of this very old chest. It appears to have a Japanese name painted on it. I found it in an alley in Burbank, CA because someone was getting rid of it. My understanding is that when Japanese people were forced to go to internment camps, they had to just pack up their belonging and put them in storage, oftentimes in hotels. Apparently, this is a major theme of the book, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford, or so says my mother who has read the book. I would really like to return this chest to the family of the original owner.
The biggest clue about this chest is the name painted on it, which is Motochika Maruyama, or Motochika Marugama. I cannot tell whether there is a y or g in the last name. Does anyone know which of those options is a legit Japanese name? Or are they both? On the front of the chest, it appears to say Maruyama.
Here are pictures of it:
Side detail of painted name
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Front
Back
Below is what was inside the trunk. There's some kind of fabric that appears to have been the lining of the lid, maybe? It has the company label (Whitney-Woodling Trunk Co.) and, inexplicably, a newspaper obituary of one Nancy Pette glued to it. I also found a business card (It's All Wood, Jeremiah Polynone) and a note with Dick Ruiz's (a.k.a. Papa Smurf) contact info.
After teaching students appropriate things to do with their hands, students can use this worksheet to practice what they have learned. They can cut out and paste pictures on the correct side of the T-chart to show whether that activity is showing nice hands or not nice hands.
I say that this shape sorting activity is tricky because the shapes are different colors and sizes. And the triangles are different types, too! You will know if your student is sorting based on color or shape.
These behavior posters are one of my more popular items on TeachersPayTeachers.
There are three basic rules which each have their own poster. On each poster, there are more illustrations so that students know exactly what each of rules looks like in action.
I'm excited about my first social story! Partly because it's about a very important topic and partly because I illustrated it myself! Check it out. Here are the cover page and a few pages from inside.
Water safety is very important for children to learn. Especially of concern are children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The National Autism Association reports this startling statistic:
“In 2009, 2010, and 2011, accidental drowning accounted for 91% total U.S. deaths reported in children with an ASD ages 14 and younger subsequent to wandering/elopement.” [Autism & Safety Facts. National Autism Association. Web. 9 May 2016. . ]
This dino is so cute! You're student will love making him and playing with him! One of my students did not want to put him down! View it in my TeachersPayTeachers store!
I have not found many resources on teaching counting to non-verbal students. This is a hard concept to teach and to assess if a student is non-verbal. So I decided to create my own product based on how I teach my students to count. If your student is able to match, s/he is able to use these counting board and match the number of the total to a number card. Here is a link to my product on TeachersPayTeachers:
View a sample video of this product in use below. In the video, I demonstrate using modeling, the sample as a visual cue, and vocal intonation as a cue for the student to understand when to stop placing counters on the mat. The vocal intonation piece was most helpful for this particular student. Vocal intonation, in this case, refers to my use of "list intonation." When we are counting we naturally change our tone when we get to the end of a list. Try it. Say, "One, two, three, four" and listen to how your intonation changes. Say, "Apples, oranges, bananas, and kiwi" and listen to your intonation. (For more on list intonation, watch this YouTube tutorial which is actually for people learning English.)
Please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions!
What strategies do you have for teaching counting to your non-verbal students?
