
Star Wars Phonics and Reading Comprehension
Many of my students have been interested in Star Wars, so I love to use it as a teaching tool. I bought this set of books years ago, and it's been one of my favorite resources. The books are very basic, but still have interesting photos from the movies, so I've been able to use them with students of various ages. If a child is just beginning to read, you can use them as phonics readers. If a child can read more fluently, you can still use them for reading comprehension. Some

Teaching Handwashing with a Task Analysis
A task analysis is when we break down a skill into small steps and make a list of the steps. This helps us more easily teach the skill our students because we can teach one small step at a time. A task analysis can be used for many different skills, and I often use them to teach self-help skills. I wanted to share a combination task analysis and data sheet for teaching hand washing.
What I first like to do is see how many steps the student can do independently. You'll have