Joel Weeks

I teach middle school special needs students and needed a book unit. I created this because all the supplementals I could find where too hard and unreadable for my students with special needs. So I created this comprehension question unit to involve short answer, essay question, and vocab related questions along with the ability to compare and contrast, make inferences, state and understand the theme and to be able to share opinions and support those opinions with facts/details. It has two previ

This a 141 page novel guide and unit plan for the novel "Rumble Fish" by S.E. Hinton. It has chapter question, project ideas activity ideas, vocabulary, etc....

This is a divisibility lesson I do with my special needs students. It goes very well with the Schoolhouse rock videos on divisibility if you can stream them or have them on tape/DVD. These are guided reading notes I put on my smart board and have them fill in as I teach them the divisibility rules when I review multiplication and division with my students. It has an activity with it as well in which they are to fill i the missing boxed following divisibilty rules. I have them put the notes in th

This is a Unit that includes guided reading notes, a test and a supplemental activity on the Elements of a Story. It includes notes and definitions to be filled in on all of the elements of a story from character types to conflict to genre and much more. It is something I created to use with my students with special needs in a self contained upper middle school classroom. It was at there level but still relevant to the standards and still showed the high expectations I have for them. I also used

This is a guided reading note sheet I made for my 7th and 8th grade self contained special needs math class and for remediation for the students with special needs I see in the inclusive setting. It is formulated strictly following the Ohio extended core standards for students with disabilites. It is a great way to get my students to take notes on this unit and to be able to use later on activities, quizzes and tests. It is also a great starter for each time we learn a new formula for them to ge

This is a Unit that includes guided reading notes, a test and a supplemental activity on the Elements of a Story. It includes notes and definitions to be filled in on all of the elements of a story from character types to conflict to genre and much more. It is something I created to use with my students with special needs in a self contained upper middle school classroom. It was at there level but still relevant to the standards and still showed the high expectations I have for them. I also used

These are simple guided reading notes for Language arts lesson on character and setting. I use these with my middle school students with special needs who are self contained and as a supplement for students in the inclusion setting. They go over simple character definitions with an activity for clarification and practiceand simple setting notes with an activity for clarification and practice. Can be used as a lesson on its own or to supplement elements of a story unit.