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=Welcome to Your New Wiki! SPED 563=

This wiki will contain chapter information and resources

Welcome to this summer session. I know you will get a great deal of the class.

**__Meet with Cooperative Groups to prepare chapter presentations __** || **__Chapter 14 (Group 2 and 4) __**Assessment of spelling. Handwriting, manuscript, cursive, keyboarding. Strategies for teaching written expression, spelling, and handwriting. Mathematics. Disabilities in mathematics. Indicators of math problems. Changing views about mathematics instruction. Mathematics. Theories about mathematics learning. Assessment of mathematics. **__Session 8 June 21, 2011 __** Cooperative group chapter presentations  **Session 9 June 23, 2011 ** Guest speaker || = Useful Web Sites for Information about Learning Disabilities =
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 * Presentation of cooperative chapter work ||
 *  **__Session 7 June16, 2011 __**
 * **__Chapter 13 (Group 1 and 3) __**Writing. Written expression. The writing process. Strategies for writing. Word processing. Assessment of written expression. Writing. Spelling. Development stages. Spelling problems. Invented spelling. Approaches to teaching spelling.

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