Focusing on literacy can be difficult for special education teachers. The relationship between language and reading and the difficulties some of our students have can make teaching literacy challenging. Literacy expert Sara Marye is joining us to share some amazing strategies for teaching literacy to help us better reach our students.

Sara is a former teacher, literacy coach, and assistant principal and is the creator behind The Stellar Teacher Company. She is an expert at helping teachers better support their students in reading and writing. In this episode, she is sharing practical and effective ways we can use routines to help our students develop their reading skills and become confident writers.

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01:53 - Sara’s background as a classroom teacher and literacy expert and how she now supports teachers in finding ways to effectively and efficiently implement strategies for teaching literacy

03:40 - What a literacy routine is

04:59 - Examples of a literacy routines that would help students build the foundational literacy skills many students need

11:00 - How to include literacy routines into the day and how it benefits students with disabilities 

15:05 - Benefits of using a literacy routine with students

19:57 - How teachers can get started with literacy routines in their classrooms 

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