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I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E
S O C I A L T H I N K I N G 1
M E E T A L L I S O N 1
S E I M C D I S T R I C T S 1
R E C O M M E N D E D
W E B S I T E S
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F A V O R I T E A P P S 2
C O - T E A C H I N G 2
T E C H N O L O G Y
U P D A T E
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L O S T & F O U N D 3
H I S T O R Y K I T S 3
S T A T E L E N D I N G
L I B R A R Y
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J O I N O U R T E A M ! 4
A D V I S O R Y
C O M M I T T E E
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H O T N E W I T E M S 5
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Special Education Instructional Media
Center (SEIMC) electronic newsletter
is published periodically throughout
the school year to supplement curricu-
lum and professional needs of all those
working with children with disabilities
in CESA 11 SEIMC subscribing districts.
Inclusion of information in this “E”
newsletter is in no way an endorsement
or promotion of any organization or
individual. It is a way to provide infor-
mation to all persons working with
students with disabilities, covering
inservice opportunities, new materials,
new strategies and professional support
and consultant services.
Cooperative Educational Service Agency #11 * SEIMC eNews * Vol. 10 | Issue 3 | Spring 2014
Special Education Instructional Media Center: Cooperatively providing services to meet the curriculum/professional needs of all those working with children with disabilities in
CESA #11.
The SEIMC is a CESA
#11 shared service. We
are proud to serve
approximately 200 staff
members in the
following districts:
Baldwin-
Woodville
Cameron
Clear Lake
Cumberland
Elmwood
Luck
Osceola
Pepin
Plum City
Prairie Farm
St. Croix Central
St. Croix Falls
Shell Lake
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MEET ALLISON!
Allison Lutz is the new library support staff at CESA #11. She graduated from UW-Eau Claire in English
and Library Science and is starting school again at St. Catherine University to get her MLIS degree. Allison
likes to work with iPads and to research free resources (like website generators and apps). When not
working or writing papers, she loves to read—mostly children’s books, graphic novels, and young adult
non-fiction. Allison will be supporting the SEIMC along with the other CESA #11 libraries. Allison can be
reached at (715) 986-2020 ext. 2172 or allisonl@cesa11.k12.wi.us.
W E H A V E S O C I A L T H I N K I N G R E S O U R C E S !
The SEIMC has a variety of Social Thinking resources for teachers to review and utilize with
students. Michelle Garcia-Winner has developed materials that focus on Social Thinking. What is
the concept of Social Thinking all about? According to the Socialthinking.com website, social
thinking is what we do when we interact with others and how we think about them. This affects
how we behave, which in turn affects how others respond to us, which affects our own emotions.
Whether we are with friends, sending an email, or in a classroom we take in the thoughts,
emotions and intentions of the people we are interacting with. This is considered very much a part
of who we are, but for many individuals, this process is anything but natural.
These challenges are commonly experienced by individuals with autism spectrum disorders (high-
functioning), social communication disorders, Asperger's, ADHD, and similar diagnoses.
Social Thinking strategies teach individuals:
How their own social minds work - why they and others react and respond the way they do.
How their behavior affect the way others perceive and respond to them.
How this affects their own emotions, responses to and relationships with others across
different social contexts.
The SEIMC has many social thinking resources by Michelle Garcia -Winner available for checkout:
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Somerset
Spring Valley
Turtle Lake
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Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11 * SEIMC eNews * Vol. 10 | Issue 3 | Spring 2014
juliacookonline.com: Julia Cook is a teacher, author, counselor, and national keynote
presenter. She has authored many books dealing with childhood issues. We have several of
her books in the SEIMC.
PBISWorld.com: PBIS World is a website containing links to hundreds of interventions,
supports, resources, and data collection tools, all of which are organized into the tier 1
through 3 framework. It is designed to guide users through the PBIS implementation process,
starting with behavior identification and offering suggestions for interventions and data
collection tools.
wisconsinrticenter.org: The Wisconsin RtI Center provides professional development and
technical assistance to help schools operationalize implementation of culturally responsive
multi-level systems of support, interventions and information on all levels of RTI, as well as
implementation, progress-monitoring and data collection tools.
autismspeaks.org: Autism Speaks has grown into the world's leading autism science and
advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments
and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating
for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.
We
apps!!!
Here are some of
our favorites:
This is a website with free
apps listed by rating and
grade level:
www.slideshare.net/
gtoews/free-apps-list
starfall.com: Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach
children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with
phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second
grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).
Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.
PBSKids
Articulation Station
NASA app
Stack the Countries
Lite
AppWriter
Toca Boca Apps
Choice Works
Zoo Train
SkyView Free
Stack the States Lite
Read2Go
Book Creator
Endless Alphabet
AutisMate
Co-Teaching has become a popular service delivery option for meeting the needs of
all learners in a general education classroom. It can be a great way to not only
allow access to the general curriculum while having high expectations for all
students but it also allows two experts to work collaboratively to meet the diverse
needs of all students in a classroom. For co-teaching to be implemented
effectively, it’s important administrators and teachers take a close look at why they
are moving toward this service delivery model and what the overall vision is. The
SEIMC recently added new co-teaching resources to assist teachers as they
collaborate in their co-teaching efforts.
educationworld.net: Education World is a free site dedicated to providing quality
educational resources to the general public in an easy to use format. Site features education
jobs, a bookstore, and updated educational news.
C o - T e a c h i n g
TEACHERS…DID
Y O U K N O W ? ? ?
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Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11 * SEIMC eNews * Vol. 10 | Issue 3 | Spring 2014
State Lending
Library
The Assistive Technology
Lending Center (ATLC) is
a lending library of high-
end Alternative and
Augmentative
Communication (AAC)
equipment for trial
purposes. Equipment can
be on loan for four weeks
and the service is free of
charge. The ATLC
provides high-end AAC
devices costing $6,000 or
more for loan to
Wisconsin LEA public
school li-censed
professional educators
for trial with children ages
3 to 18 who have IEPs
and are enrolled in public
schools or students age
19-21 who are enrolled in
a Wisconsin LEA school
program and have an IEP.
ATLC contact info:
dawn.shelbourn@cesa2.org
CESA #2
ATLC Lending Library
Phone: 262-473-1449
Website:
www.atlclibrary.org
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Technology Update Do you need another iPad? We
have two iPads and our new
SPEDPad for your students’ use.
They are loaded with great apps
in all areas! Find all of our
switches & AT
devices in our AT
catalog:
http://issuu.com/
mmatusewic/
docs/atcatalog
Lost and Found
We have two switch toys that were sent to us on the van in a bag without any identification as to where they came from. If these cute little guys belong to you, please let us know and we will return them to you.
The Career & Technical Education Library
has a wonderful collection of history
materials that are available to everyone
whether your district purchases the library
or not!! Especially impressive are the
History Kits. These kits feature actual
artifacts and photographs that will make
your history lessons
come to life. The kit
titles are:
The Great Depression:
Inside is a collection of primary
and secondary source
materials intended to support
a study of the Great Depression and the New Deal
during the 1930's. The items chosen represent
depression-related experiences of people living in
Wisconsin. Grades 4-12
Lumber Country: This unit focuses on the history
of the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company and its
role in the shaping of the City of Chippewa Falls. The
kit has a list of applicable Wisconsin Academic
Standards. Grades 6-12
History Detectives: Discovering history through
objects and photographs provides lessons and
activities to help students and teachers discover
history. Grades 3-6
Discovering Your Community: Uses examples
of community-based documents, maps,
extraordinary historical artifacts, and photographs to
help students and teachers discover the history of
their own communities. Grades 7-12
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): The
Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal
government program that put young men to work on
public works projects during the Great Depression of
the 1930s. Grades 6-12
Citizen Activism: This unit uses the Tyrone
Nuclear Energy Park story as a model for studying
modern history at the local level. The unit begins with
the Tyrone story and expands to include Wisconsin
and then the globe. Grades 7-12
Click here to order your kit today!!
Check out the links to our
material request forms:
Start to Finish
Vocational Assembly
Early Childhood Theme Units
Reading Kits
Cooperative Educational Service Agency 11 * SEIMC eNews * Vol. 10 | Issue 3 | Spring 2014
SUGGESTIONS?
We would love your
input! Do you have a
recommendation for
us? A great book? A
neat sensory toy?
Please let us know!
Contact us!!
Karen Blanford
karenb@cesa11.k12.wi.us
(715) 986-2020– ext. 2169
Mary Matusewic
marym@cesa11.k12.wi.us
(715) 986-2020— ext. 2165
Allison Lutz
allisonl@cesa11.k12.wi.us
(715) 986-2020—ext. 2172
IMPORTANT LINKS
CESA Information
SEIMC Webpage
Library Website
Directors of Sp. Ed.
Van Delivery Service
CESA 11 Website
Upcoming CESA
Trainings
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A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e
Linda Liedle—Unity Middle School Amie Gafner—St. Croix Central
Linda Schrankel—Shell Lake Elementary Ruth Baumgartner—Spring Valley
Kelly Stephenson—Osceola Intermediate Teri Massie—Cumberland School
Diane Blanchard—Clear Lake High School
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A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E
Join our team! We are looking for member
to join our SEIMC Advisory Committee. We
meet twice a year; once in the fall and once
in the spring. Our goal is to collaborate
about resources for the SEIMC and how we
can improve our overall service
Send Karen an e-mail if you are interested!
karenb@cesa11.k12.wi.us
Coming this
SURVEY HURRAY!! We will soon be
sending out a short survey asking about our service and how we
can improve. Please take time to fill it out and let us know how we
are doing and how we can make things better for you.
L4U Upgrade!! Our library software will be getting an upgrade this
Spring to L4U Elite. Look for improvements in
graphics and additional features when reserving
items.
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SEIMC HOT NEW ITEMS!!
Social Behavior and Self–Management: 5-
Point Scales for Adolescents and Adults
Building on the success on the leg-
endary Incredible 5-Point Scale, this
book also uses scales as a way of
explaining social and emotional con-
cepts to individuals who have difficul-
ty understanding such information but
have a relative strength in under-
standing systems. The 5-point scales
can be used to increase communica-
tion between the person on the spec-
trum and their support person. It can increase self-
management skills and, once learned, it can serve as
an excelled self-advocacy tool.
I Have, Who Has? Cards
I Have, Who Has? games are an engaging way to
practice and reinforce math skills with the whole
class or in small groups. These fast-paced card
games are perfect for developing fluency with basic
facts, for use as a quick assessment of students'
understanding, as a center activity, or for a whole-
class review. We have the following cards: Addition,
Simple Addition, Subtraction, Simple Subtraction, Fractions and Decimals,
Elapsed Time, and Division.
New Reading Kits with DVDs!!
Freaky Friday
Annabel Andrews is tired of her
mother telling her what to do. If she
were an adult, she could do anything
she wanted. One Friday morning,
Annabel’s wish comes true when she
wakes up and realizes she’s turned
into her mother! This is one freaky
Friday she will never forget!
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Four adventurous siblings—Peter,
Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—
step through a wardrobe door and
into the land of Narnia, a land frozen
in eternal winter and enslaved by the
power of the White Witch. But when
almost all hope is lost, the return of
the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great
change . . . and a great sacrifice.
Progress-Monitoring Comprehension Assessments: K-2
This book helps document students’ mastery of specific
comprehension strategies and prepare them for
standardized reading assessments during the school year.
The book includes leveled reading passages with multiple-
choice and constructed-response answers for specific
strategies including analyzing character, story elements,
and structure, drawing conclusions, identifying main idea
and supporting details, making inferences, and more.
Includes a CD with printable versions of every assessment.
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Following Directions: Gr. 3-4 & Gr. 5-6
Help sharpen your students' skills in following both
written and oral directions--important skills for prepar-
ing for standardized tests. Students will solve riddles,
color pages, find hidden objects, and draw step-by-
step pictures while following written directions. Stu-
dents will listen to directions that are read aloud or
taped while following oral directions. Nonfiction Skill Based Story Cards: Science
These cards feature captivating, full-color
illustrations that spark student interest and offer
clues to the story's content. Under each
illustration is a short, high-interest reading
passage. Skill-based questions featured on the
back of each card target specific
comprehension skills like-facts, sequence,
cause and effect, comparison, vocabulary,
locating the answer, conclusion, and inference.
Ideal for both large and small groups or as a
center activity. These high-interest cards
feature compelling nonfiction stories, color-
coded into three science categories--Natural
Disasters, Animals, and Solar System.
Common Core Mathematics: Practice at 3 Levels
Common Core Mathematics is your answer to teaching math effectively and with
ease to students of EVERY level in your classroom. This book aligns to Common
Core Math standards and includes word problems, critical thinking questions,
and assessments for each skill. We have grades 1-6
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SEIMC HOT NEW ITEMS!!
Lakeshore Corner!!
We have a lot of “Lakeshore Lovers” so we are dedicating this corner to you!
Here are some goodies we just got in:
180 Days of Math for First Grade
This book provides 1st grade teachers and
parents with 180 daily practice activities to
build and gauge students mathematical
fluency. Each problem is tied to a specific
mathematical
concept. Students
gain regular practice
through these quick,
diagnostic-based
activities. Data-driven
assessment tips are
provided, and the
Teacher Resource CD
includes assessment
analysis resources.
Take Ten Hi-Lo Readers
Mystery Set: “Freeze Frame”;
“Nobody Lives in Apartment N-2”;
“The Return of the Eagle”;
“Touchdown”; “Stick Like Glue”
Chillers Set: “The Haunted Beach
House”; “Ghost in the Desert”; “The
Water Witch”; “Alein Encounter”;
“Trapped in the Sixties”
Place Value Bingo
Help strengthen
students'
understanding of
place value concepts
all while having fun
playing bingo! While
playing Place Value
Bingo, students will
sharpen their skills in the following areas:
learning place value from ones to hundreds,
number recognition with relation to place
value concepts, and concepts of "more than"
or "less than."
Reading Fluency Cards
These cards engage different
kinds of readers with fiction
and non-fiction texts in a variety
of genres and content areas
(math, science, social studies).
They offer suggested activities,
list of high-frequency words,
definitions and pronunciation of
difficult words, and checklists
of characteristics of fluent
reading on reverse side of each
card.
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A “5” Could
Make Me
Lose
Control!
This hands-on activity helps
students who are highly anxious
cope with their stress by
classifying social and emotional
information and analyzing how
best to act. Picture word cards
make the activity suitable for
students with communication
challenges.
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Early Math Match-Ups Button Sorting Center Hear Myself Sound
Phone Centers
Count and Link
Find the Number
Counting Kit Giant Sight& Sound
Tubes
Books with CDs
Gems in a
Treasure Chest
Counting Game
Cookies on a Plate
Counting Game
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