This quest will provide you with the opportunity to level up your knowledge of strategies for a student with a specific learning disability and teaching them how to do the strategy you choose successfully. This strategy can be in the area of reading, mathematics, writing, executive functioning, or social emotional strategy or a strategy that works across a variety of content areas.

Your steps to complete this quest are as follows:

• Create a hypothetical student profile – Tell me about their strengths and weaknesses that they may have.

• Create a hypothetical setting where instruction will be – where will the student be receiving instruction? Regular Classroom, Learning Support Classroom, Resource Room? What content will this class and strategy cover?

• Investigate and then Describe your strategy you are choosing to teach the student – What is the strategy and why do you think this strategy will help the student be successful?

  • Some Examples Include: Repeated Reading, Unison Responding, VIPs (Very Important Points), Think-Pair-Share, Peer Assisted Instruction, Direct (Explicit) Instruction, Number Sequences, Vocabulary Previews, Reading Musical Notes, Practice-Based Learning Opportunity, Task Analysis, Scaffolding, Sandwich Writing Method, Collins Writing, etc.

• List the steps to the procedure - How do we implement this strategy in order from start to finish?

• Demonstrate how you would teach this your powered up strategy on Flipgrid (code: d3ad76b4) and comment on your colleagues, including opposing Sleuth Squad members.

XP Earned for this Quest: 200XP

Scooby Snacks Earned for this Quest: 30