INSTRUCTIONAL KITS FOR TRANSITION AND MORE FROM ATTAINMENT COMPANY!

The SERC Library has expanded our collection of instructional kits from Attainment Company which provide comprehensive lessons and curriculums for transition and special needs students! 

Visit the library to borrow up to three of these kits for three weeks. Members can reserve head online, by phone or email. We will hold them for three days for you. Hope to see you soon!

Attainment's explore budgeting - Judi Kinney

Call Number: IM 513.2 KIN
Publication Date: 2012

Attainment's explore math - Judi Kinney

Call Number: IM 513.2 KIN

Publication Date: 2010

Attainment's explore math 2 - Judi Kinney

Call Number: IM 513.2 KIN

Publication Date: 2013

  

Attainment's explore personal care - Don Bastian, Tom Kinney, and Autumn Garza

Call Number: IM 646.7 ATT

Publication Date: 2014

Attainment's life skill readers: 40 topics focus on community activities - Beverly Potts (Photographer); Craig Booth

Call Number: IM 371.425 BOO

Publication Date: 2005

Attainment's health advocacy program: An activity-based curriculum for adults with developmental disabilities - Steve Holburn; Christine D. Cea; Anne Gordon

Call Number: IM 613.07 HOL

Publication Date: 2008

Attainment's writing with a purpose - Angela Sterling-Orth; Linda R. Schreiber; Anthony Zammit (illustrator)

Call Number: IM 372.6044 STE

Publication Date: 2011

Attainment's early numeracy curriculum - Bree A. Jimenez

Call Number: IM 372.7 JIM

Publication Date: 2013

Attainment's pathways to literacy curriculum - Angel Lee; Pamela Mims; Diane Browder

Call Number: IM 372.4144 LEE

Publication Date: 2011

 

Attainment's early science curriculum - Bree Jiminez; Victoria Knight; Diane Browder

Call Number: IM 372.35 JIM

Publication Date: 2012

Attainment's 6 successful strategies for teaching Common Core State Standards: To students with moderate to severe disabilities - Bree Ann Jimenez

Call Number: IM 371.9043 JIM

Publication Date: 2013

Attainment's teaching to standards- English language arts: A systematic, year-long language arts curriculum for middle and high school students - Pamela J. Mims, Angel Lee, Tracie-Lynn Zakas, and Diane M. Browder

Call Number: IM 372.6044 MIM

Publication Date: 2013













Attainment's PASS: Promoting awareness of speech sounds - Froma Roth; Colleen Worthington; Gary Troia

Call Number: IM 372.4145 ROT
Publication Date: 2012

Attainment's self-determination readers - Shelia Lechler; Debbie Semple; Gabe Eltaub (illustrator)

Call Number: IM 303.32 LEC

Publication Date: 2008

Attainment's acting out workplace social skills - June Stride

Call Number: IM 331.59 STR

Publication Date: 2010

Attainment's adapting math curriculum: Money skills - Judi Kinney

Call Number: IM 513.2 KIN

ISBN: 1578614791

Publication Date: 2003

Attainment's get a job curriculum - Corinne Thomas-Kersting and Dona Schumacher

Call Number: IM 331.59 THO

ISBN: 1578616484

Publication Date: 2008

Attainment's learning to work: A collection of stories about life and work - Dr. Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite and Laurel Beck Richardson

Call Number: IM 331.702 MUS

ISBN: 1578616948

Publication Date: 2009


 

Community-based vocational training: Instructor's guide - Jill D. Wheeler

Call Number: IM 331.702 WHE

ISBN: 9781578615582
Publication Date: 2006

Attainment's life in focus: Royalty-free photos in context - Attainment Company, Inc.

Call Number: IM 640.7 ATT

Publication Date: 2004 








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THE SERC LIBRARY INVITES CHILDREN IN GRADES K-4 TO VISIT THE LIBRARY TO READ TO A DOG!

R.E.A.D. sessions are scheduled on March 18, April 8 and May 13. Sessions fill up quickly! Call or email the SERC Library and sign up your child! Bring a friend!


The R.E.A.D. Program offers children in Grades K-4 the opportunity to read to an assistance dog for 15 minutes. Children often enjoy working on their reading skills when they can read to a dog. Some children gain confidence around dogs at the same time.

Fun activities and snacks are provided and our library has many wonderful children's books! Please sign up for a library card when you visit the library. Membership is free.
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For program questions, please contact Barbara Slone, Consultant, at (860) 632-1485, ext. 340 or slone@ctserc.org

To register and for registration questions, please contact Lauren D. Johns, Education Services Specialist, at (860) 632-1485, ext. 256 or johns@ctserc.org

Para registrarse en español, por llame a Leticia Garcia Guerra, al (860) 632-1485, ext. 233 or guerra@ctserc.org

English Learners: Resources to Support Educators and Families

The SERC Library has just published a new research guide! Please view the guide at this link:

ENGLISH LEARNERS: RESOURCES TO SUPPORT EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES

A new resource available for supporting instruction for English learners, this guide has pertinent books, assessments, articles, internet sites and professional organizations for teachers, families and administrators. 

Topics include bilingual education, cultural diversity, culturally and linguistically diverse students, culturally relevant teaching, dual language instruction, English as a Second Language and language acquisition. 

TO BORROW SERC LIBRARY RESOURCES:

Visit the SERC Library to borrow Inservice Education resources, Instructional Materials and Tests. Pick up and drop off these items at the SERC Library.

Did you know the SERC Library now loans books through InterLibrary Loan service? To borrow Professional Books, Young People's Books and Family Books, call your town or university library (if you are affiliated with a university) to make a request. You may pick up and drop off books at the location where you place the reserve.

SERC LIBRARY INTERLIBRARY LOAN INSTRUCTIONS


PLEASE CONTACT THE SERC LIBRARY FOR ANY ASSISTANCE.

THIS POST IS ESPECIALLY FOR LITERACY EDUCATORS!

THE SERC LIBRARY OFFERS THESE BRAND NEW INSTRUCTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR LITERACY EDUCATORS! VISIT THE SERC LIBRARY TO BORROW THESE KITS, DVDS AND BOOKS!

Wilson Just Words curriculum is a highly explicit, multisensory decoding and spelling program for students in grades 4-12 who have mild to moderate gaps in their decoding and spelling proficiency but do not require intensive intervention. IM 372.4144 WIL

Wilson Fundation Kits Levels K-3 are multi-level kits that make learning to read fun while laying down the groundwork for life-long literacy.  It is a research-based program that thoroughly teaches the foundational skills of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and significantly supports other CCSS standards in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language.  Level K focuses on letter formation, print knowledge, alphabetic awareness, and phonological and phonemic awareness training (IM 372.4144 WIL);  Level 1builds on Level K and progresses further into the study of word structures and reinforces letter formation, print knowledge, alphabetic awareness, and phonological and phonemic awareness training (IM 372.4144 WIL);  Level 2 builds on Level 1 and increases learning more complex word structure for decoding and encoding and also works on fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills (IM372..4144 WIL); and Level 3 builds on Level 2 reinforcing the word analysis and vocabulary development with new skills which include:  writing in cursive, and further development of fluency, comprehension, decoding and spelling skills (IM 372.4144 WIL).

The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy and Independence in the Elementary Grade, Second edition
Based on literacy learning and motivation research, the Daily Five is a series of literacy tasks which students complete daily while the teacher meets with small groups or confers with individuals. This 200 page book not only explains the philosophy behind this structure, but also shows how to train students in each of the daily five components (reading to self, reading with someone, writing, word work, and listening to reading). 372.6 BOU
  
The CAFE Book: Engaging all Students in Daily Literacy assessment and Instruction
The authors present a practical, simple way to integrate assessment into daily reading and classrooom discussion. The CAFE system is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expand Vocabulary.  372.6046 BOU
 

The Daily 5 Alive!: Strategies for Literacy Independence
This 85 minute professional development DVD and companion CD-ROM provide fourteen segments of video taken in a K-2 multiage classroom. Designed to help teachers implement three daily literacy practices from the "Daily 5" tasks, including reading to self, reading to someone and working on writing. A companion CD-ROM includes the viewing guide with workshop suggestions, focus questions and PDF handouts. IE 372.6 BOU

Intermediate daily 5: Fostering Independent Literacy Learning in Grades 3-6
This 114 minute professional development DVD provides 12 segments of video taken in grade 3-6 classrooms. It includes lessons for each of the five program components from the "Daily 5" program. Other sections include coaching sessions with teachers, discussions of the needs of older learners and more. A companion CD includes the viewing guide for the DVD. IE 372.6 BOU

Call the SERC Library or log in to your SERC Library account to reserve the kits or DVDs to pick up and drop off at the SERC Library. The books can be reserved through your town library to pick up and drop off there (via InterLibrary Loan service)!

Click here to link to:
SERC Library Catalog
SERC Library New Acquisitions 2014 
SERC Library New Acquisitions 2015
SERC LIBRARY INTERLIBRARY LOAN INSTRUCTIONS