Erin+Saarela

Erin Saarela


Hi! My name is Erin Saarela. I'm a Special Education Major at Western Michigan University and I'll be starting student teaching this fall at Winchell Elementary in Kalamazoo in the third grade. In the Spring I will most likely be student teaching in a special education classroom at a high school. English is my minor and my special education background has really helped with teaching and writing unit plans for English. I have had many experiences in the classroom from Croyden, Lakeside Academy, Maple Street Magnet School, Milwood Magnet School, and Washington Writers Academy. I have learned a lot of useful information including helpful intervention programs for reading and math. I graduate in Spring 2011 and hope to find a job in Michigan close to my family and friends. I would like to work at an alternative high school or in a resource room at an elementary school.


 * Lesson Plans**
 * Unit Plan Overview****Sources for Unit**

OUTspoken WZZM newstory - [] Michigan Messenger newstory - [] YouTube Video - [] Picuture Books - At My House What Makes a Family is Love by Dee Dee Walter-Goodspeed, Daddy, Papa, and Me by Leslea Newman, A Tale of Two Daddies by Vanita Oelschlager, Amazing Mommies by Jessica May Sears, and Oh the Things Mommies Do!: What Could be Better than Having Two? By Crystal Tompkins, The Family Book by Todd Parr
 * Main Sourc****e - ​** __Boy Meets Boy__ by David Levithan
 * Other Sources** -

Professional Article - Making Inclusion Successful in then General Education Classroom