Sandpaper Spelling Assignment At Florida Middle School Leaves Kids Bleeding, Parents Outraged

[madfloridian]

88. Found on a search for "sandpaper letters"...

Here are only a few of what I found.

Amazon sells them.

http://www.amazon.com/Tactile-Sandpaper-Lower-Letters-Grades/dp/B002LHF1F4

Christian schools use them.

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/materials-to-make/73Z3mommy-tip

It is a Montessori technique that works in regular schools as well. Good article.

http://jola-montessori.com/article/montessori-reading-methods-work-in-traditional-classrooms/

Here's a lesson from Montessori on the internet:

http://montessoritraining.blogspot.com/2010/11/montessori-insights-and-reflections-of_26.html

Many lower grade classrooms have them in stock already made because it is such a traditional technique.

Could a teacher have misused them. Possibly. She is now suspended, will be fired I guarantee. There are no more protections for teachers at all in Florida.

Should her superiors be aware that it is a technique that is not uncommon at all, often used with learning disabled students?

Of course he should have known. But the video showed he had no clue.