Welcome Special Ed and Primary teachers! Equip yourself with teacher-tested strategies to make your teaching easier.
Do you teach a primary grade and want your class to have some exposure to standardized testing without all the stress? Or do you teach special ed and the kids don’t take standardized tests except once a year? State standardized testing is coming up and if your students…
Here it is, just in the nick of time to see if the Groundhog will see his shadow or not! Grab this quick and easy activity, along with posters to cover the main parts of Groundhog Day! I also share links to other ideas below. These groundhog activities and posters…
Show your thanks to your special ed colleagues, your child’s teacher or other special ed specialists with this card, which comes in two versions: One that’s general and one that is specifically for the Day of the Special Educator. The Day of the Special Educator is Dec. 2 in California,…
Some years I have a word for the year, sometimes I don’t. I can only remember a few without going and looking them up in a journal or art piece. My word for 2018 is FOCUS. Focus. Stay focused on tasks that need to get done. Teaching. TpT store. Around…
The Growth Mindset movement is spreading to more classroom, and rightly so. Our students need to learn tools to learn stamina and perseverance, examples of kindness, encouraging others, etc. They need to know they don’t have to stay in a fixed mindset if something goes wrong during the day. First,…
Chinese New Year (also called Lunar New Year) is coming soon. 2020 is the year of the Rat. Here are some activities to do in your classroom. First, you should consider reading the book, Ruby’s Chinese New Year by Vickie Lee. Introduce simple vocabulary with a word wall…
Here is a great video that explains and shows how to use Boom Learning decks with Google Classroom. The video shows how to assign decks to students different ways. This makes it so easy for kids to get valuable independent practice work done. And easy prep for the teacher! …
I love, love, love TouchMath!! Over the years, many of my students with special needs have benefited from extra practice to master concepts of simple addition, subtraction, problem-solving, etc. I like how TouchMath breaks it all down into steps. However, every year I’d have a few students who couldn’t make…
I found out about Boom Learning over the summer, and it has been easy to incorporate into lessons with my students. There are two main reasons why I signed up for it. First, is that grading and data collection is so easy… meaning that it does it for you!! I…
If you are looking for fun ideas that will keep your students on task the last week before winter break, check these Christmas themed deals! Several are specific to Christmas, but others are good all winter long. And what kid actually wouldn’t like to keep the Christmas spirit alive for…
