Welcome Special Ed and Primary teachers! Equip yourself with teacher-tested strategies to make your teaching easier.
I’m starting a new series on Class Discussion Topics to be used for anyone: young students, older students, general ed, special ed, adults, etc. Teachers can adapt to meet the needs of the classroom.Use the topics to start a class discussion – either whole class, or in small groups. Or…
I can still remember how excited I was when I got a paper cutter for Christmas my first year of teaching. I still get happy thinking about it. I know, it’s wasn’t the typical Christmas gift of clothes, jewelry, etc.! But most teachers will agree that having one close by…
In this blog post, I will answer a question I hear often: What is an Itinerant Orthopedic Impairment Teacher? Some OI teachers have their own classroom which contains students with orthopedic impairments, but this will be about itinerant OI teachers, meaning those serve students of all ages in different school…
Here are some ideas on how to have successful home visits with your students. I started doing home visits about 15 years ago and have continued to do them in different settings: General ed third grade, special ed elementary self-contained (mild/moderate special day class – mostly kids with learning disabilities,…
This blog post explains how I incorporated my morning meeting routine into my self-contained class with 12-20 students grades K-5 mild/moderate disabilities (on a general ed TK-6 public school campus).
There is a lot of work that goes into the IEP meeting. But what you do and say once you are at the meeting? Don’t become speechless. Find out if your school, district or SELPA has a standard meeting agenda you can use. I once worked at a school that…
Here is a great idea to keep things handy when you are far from your classroom/office.
School will be starting before we know it, so here is a fun freebie! I have posted Minecraft ABC Flashcards in my TeachersPayTeachers Store. Each letter has a picture of something with begins with that letter on it. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Minecraft-ABCs-Freebie-1991297 In addition, I have added a game board that can be…
It is summertime, but school will be back before we know it. Why not start off the year with some fun water games?!! Even though it gets to be 100 degrees or more during August when school starts our school always saves water days for the end of the year….
{UPDATE: GIO HAS BEEN CANCER FREE FOR OVER 2 YEARS!!!!! HE IS DOING GREAT!! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED PRODUCTS AND WHO GENEROUSLY PURCHASED THESE PRODUCTS DURING THE CAMPAIGN.} Plz read then pin or post on blog/facebook/instagram, etc! Wouldn’t it be devastating to find out that your child has cancer? And then…
