Helping Special Education Teachers Deliver Effective Interventions
3 Fun & Easy Around the Room Activities Do you have a class set of clipboards? I do, and I love to put them to use OFTEN! I know that my kids need to be up and moving to stay engaged and focused. I love to allow them to do the same work that they […]
Communicating with parents should always be a top priority in our profession, yet it is also something that is easy to let fall to the bottom of the to do list. I wanted to share three of my favorite ways to communicate with my parents that are FREE and EASY! As with anything, each has […]
4 Simple Daily Routines that Will Ease Test Prep Stress Testing season is always stressful. I don’t know about you, but it seems that statewide testing always makes me doubt everything I’ve taught all year. Please tell me I’m not the only one! That being said, I feel like I’ve had a certain peace with […]
1. Introduce States & Capitals by Region of the Country When I first began teaching fifth grade, I made many mistakes when teaching the states, capitals, and their locations on a map. I threw all fifty states at them. I gave a specific deadline and somehow expected them to memorize them all. After many trials […]
Differentiation and Intervention are two very different things, yet I often see them used almost synonymously. Funny story—Our school was audited by an outside company several years ago. During their debriefing, they expressed that they weren’t seeing much differentiation happening in grade level classrooms. I heard one teacher say, “Well we send our kids to […]
Throughout the school year, we cover reading skills through a hardcore Guided Reading set up. However, during this time of year, we are knee deep in statewide testing. I like to make this week special and low pressure. One of the ways that I do this is to by doing Book Clubs. It is something […]
