Helping Special Education Teachers Deliver Effective Interventions
Making inferences is such a challenge for some of my students. Better yet, many students can make an inference, but they struggle to support their inference with details, facts, or background knowledge. Today, we did a fun activity to begin making inferences and supporting them with evidence. While my students were at special, I hid […]
Managing Your To-Do List: Ever feel like you have an ENDLESS to-do list? I know I do. Between home, teaching, and blogging, I always have something that needs to be done. Actually, I am often asked I how am able to manage it all. Today’s post shares my method for keeping my life organized! It isn’t rocket […]
This summer, I began reading the book Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading. I immediately fell in love with the suggestions that Tanny McGregor offered. This week, we are beginning our school year by talking about schema, and this was the perfect opportunity to use Tanny’s lint roller idea as inspiration. To begin, I had several […]
Differentiation is something that is so close to my heart. I can’t say that every aspect of my instruction is differentiated, but I do my best to ensure that I am meeting all of my students where they are. As I was reading “Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom” by Carol Ann Tomlinson this summer, […]
Each year, I scour Pinterest trying to find activities for the first day of school that are engaging for upper elementary students. I want to find activities that will allow me to learn and connect with each student. After FINALLY nailing down my plans, I wanted to share a few of my ideas for my […]
Each school year, I set a goal for myself. This past year, my goal was to do a better job of integrating science and social studies into my reading and writing curriculum. Although I’m pleased with my progress, I can’t wait to make a few more changes to make this upcoming year even better! Below are […]
