The writing process can be so much fun when kids get to use creative writing during the holidays! In this Reindeer Story Writing activity, students of all abilities can get creative and participate in the writing process. CLICK HERE to check out this resource in my TPT Shop! Let’s get started! Step 1: Pre-Writing Every […]
A Positional Word Game: Where is the Elf?
Spatial concepts are typically a struggle all my students have in common. Understanding positional words (such as on, in, under, between, behind, and next to) enhance a child’s ability to give and follow directions within activities of their everyday life. A few years ago, I wanted to incorporate practicing positional concepts into my classroom’s daily […]
5 Story Retelling Activities for Students with Special Needs
Deciding how to teach retelling to students with special needs can be difficult. Being able to retell information is an important life skill and goes hand in hand with comprehension. Recalling and summarizing information can be difficult for students with cognitive delays. Repetitive story retelling practice will help increase comprehension skills and improve student’s ability […]
6 Fun Back to School Resources for Special Ed
Back to School season is here! Time to set up your classroom, prepare your resources, and get organized. Getting your special ed classroom prepared for the school year can be a challenge. Whether you teach a self-contained resource room or you are an inclusion teacher, there are many resources and activities you can prep before […]
6 Quick and Easy Alphabet Games and Activities Using Alphabet Posters
You can incorporate these easy alphabet games into your daily schedule using Alphabet Posters! Turning letter recognition practice into a game is fun for students, engaging, and a great time filler! Alphabet games are a great way to target letter recognition, letter matching, and beginning sounds. Here are 6 quick and easy alphabet games to […]
Responsibility Lesson Plans for Elementary
Looking for a lesson on responsibility for your elementary students, but can’t seem to find one that meets all your student’s needs? You might see other teachers doing fun character lessons and want to do those too, but the activities don’t quite fit with your student’s abilities. Maybe you need just a little bit of […]
Kindness Activities for the Special Ed Classroom
There are so many fun ways to promote kindness in the classroom! I created this unit for my classroom so I could reach my students of all ability levels, and promote a positive classroom culture. The lessons in this unit can be used in any sequence, individually, or as part of the whole unit. The […]
Penguin Activities for Elementary and Special Ed
The month of January is a great time to learn about Arctic Animals and this week we are learning about Penguins! Check out what we are doing! Penguin Books: Here is a list of the 5 books I am using for daily read alouds. All of these were checked out from my local library! Little […]
Spooky House Writing Activity for Special Ed
Halloween is one of my favorite crafty seasons at school! Every year my students get to make a Spooky House as our big Halloween activity. Then, we take turns sharing and describing the spooky houses with a fun, five senses writing activity. CLICK HERE to go check out the activity in my TPT Shop. Step […]
Online Class Meetings: Rules and Activities
Making the switch from teaching in the classroom to online class meetings has been quite the challenge! Not only are we moving all our lessons online, we are also trying out classroom management in online class meetings! Holy cow, have things changed in the last few months! A few weeks ago, I started having weekly […]
Distance Learning Lesson Plans for Special Ed
The transition to distance learning in these last few weeks has been a bit stressful! I teach an Intense Resource Room for students with multiple abilities, and reaching all their needs from a distance is a bit challenging! At school, we work on so many things! How am I supposed to do this when they […]