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 […]
Spooky House Writing Activity for Special Ed
Halloween is a fun time of year to explore your five senses and get crafty in the classroom! One of my favorite Halloween activities for my elementary classes is making Spooky Houses! After our Spooky Houses are created, students take turns sharing and describing their Spooky Houses using this five senses writing activity. CLICK HERE […]
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 […]
Sequence and Write Freebie for Distance Learning
Creating appropriate distance learning activities for students with special needs can be a difficult task. Two concepts that are consistently being worked on in my classroom are sequencing and writing (on many different levels). So in the midst of our current pandemic situation, I created a printable Sequence and Write Freebie to support these concepts […]
Potato Pants! Book Companion: Lesson on Forgiveness
“Potato Pants!” by Laurie Keller is an adorable story about a Potato who wants to buy some Potato Pants. But… when Potato goes to the Pants Store, Eggplant causes him to face some different emotions and he has to learn about forgiveness. This book is a great story to use when teaching your students about […]
Winter Yeti Read Alouds and Activities
Is it snowing Yeti? I don’t know about you, but I am ready for some Winter snow! While my class patiently waits for the snow to fall, we are doing all things Yeti style! Yeti Read Alouds We Loved Spaghetti with a Yeti by Adam Guillian Spaghetti with the Yeti is an adorable story about […]
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 […]
November Books and Read Aloud Activities
It’s November! Get out the turkey books for read aloud time! Here are some of my favorite November books and read aloud activities to go along! Who Will Carve the Turkey This Thanksgiving? by Jerry Pallotta and David Biedrzycki Who Will Carve the Turkey This Thanksgiving? is a silly story about what would happen if […]
Pumpkin Experiment: Do Pumpkins Sink or Float?
Fall is always a good time to do some fun experimenting with pumpkins! We happen to be right in the middle of our Science Fair Unit, so it seems like a great time to do a fun experiment with “sink or float.” Why not start with a pumpkin?! I also did this experiment at home […]