I will be back this week with more on evidence-based practices, but today we have a special surprise. Kim from Mrs. H's Resource Room is going to share her strategies on reading with you, which
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A blog about autism resources and support from a special ed teacher with first-hand experience.
A blog about autism resources and support from a special ed teacher with first-hand experience.
Every day there are at least two, sometimes three, lunch buddies groups meeting. Today, in theWednesday 2nd grade group, we covered a great deal. Wearing our &…
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A blog about autism resources and support from a special ed teacher with first-hand experience.
Morning meeting is a fantastic time to target generalization in the special education classroom and to get students up and learning. We offer students multiple opportunities to take a turn, move or participate. We begin morning meeting by having students choose what they are working for during the group time. Most of my students are ... Read More about Morning Meeting in Action!
In this blog post, you will find 10 free ideas for teaching about integers in your classroom. You will find lessons, songs and games. You will also find printable resources from our store, as well as some fun Amazon integer games. 1. This video helps explain integers to students: What is an Integer? PBS Math Club 2. Integer Addition and Subtraction Music Video - This is a kid favorite as they may even sing along! 3. Adding and Subtracting Integers Video Lesson Plus Free Printable Worksheets 4. Quotient Product Signs Music Video - Integers Multiplication and Division 5. Comparing Integers Game of War 6. Math Integers Game - This could be done for addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. 7. Bike Racing Math Integers Video Game Directions - Click HERE to play the game online. 8. Scholastic Integer Football Game - Click HERE for free download and directions. 9. Integers Task Cards - Have a scavenger hunt or play a game of SCOOT. 10. Math Domain - Pre-Algebra App - Free Download ----------------------------------- Click HERE to see lots more printable integer resources in our store. ----------------------------------- Integers on a Number Line Task Cards ----------------------------------- Real World Integers Task Cards ----------------------------------- Adding Integers Task Cards Click HERE for Subtracting Integers Task Cards ----------------------------------- Multiplying Integers Task Cards Click HERE for Dividing Integers Task Cards ----------------------------------- Integers Interactive Math Notebook ----------------------------------- You may also like these resources from our Amazon Associate store: Conceptual BINGO - Integers ----------------------------------- Integers Clear Tumble 'N Teach Math Cube ----------------------------------- 24 Game: Integers ----------------------------------- Integers Multiplication and Division BINGO ------------------------- -------------------------------------- Shelly Anton is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ** This means there are Amazon affiliate links in these blog posts. This does not mean you pay a dime more when you purchase a product through the link. It just means I am trying to save you valuable teacher time by making it easier for you to find valuable resources for your students, and I earn a few cents for my research and time. Thank you for all you do for kids!
Using environmental print to navigate the world and interact with others is a critical life skill. Here are some tips for writing goals for them.
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If you have been anywhere near social media in 2018, I am sure you have heard at least one from this handful of words: meditation, mindfulness, self-care. The yesteryears of wearing the busy badge of honor are out with 2017. ...
Today I am honored and so very excited to help shine a light on resources to help us understand students with autism and other special needs. Here are five of our favorite books that tackle this topic. Looking After Louis by Leslie Ely finds the young narrator taking notice that Louis is different but taking him under her wing and helping him out at school nonetheless. But will she think it's fair when he earns extra recess and she's not the one who gets to go with him? In He's My Brother by Joe Lasker, we never really know what Jamie's "invisible handicap" is, but throughout, we get to know from the brother's perspective what it's like to be Jamie's sibling. I especially like the way it switches between black and white and color as we journey through his feelings with them. Lori Mitchell's Different Just Like Me journeys with a young girl who travels through town noticing all sorts of accommodations that help people who are different, just like she. It even has a page with Braille numbers on it. Based on real-life siblings Ryan and RJ, My Brother Charlie, by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete, is the sister's viewpoint of who her brother is and how their needs differ. My favorite part: Charlie has autism. But autism doesn't have Charlie. Understanding Sam by Clarabelle van Niekerk and Liezl Venter takes a sensitive look at Asperger Syndrome and the eccentricities that can come with being on the spectrum. Sam is different, but it's not until he goes missing that his parents realize that they might need to seek professional help. Here are two that are on my list; click them to read the reviews that piqued my interest! Sometimes students with special needs have a difficult time identifying and understanding their feelings, so I created a Feelings Booklet that you can download {here} to help in that area. Print the pages on card stock and hole punch in the corner so your students can keep them on a ring. Or staple it along the top or side and let them have a little book. Encourage them to draw themselves or cut out pictures from a magazine that'll match the feelings on each page. Then let them talk about times when they've felt that way. What happened first? What happened next? What happened last? Teachers have also used Social Stories for these kiddos with great success. A story that eloquently explains raising a child with autism is Emily Perl Kingley's A Trip To Holland. What are your go-to resources for Autism Awareness?
This freebie is free next dollar worksheets that I've shared in the past, but some of you may not have seen it. The next dollar worksheets require a student to identify how many dollars are needed to cover a price of something.
Listen to this Special Ed Podcast with 15 great ideas for Functional Centers for students with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism in High School. Read more and subscribe today!
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Start group counseling sessions with purpose. Make the warm-up targeted, personalized, engaging, and routine. Use activities like feelings check-ins, icebreakers, write nows, challenges, skill demonstration, and mindful minutes.
A blog about autism resources and support from a special ed teacher with first-hand experience.
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Click HERE to view our Teachers Pay Teachers Promoting Success store. Note: This blog post contains resources from our TpT store and Amazon Associate store. Click HERE to follow us on Instagram. Click HERE to follow us on Facebook. -------------------------------------------- My how have times changed. No longer do we believe children must sit absolutely still and quiet in order to learn. There is so much research on brain development, movement, time on task, and more. Research shows that movement fires the brain and increases achievement. But how do we encourage movement without losing learning and time on task? Here are some ideas: 1. Flexible Seating 2. Student Centered Classroom 3. Project Based Learning 4. Positive Behavior Supports 5. Brain Breaks Hip Hop Style There are also some resources you may purchase from our Amazon Associate store to help students focus. The first item is a Balance Disc. It is typically for exercise and fitness. However, this air filled balance disc is fabulous for proprioceptive sensory input. Student with autism, attention deficit disorder, and many other students will benefit from these discs. Just place these on the students' seats to help focus and increase time on task. These could be used on the carpet for opening group times, in each student's chair, or in special learning centers. They are also great at home at the dinner table or the home school learning table! You may also wish to use fidgets. According to Zentall, an activity that uses a sense other than that required for the primary task — listening to music while reading a social studies textbook — can enhance performance in children with ADHD. Doing two things at once, she found, focuses the brain on the primary task. Mesh-and-Marble Fidget Toy (8-pack) - Stress / Anxiety Relief for Adults and Kids - BPA Free Kore Patented WOBBLE Chair, Made in the USA, Active Sitting for Toddler, Pre-School, Kids, and Teens; Kids don't have to sit still anymore - "The BEST seat in any Classroom"! Gaiam Kids Stay-N-Play Balance Ball Bouncy Bands for Chair (Blue support pipes) --------------------- Task cards also support movement in the classroom! Check out this freebie at Teachers Pay Teachers Promoting-Success! ------------------------------------- Please click HERE to see more books and resources from my Amazon store. I've searched for the best-selling and/or highest rated teaching resources for you! (I earn a small commission.) --------------------------------------------------------- Click HERE to view our Teachers Pay Teachers Promoting Success store. Shelly Anton is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ** This means there are Amazon affiliate links in these blog posts. This does not mean you pay a dime more when you purchase a product through the link. It just means I am trying to save you valuable teacher time by making it easier for you to find valuable resources for your students, and I earn a few cents for my research and time. Thank you for all you do for kids!
What Are Stimulus Prompts? Stimulus prompts are any type of prompt in which we change the materials in a way to help the learner give the correct response. Any time we change the way the
This 7 minute animal themed HIIT workout for kids improves emotional regulation and reduces meltdowns. Loved by OTs, teachers, and parents alike!
One of the life skills we need to work on with students is community signs. It’s important that students not only know how to read the signs, but they also need to know what they mean. Here are some of the ways that we target the skills. May contain affiliate links We begin by looking ... Read More about Teaching About Community Signs
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I am beyond thrilled that my kids are starting to work on identifying nouns and verbs! We have been trying to get to this for awhile, but other things kept coming up. We started by using this visual from Amy Anastas on TPT. Then, we brainstormed our own list of people, places, things, and animals. We also completed some of Amy's worksheets which had the kids sort pictures of people, places, things, and animals. We also did this worksheet where the kids highlighted the nouns they found in each sentence. My kids seemed to catch onto this idea pretty quickly. It was much harder when I decided to add VERBS into the mix! After brainstorming verbs (the kid's favorite verb is "burping") and highlighting them in sentences, we moved into trying to distinguish between a noun and verb. And we were kind of stuck there for quite a few days! Half of my kids get it completely, and the other half are still very confused. I hate when this happens, because I want to move on for the kids who get it, but don't want to leave the others behind in the dust. We will dedicate a couple more days to this and hope everyone gets it! We did this "Pot of Gold" noun and verb sorting activity (which I can no longer find on TPT :-(. Then we took the words and I had the kids make their own sentences. Then we labeled them together on the board and the kids drew pictures to accompany their sentences. Stay tuned for more of our grammar adventures throughout the rest of the year!
Visual Prompts, Visual Schedules and Visual Supports for Children with Special Needs: Classroom Adaptations for Visual Learners via RainbowsWithinReach
To help staff implement discrete trial procedures and ABA in the classroom, this post includes a free set of flow charts of the steps for easy refererence.
If you are an educator of special learners and haven’t yet heard of ULS (Unique Learning Systems) I am thrilled for you to read this post! I am by no means an expert and this is my first year using ULS but I can tell you I am completely and totally impressed! As most special education teachers I struggled from` the very beginning with providing practical and realistic curriculum while also aligning my lessons with the common core. I still remember when I first transferred into a self-contained classroom from only previously teaching general education…I asked my principal what curriculum I was supposed to use. He literally said, “Whatever you want”. Uh…. excuse me? I felt lost and insecure and started to mix a little bit of this and create a little bit of that. I seemed to manage but boy did it feel like a lot of work and a lot of “creativity” on my end and in the back of my mind I always felt like there were a few whose needs I was not meeting. Later in the year I was selected to participate in a pilot research program later to find out the program was to implement the use of Unique Learning Systems in my classroom. So….without further adieu here is why I am such a believer in this program.
If you assume a child WANTS to behave well, then misbehavior becomes a clue – what skills are they lacking or what barriers are in the way of them behaving well. How do we address those barri…
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Understanding the basics of a 504 plan can be beneficial for parents, teachers, and students alike. This plan is designed to provide suppo...
A blog about autism resources and support from a special ed teacher with first-hand experience.
Help kids learn impulse control skills using these practical strategies to support development of executive functioning.
What is the difference between an inclusion classroom and a regular classroom? How to Tell if your Child's Classroom is Inclusive. (really!)
Many of you have emailed me asking about resources for setting up your own Life Skills Classroom. I have some great news….I finally have a TPT product that supplies you with everything to start your
As many of you know, my family and I are expecting baby number three in just a few short weeks. As I take some time off from work and blogging to spend time with my family both before and after my new son’s birth, I am thrilled to share with you some amazing posts written […]
