Do you love the idea of inclusion but your students struggle to go into the general education setting? Are you looking for more peer to peer interactions? This is something I am always trying to do. Having general education peers involved in a special education students school day is extremely important. For the most part (there are always exceptions) general education students provide the perfect modeling example for students with special needs. Our students are able to see and hear typical language development and proper social interactions. They are forced to use the skills we have been working on in the classroom. Here are a few ways to get general education and special education students together throughout the school day. 1)Start a peer to peer program. These are awesome. At our school we call it STAR (Students Talking and Relating). General education students who are interested in learning more about disabilities are able to join. Each week we have a lunch group and the students learn about different situations that may arise and how to handle them. An example would be a non verbal student using an AAC device or sign language. How do you interact with them? What are some ways to include them in the group etc. Then the students get to practice these skills throughout the week. 2)Invite general education students into your classroom. Have weekly game time or dance parties. It doesn't have to be long or involve a lot of planning. This is just a way to get peer role models into an environment in which your students are comfortable. 3)Ask your specials teachers about starting adapted programs. At my school we started a program called Music Connections. Two times a week our music teacher, SLP and local college music student put on a class. Students from my classroom as well as select students from other general education classrooms (these change each class) come to the class. The class is geared towards our students with special needs and the general education peers are there to help, encourage and engage with our special education students. They get to dance, play instruments, sing and listen to stories with music incorporated. EVERYONE loves these classes (honestly I think the general education students love it more :)). The class is such a hit our P.E. teachers want to do something similar next year, since we don't have an adapted P.E. program. 4) Recess!! This is the perfect opportunity for kids to interact. Try purchasing some equipment that helps encourage peer interaction. Things like side walk chalk, adapted playground equipment, hula hoops, light weight balls, ribbon dancers, parachutes. bean bags (for tossing) etc. The biggest thing I can say here is let the kids explore. 5)Photo booth- Set up a photo booth in your classroom (again can be simple, put a sheet up for the background and have a few props). Invite some friends in to take pictures. Then show those pictures to your students. Talk about them throughout the week. If your students are able to, use the pictures for a writing assignment. These are just a few was to incorporate more peer to peer interaction throughout the day. Do you have any more ideas? If so, share them in the comments. **None of these photos are mine. They are all from Google. Follow my blog with Bloglovin
Looking for a fun activity to do with your life skills class? Need to help build independence and confidence in your students? Cooking in the classroom with Visual Recipes using Google Slides™ is an exceptionally engaging activity to do with your students in your classroom! This is designed specifically with self-contained special education classrooms in mind, but can be used in general education classrooms, resource rooms, speech rooms, or even at home with your own kids. Valuable life skills can be learned in a highly engaging and motivating way. These recipes include symbol supported text to help support new or struggling readers and real life pictures with step by step instructions guide students to independence in their cooking skills! A text-only version has also been included. A wiggle break link is included to help students get their wiggles out before the activity. Whole class and individual activities are included to help measure comprehension of the activity. ✔ Is it healthy? ✔ Did you like it? ✔ What did we use? ✔ Sequence the Recipe What do you Need? Check the Preview for Ingredients and Materials Skills that can be addressed through cooking: **not all skills addressed in a single cooking activity** ⚡Life Skills Waiting Food Exposure Using a microwave Food/Kitchen Safety Kitchen Vocabulary Self Advocacy ⚡Fine Motor cutting, tracing, stirring, pouring, etc. ⚡Reading Reading Sight Words Practicing Core Word Recognition Practicing Pathways on an AAC Device Vocabulary ⚡Math Counting Measuring Patterns Size/Shape Recognition ⚡Executive Functioning Planning & Organization Following Directions Task Initiation What's Included in This Bundle Jack-O-Lantern Quesadilla Apple Donuts Cracker Spiders Walking Tacos Homemade IceCream Kabobs Berry Parfait Don't Forget to Leave a Review to Earn TPT Credits! Follow Passionate Learners on TPT Don't Miss Out! Sign Up for my Email List and Check Out my Blog
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I have been struggling with 2nd grade recently. I have two 2nd grade classes who are just perfect little angels and I have two other 2nd grade classes who are little demons. It is really hard to plan for them because I can never anticipate what the evil classes are going to do! I was searching through the Music K-8 CD's and I found Pizza Love. I remember singing this song in elementary music and when I listened to it, I remembered all the words. So I decided to create a pizza lesson for 2nd grade. Of course we will sing the song, which I'm sure they will love. Then I am planning a rhythm pattern composition activity that I have adapted from the Music K-8 idea bank. Using pieces of pizza with note values attached, the students will make a pizza. This will be a good way to start teaching the number of beats in a measure, without them knowing it. I've been seeing a lot of activities relating rhythms and syllables of words on Pinterest and I think those are fabulous. I made one specifically for the pizza lesson using pizza toppings. I am pretty confident that 2nd grade will be able to do this because when I talked about syllables and creating lyrics in 1st grade, the students knew exactly what to do.
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Perfect for distance learning! Excellent interpretive listening activity in Spanish to learn about Berta Cáceres and her fight against the Honduran privatization of water, river and natural resources in Honduras. Héroes y Heroínas en América Latina. Includes PDF & Word Student Files and Teacher Files with Answer sheet. This activity will teach your students about her life, struggles, legacy, her assassination and her family through the use of three authentic resources in Spanish, an interview where you hear her speak what she fights for and the history of indigenous communities in Honduras (3 minutes), a short documentary about her assassination and legacy to this day (7 minutes). and lastly, a speech she made when she received the highest humanitarian award in 2015 followed by personal reflection questions for students (4 minutes). Type of questions: Listening Comprehension Questions that must be answered in students' own words, true/false statements, writing own facts and self reflection questions. Great for any units on Heroes, Héroes, Heroínas, Honduras, El medioambiente, the environment, activismo social, activism, and more. Great for Distance Learning! E-Learning. This activity aligns with the AP Spanish Language and Culture units of: Identidades personales y públicas | Identidades privadas y públicas Contexto l La enajenación y la asimilación Contexto 2 La autoestima Contexto 3 La identidad nacional y la identidad étnica Contexto 4 Los intereses personales Contexto 5 Las creencias personales Contexto 6 Los héroes y los personajes históricos Personal and Public Identities | Private and Public Identities Context l Disposal and assimilation Context 2 Self-esteem Context 3 National identity and ethnic identity Context 4 Personal interests Context 5 Personal beliefs Context 6 Heroes and historical figures Y Los desafíos globales - los desafíos mundiales - Contexto 1 Los temas económicos Contexto 2 Los temas del medioambiente Contexto 3 La población y la demografía Contexto 4 El bienestar social Contexto 5 El pensamiento filosófico y la religión Contexto 6 La conciencia social Global challenges Context 1 Economic issues Context 2 Environmental issues Context 3 Population and demography Context 4 Social welfare Context 5 Philosophical Thought and Religion Context 6 Social awareness
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