Prepare for the school year by organizing your curriculum for your self-contained special education classroom.
IEP Goal Bank: A free list of IEP Goal Examples and IEP Objectives separated by goal category or area of need; includes a PDF of IEP goals.
Kids who struggle with self-regulation and managing emotions may get unique accommodations written into their IEP or 504 plan. Learn more, as parents share the surprising supports that help their child cope with challenges.
Preparing to attend an IEP meeting? Carly from Lipgloss and Crayons shares great questions to ask and tips from an experienced special education teacher!
IEP holds great significance as goals are set for every child according to their need and level of disability. While mostly these goals revolve around various subjects, to inculcate concepts; there can also be IEP organizational goals to help children with the skill of organizing. While there is no
Learn about types of accommodations for special education students in math, reading, writing, homework & tests, and organization. Download a free printable!
November dates to note: November Nov. 6 Daylight Savings Time Ends - "Fall Back" Nov. 7 2nd Grade ~ OKCFD Smokehouse visit @1:00 pm Nov....
Communicating with parents has to be one of the most important things we do as special education teachers in the sub separate setting. Many of our students cannot communicate things about their day when they get home as their typical peers do. It is our job that parents have the information they need to be […]
Photo Source: busyteacher.org Attempting to regain control of your classroom after the winter break? We found this poster over at BusyTeacher.org and thought it offered a great reminder of the various things you should do {and not do!}. The reminders are simple, but are designed to help you gain perspective and set about {or continue} managing your classroom in a positive and encouraging way! BusyTeacher.org offers this poster - and lots of other great resources - for FREE over at their website, so be sure to visit and pick up your own copy!
Use these 10 SEL handouts to help the families at your school learn about different social skills topics. The handouts include information about the topic, as well as practical ways to explore the topic at home. The handouts are a great way to support families as they navigate these topics with their children. Want more handouts? Grab the bundle and save 20%! ********************************************************************************************************* Includes color and b&w handouts for the following topics: What Is Bullying Standing Up to Bullying Communication Skills Conflict Resolution Healthy Friendships Hygiene Internet Safety Kindness & Empathy Peer Pressure Sportsmanship The handouts are provided in PDF, and editable PPT formats. ********************************************************************************************************* Ideas For Use: Keep these on hand so that you can provide them to parents and families as needed. Display these handouts at back-to-school nights, open houses, or other family events. Choose one handout a week to send home with students. Display these handouts in your office or in a place where families can take them as needed. ********************************************************************************************************* If you are satisfied with this resource, please leave feedback. If there is something I can improve upon, please e-mail me at [email protected] and I will do my best to accommodate you. Please check out my other resources you are sure to love: Character Education Handouts Self-Regulation Family Handouts For more updates on my new products: Follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers! Follow me on Pinterest! Follow me on Facebook! Follow me on Instagram! To read the terms of use and copyright information for this resource, please click here.
Lesson Plan Diva is having a behavior plan linky party! This is a great idea, because I'm always looking for new ways to manage classroom b...
Today, I am talking about how I DESIGN my classroom, before I even get to step into it for the new year! I know what you are thinking, “ALREADY?”… I am the first one to tell you to take the time to RELAX, have FUN with family and friends, and take time to yourself and […]
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I was in a heated IEP meeting one time, and a teacher angrily blurted out, 'What do you want from me? Do you want me
Prepare for the school year by organizing your curriculum for your self-contained special education classroom.
Certain tasks are inherently rigorous, including reading idea-dense content, debate, using the writing process and even note-taking.
Printable list of Math IEP Goals, for all ages and grades. Includes calculation and computation in math; and life skills math goals.
Are you overwhelmed with your child's diagnosis? Check out these 70 special needs acronyms as a quick-start guide for friends and family!
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I use a variety of resources to help me in my journey towards a differentiated classroom, and I've had so many readers ask which resources I find most useful so I thought I would share a few of the things that have been helpful for me. I decided to separate this into two different posts. This post will focus on actual printed resources or guides that I use and later I will show you specific items and tools that I use in my class (including some items I wish I had but haven't acquired yet). Above all, resources that I feel have been most helpful to me are any and all publications by the Differentiated Instruction guru, Carol Ann Tomlinson. She is the queen of D.I. I'd LOVE to meet her someday but until then, I stalk her through her publications and books. My favorites are: This is a super easy read, tons of great 'get right to work' suggestions and ideas. Great resource guide for elementary specifically. Great read for those getting started. Knowing that instruction should focus on core principals, I also reference the following website quite a bit to keep up on the latest Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten. It's a great reference site for everything Common Core. A couple of guides that I have made up myself that help me greatly in my day-to-day planning are: Click on the picture above to get a copy of the explanation. And this template I use (not as much anymore more but quite a bit when I first started out) to remind me of the what process I should use for tiering. You can click on the form to get a copy for yourself. Another chart that I use quite often when I think about differentiating in response to learning profiles and intelligences is I put this in the front of my planner to remind me of all the intelligences I should be considering when planning learning centers and other activities. If you'd like a copy for yourself, just click on the picture above to download it. These are just a few references that I use regularly to keep me on the straight and narrow. If you have any great resources that you use, please drop me a comment. I'd love to hear from you. And come back and check out my favorite tools used for differentiating in the next couple of weeks.
Individualized education programs combine special occupation, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and counseling. Once the condition of an individual has been ascertained, a personalized program is developed to help the child with all of their daily and academic concerns. This can be even more beneficial as these executive functioning skills
Co-teaching can take many forms in the classroom. Some of the most common forms of co-teaching are outlined below. Many resources exist that describe these methods of co-teaching in more detail and…
Woah, where has January gone?? Time sure flies these days. Anyway, today I want to talk about report cards. Every teacher's favorite thing to do, right?! I can already hear your laughter :) So we just finished our second term, and with the end of the term comes report cards and parent-teacher conferences. This year, our school set a goal to have "student-led" conferences as a way to make the students take a little more ownership of their learning, and try to make the actual parent-student-teacher time more meaningful (10 minutes is just never enough time to really tell a parent how their child is doing). So in my district, we hold conferences twice a year, which is a new change that just recently started. Previously we had 3 conferences during the year, but found that holding a conference before school began didn't really accomplish anything because we hadn't even met the child yet, so we couldn't really set goals and whatnot.... So it was basically just a "meet the teacher" meeting, and we ended up having to hold individual meetings with many parents prior to the next "official" conference time, because we couldn't wait until November to address any issues or concerns we had once the year began. So now we do conferences in September and February, which is great, because it gives us enough time to gather our beginning of the year assessment data, and have a good picture of where each student is at, then in February we are about half-way through the year, so we can review their progress and see if each child is where they need to be in order to reach their end of year benchmark goals. Okay, back to the student-led conferences.... Back in September, as we were preparing for our first conference, one of the upper-grade teachers made a form for each child to fill out.... It was just a basic form with 4 or 5 questions for them to answer, but after only ONE conference using this form, it was very clear that this was NOT going to work out.... It was PAINFUL to sit there and make a seven year old do ALL the writing (because, after all, this is a "student-led" conference, so the student is supposed to be doing the writing and goal setting)... And it took waaaaaay longer than 10 minutes to complete this form. Clearly, we had a problem. One of the first grade teachers was nice enough to share a form with me that she had gotten from her cooperating teacher when she was doing her student teaching.... It was much more simple and just involved circling some pictures as a form of self-assessment.... But it wasn't quite what I wanted....and we all know how it goes when we get a copy of a copy of a copy.... It doesn't keep it's original quality, and unfortunately whoever went to all the trouble of making it didn't put their name or any copyright info on the page, so I couldn't google it and find who made it :( insert sad face here, right?? So, please forgive me in advance if you see this and think, "gosh, this looks a LOT like something I made".... I promise I was not trying to steal your thunder.... Anyway, long story short, I decided to make my own form, and I thought I would share it with all of you!! As you can see, this is just a basic form that the students can fill out themselves.... I plan on having the students do their own self-assessment 3 times during the year... First in September at parent teacher conferences, again in February at our second parent teacher conference, then we will do a final one in class at the end of the year. I keep a copy for my records (which would be great to put in data binders or other "lines of evidence" folders you might be keeping throughout the year), then the students are given a copy to take home. In the past, I've had kids that have colored these and hung them up on their fridge! How fun is that for a report card?! You can download it for free in my TPT store by clicking here! When do you have parent teacher conferences?
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
I talk quite a bit about classroom management on my blog. I have to be honest here. I have tried so many different things. I have tried the clip chart, I have tried check marks, I have tried the “flip the card”. NONE of them work for me. The book Dream Class really changed my thoughts on...
"How can I help my autistic child move from one task or event to the next without meltdowns?" Autistic children thrive on ro...
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
Kids and young adults with ADHD can be extremely bright, creative, and helpful. These are often the learners coming up with new invention ideas, filling up a journal with intricate comic book drawings, and eager to answer all of your questions in class. With that said, learners with ADHD can struggl
