What is the difference between an inclusion classroom and a regular classroom? How to Tell if your Child's Classroom is Inclusive. (really!)
The latest graphic from Kristin Weins, an educator, inclusion coach, and author of My Gratitude Jar, lists the best practices…
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An education blog with strategies, tips and information for teachers about teaching students with disabilities in the inclusive classroom.
We had another class Monday night with our new dual/ELL staff members, and this time we focused on differentiation and what that may look like across the subject areas. As we have done in the past, we had the teachers participate in a gallery walk and thus rotate around with their groups to add to a series of posters focused on this topic of differentiation. Yet again, our wonderful staff did not disappoint and came up with a wide assortment of ideas as to how instruction can be differentiated for our students! I typed up their ideas on a nice one page spread for them, and thought you all may find it useful as well! Click on it to grab a copy for yourself or a friend. Graphics/Fonts: Scrappin' Doodles, Rowdy Fonts, My Cute Graphics Also, (as if you haven't already heard ;)), I wanted to let you all in on the big secret. TpT will be hosting a "3 Million Teachers Strong" sale February 27-28th. In using promo code TPT3, you can get up to 28% off at my store along with so many more! How exciting is it to see this community of teachers growing and working together :)!
Here at the Inclusion Lab, we talk a lot about ensuring the full participation of all learners during classtime. But what about noninstructional times like lunch, recess, and extracurricular activities? These provide students with rich opportunities for developing friendships and honing social skills—but too often, kids with disabilities don’t get the supports they need to […]
Supporting students during traumatizing times Last Monday, information was shared with colleagues regarding strategies that could be...
Prompting Hierarchy- How I got duped! What you need to know about the prompting hierarchy. Snag the infographic and info perfect for working with your staff!
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
Creative ideas for who you can build collaboration in the classroom - YOUR classroom! Ideas and videos included!
One of the hardest parts of being a teacher is making sure you are providing instruction at the level of all your students in the classroom. In classes of 30+ students, it can seem daunting to modify for kids that still need help, while also increasing the rigor for kids that have already mastered the ... Read more
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A blog about the everyday experiences in a fifth grade classroom, including lessons, activities, organization tips, and an occasional freebie!
This post may contain affiliate links. That means that if you click the links and make a purchase I may receive compensation at no additional cost to you. I do not recommend any companies that I do not persoanlly use and love. Please read our disclaimer for more info. Often, teaching inclusion math in middle school, it is difficult to keep all students moving at the same pace. We faced this challenge recently when teaching our unit on exponent laws. We begin teaching exponent laws by teaching the different laws, product of powers, quotient of powers, power of a power, negative exponent rules, and the power of zero. On the first day, I provide my students who struggle in math with these cheat sheets of the rules, Power of Exponents. Throughout the unit, if anyone else gets our attention, we’ll give them one also. We then spend a few days giving students plenty of practice and reviewing all of the different problems with them. During this time we provide them with individual attention as needed. The Problem Once we feel as though it is time to move on and begin introducing coefficients, we do. But this year there was a snag. We were noticing that while many of the students were ready to move on, some weren’t. To decipher what was happening we gave them a quick, ungraded assessment. I gave the students a six-question quiz to see how they’d do. In one of our classes, the lowest score was a 3, and most students had a 5 out of 6. But, in our other class, the smaller class which usually does better, there were a significant number of ones and twos! Cue to a moment of panic and the realization that we need more time. The Plan We decided that the best way to combat this issue was to have centers. For our class that was doing well, we had six centers that the students rotated through. For our class that had some struggling, we pulled the group that had three or less right on the assessment into a small group for remediation. I took this group to my classroom where we went back to basics. The Centers I had not made enough exponent products that would be useful to us, so we went to Pinterest. In my adventures, I found this bundle, Properties of Exponents Activities and Games. One center was a foldable from this product where the students had to cut out the shape and figure out which rule and example went with which graphic. We also used the mazes from this product as another center where the students could work together to solve each of the mazes. We left them the answer key so that they could check when they were finished. A third center was the puzzle from this product, which I cut out and laminated. Any excuse to laminate is a good thing in my book! We also had a fourth center where the students would watch a YouTube video about the laws, which also introduced the coefficient and how it affected the operations. The fifth center was additional practice with task cards that I made that did not include coefficients. Properties of Powers Exponents. I also laminated these because I LOVE laminating! And the final center was a teacher run station where we could work with them on specific topics based on the needs of the group. The Results The students were engaged in this lesson. My co-teacher and I had been trying to find a way to incorporate centers into our class for a while, and this was our first attempt. We did learn different things about the specific classes and ways that we will do differently in the future. For example, the class where we chose the groups went better than the class where they chose their groups. Even though we gave explicit instructions, there was still a lot of confusion, and we should have put table tents with the instructions at the centers themselves as back up. All in all, it was a great lesson, and the group of students who were pulled for remediation all left asking if we could do that again soon. Which is unexpected for eighth-graders to want to be pulled out of the classroom! See also: Why You Should Be Using Centers in Your Secondary Classroom Using Reference Sheets to Support Your Inclusion Students Get your free IEP summary page! Subscribe to get our latest content by email. Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. First Name Email Address We use this field to detect spam bots. If you fill this in, you will be marked as a spammer. Get your download! We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time. Powered by ConvertKit
Strategies and supports for executive functioning challenges can make all the difference, especially for students who struggle with task initiation. This is such an important skill, since it's like the motor in allowing us to get started on all tasks and assignments. When someone is struggling to in
We had another class Monday night with our new dual/ELL staff members, and this time we focused on differentiation and what that may look like across the subject areas. As we have done in the past, we had the teachers participate in a gallery walk and thus rotate around with their groups to add to a series of posters focused on this topic of differentiation. Yet again, our wonderful staff did not disappoint and came up with a wide assortment of ideas as to how instruction can be differentiated for our students! I typed up their ideas on a nice one page spread for them, and thought you all may find it useful as well! Click on it to grab a copy for yourself or a friend. Graphics/Fonts: Scrappin' Doodles, Rowdy Fonts, My Cute Graphics Also, (as if you haven't already heard ;)), I wanted to let you all in on the big secret. TpT will be hosting a "3 Million Teachers Strong" sale February 27-28th. In using promo code TPT3, you can get up to 28% off at my store along with so many more! How exciting is it to see this community of teachers growing and working together :)!
This series of differentiated worksheets includes all of the topics of solving equations and can differentiate the classwork and homework in your classroom.
Use this for behaviour management in the classroom and home! Great worksheet.
When trying to differentiate instruction for our students, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Here are 6 Easy Ways to Differentiate Instruction
Here are some of the practice worksheets that are in our morning folders this month. I put the 10 of these into one packet! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Work-April
This post contains affiliate links. Positional Words are some of those concrete concepts that students need to be familiar with. They are a part of our every day vocabulary, especially in the classroom! “Sit beside her.” “Line up behind the door.” “Walk in front of the building.” These are just a few phrases I can ... Read More about Positional Words FREEBIE
I have a new favorite chart! I found this on pinterest and knew it would be great to use during the first week with my new little first graders. Amanda (the smartie who made this) from First Grade Garden graciously allowed me to share a printable I made to go along with her anchor chart. I was so busy my first week that I never got around do doing this activity with the kids, so I'm saving it for one of those days when I think they need a big reminder about being good listeners. Also, I may tie it in with a writing lesson on labeling. Click the image to download this document.
Using the popular board game frustration as an AAC communication and interaction game. Perfect for teaching a range of skills.
This post is going to be full of randomness! Our author study for this month is David Shannon. We've been loving all of his books, especially the David books! The kids drew David. So cute, right? During the Daily 5, we've been talking about how important it is to select books that are a good fit. We compared hard, easy and just right books to riding a bike. We also worked on retelling and what a good retelling sounds like. The retelling anchor chart I adapted from Hello Literacy. we In math, we've been working on Tally marks! This little poem helps the littles SO MUCH when figuring out when to cross the 5th mark. Finally, in Science we are learning about weather and the water cycle. We made these super cute rainbow-clouds to hang from the ceiling. They took all of 10 minutes to make and really brighten up the room! I found this water cycle song on proteacher.net. We sing this to the tune of She'll be Coming 'Round The Mountain. Enjoy the rest of your week!
As special educational needs (SEN) teachers, we often find ourselves focusing intensely on helping our students master specific skills. However, the true measure of success lies not just in the acquisition of these skills, but in the ability to apply them across various contexts and situations. This concept is known as generalisation of skills, and it's a crucial aspect of learning and development, particularly for students with special educational needs.
6 Effective co-teaching models, the pros and cons to each one, and advice on when to use them.
Is your child struggling with calculations? Did you experience real difficulties with basic arithmetic? It could be due to a condition called dyscalculia.
6 Effective co-teaching models, the pros and cons to each one, and advice on when to use them.
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After part one of guided reading and small groups in middle school ELA, this post outlines what the other students are doing during this time
Marzano's 9 Instructional Strategies include non-linguistic representations, generating and testing hypotheses, and summarizing.
This post shares tips and strategies for teaching different learning styles to meet the needs of all learners.
Teaching partnerships need to be cohesive in order to function and be successful in the classroom. Get my tips and advice to make co-teaching work.
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Visible Thinking is about helping students become better thinkers. The way our students think and their disposition towards thinking, are each greatly influenced by the culture of our schools and c…
