Well, I’ve survived 3 weeks of school and I am exhausted. I’m so glad to have a 3 day weekend to recharge. Next week, my grade is starting homework and I created a homework notebook for each of my kiddos. My kids usually do a spelling activity, a math review, and have a take-home reader...
I hope everyone has gotten back into the routine of school. My kiddos are working hard each day to remember our expectations and daily routines, as well as learning lots of new skills. We started our phonics skills progression two weeks ago. We focused on short a the first week and then short a word families the next week. Each new vowel I am making an anchor poster to display in the room. The kiddos came up with all of the words and then I added the pictures. Anchor charts are such a great visual for our kiddos to remember all the skills they learn each year. Last week I let the firsties make their own anchor charts using our short a word families. They worked in groups to come up with words for their posters and then added pictures to match. They really enjoyed getting to learn these word families in a fun and interactive way! Our next chart focused on text-to-self connections. I borrowed some ideas from my Pinterest board of anchor charts and helped the firsties learn how to connect what they are reading to themselves. My class is doing Whole Brain Teaching this year, so we "Mirrored and echoed" that a text to self connection is when I connect a text to something I've done, something I've felt or something that's happened." My kiddos love earning the points from the Whole Brain system. I would encourage all teachers to look into this fun way of learning. Look out for another post centered on WBT. I changed up our "Me on the Map" unit activity this year, and with the help of some examples from Pinterest I created this one page flip chart activity! My kiddos loved getting to find their place on the map and draw them holding the world! We also learned about the community we live in and who all helps out. I passed out these cute photos of community helpers and let my firsties discuss what each person did to help our community. We then recorded our thoughts and added some more helpers that were not pictured! Check back soon for our short i anchor chart and tips for Whole Brain Teaching! ~Miss A
Enhance the vital skill of answering yes/no questions and advancing vocabulary with these comprehensive task cards. Designed to cover a broad spectrum of vocabulary concepts, this set provides a wide variety of examples, enabling students to practice and enrich their vocabulary. Included are 63 yes/no cards and 63 true/false cards, ideal for practicing both basic and more advanced vocabulary and test-taking skills. Suitable for independent work, guided practice, stations, or therapy sessions, these task cards provide an engaging resource for educational use. Check out our other Vocabulary Activities: Category Mega Pack Advanced Sorting File Folder Activities Fluency Mega Pack For more resources, tips, and materials to help you help children with autism please visit The Autism Helper
This Teacher’s Guide on Renaissance and Reformation is filled with activity ideas and blackline masters that can help your students understand more about the Renaissance and the Reformation. Select or adapt the activities that suit your students’ needs and interests best.
As schools across the country are closed, Google thanks the teachers and childcare workers looking out for their students.
2+2 = confusion and anxiety.
Here's a quick Shape Reference Card to help your little learners! Click on the pic to download! Hope you enjoy! Laura
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Enhancing linguistic organization, discrimination, and vocabulary, these task cards assist in identifying items by their features or functions, supporting various IEP goals. The extensive examples, diverse feature/function types, and variety foster an enjoyable and enriching practice environment for students. Ideal for independent work, guided practice, stations, or therapy sessions, this resource includes 72 Feature Function Cards, complete with labels for convenient storage. Check out our other Vocabulary Activities: Category Mega Pack Advanced Sorting File Folder Activities Fluency Mega Pack For more resources, tips, and materials to help you help childen with autism please visit The Autism Helper
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
Do you need an engaging activity to analyze plot and characters? Examine characters and analyze plot with this fun, engaging activity in a cell phone format. This analysis activity can be used with any piece of fiction, and a completed example is included. There is no prep for you. Just print and go...
Wood doesn't just chop itself! This construction worker is missing one of his important tools. See if your preschooler can figure out which one it is!
If you've been a blog follower for awhile, you know that I don't always discuss the products I make on TPT for a dedicated post of their own...
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Do you have helpers in your classroom? Many teachers have asked over the years about how classroom helpers work in our classes. Here are the top three questions: "Why do you have classroom helpers?" "How do you organize our helpers?" "Can you help me get mine started?" Here are our answers: 1. It helps build a community. 2. The children take on a responsibility/leadership role. 3. Helps the classroom run smoothly. 4. Reduces the teacher's workload. 5. Children LOVE taking responsibility for our room! Each Monday the children look forward to their new jobs! We rotate the jobs because more that one child usually enjoys a job. We like to give every child an opportunity to try each job. Sometimes they find they really enjoy a job that they thought they wouldn't like. Every classroom has a different plan for changing helpers and you have to find what works for you! *Alison loves to change her helpers Friday before she leaves for the day. It is just part of her routine and she feels great about getting it done early! *I love to change mine with the kids on Monday morning as part of my "Monday Morning Routine." It helps us ease back into our week! *Another friend of mine changes her helpers every two weeks because one was too fast. Once the helpers are assigned and posted on our "Helpers" chart the week starts. I never forget who has a job because the chart is there to refer to and the kids know their jobs and take pride in having them. My answer is "YES!" We have several helpers to match what you might need in your room. They are also editable and you can change the job titles & add your students names. You can even add your own cards to match on the "blank" card pages. Once you choose the theme/style that matches your classroom, putting it together is easy peasy! Here is the set I used last year: I backed my cards after I printed them with yellow cardstock to match my color scheme. There are so many ways to display your helpers, here are a few of the ideas we have used: We have attached them on ribbons and used clothespins for the names. We have placed them in a pocket chart and just tucked the children name card next to the job. We have placed them on a magnetic surface, too! These are just some of the jobs in the pack! Best thing, they are EDITABLE! You decide what the names of the jobs are. Here is our selection in a variety of themes: (You can click on any picture below to see it in our store.) Don't see what you need? Contact us at [email protected] to get your request on our list of projects now! Have other ideas for jobs, we would LOVE to hear them. Please comment below or send us an email. Happy Teaching!
Instrument Family ChantsFour, one page chants (rap) of the instrument families - Brass, woodwinds, percussion and strings.A great way to teach students what instruments belong to this family and their characteristics!Rhythms are above the lyrics to make it a rhythm reading activity as well. Uses tik...
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This little one page download is a big help to young children learning to identify shapes and read shape words. We keep these charts available in our Math Tubs and Math Center for student reference! Click on the pic to download! Hope you can use! Peace and Love, Laura
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Grab a free copy of the Pictionary words to create your own game cards for kids to play at home or in the classroom!
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
This model and template will help college, high school, and middle school teachers put together a syllabus that sets you and your students up for a great year.
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
I absolutely love this idea found on Pinterest. I made my own version. What a fab way to get more interesting sentences out of the children....
There are many ways to structure a 90-minute math block. Learn how I break down my whole group vs. small group activities in a manageable way.
Teach students about push and pull forces with this push or pull sorting activity that includes push and pull examples on each card
