Focused on students!
Everyone needs a break sometimes, right? Over the years, I have supported many students who have Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) in place or may just need a little support on any given day. My resource space is pretty wide open, so there are not a lot of options for anyone to take a private […]
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If only my job was to read books all day long… (sigh) Luckily, quite a bit of my day does include sharing my love of books with the BEST audience (in my opinion!) – my students! And even better is the conversations that come along with digging into a favorite read aloud. As much […]
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Earth Day is on the way! If you’ve been following my adventures in special education for awhile, you probably already know that we don’t have a lot of “extra” time to celebrate holidays and special occasions. This doesn’t mean I don’t want to…but that I just have to be a bit more creative to […]
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I’m sharing our favorite Easter read aloud books and activities! This is a throwback post to last Easter. What can I say? Why mess with what works, lol! 😉 Happy Spring and Almost-Easter! We still have two weeks (9 more school days!) until Spring Break, so I’m bringing out the spring favorites to […]
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How many days do you have until the last day of school? If you’re like me, you probably already know the actual days vs. school days, minus end-of-year ceremony days, etc. (I have 22 school days, minus jury duty at the end of the month!). Some classrooms use visual countdowns…I’ve seen so many creative ideas […]
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Are you feeling lucky? If you are looking for some “lucky” deals to support your students, check out #SpEdisLucky at Teachers Pay Teachers! There are some fantastic dollar deals to celebrate St Patrick’s Day (and beyond): If you hop over to my store, you’ll find the following products on sale for only […]
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Here’s a quick post to share some of my favorite ideas to celebrate Phil and his counterparts! February 2nd just happened to also be our 100th day this year! Groundhog’s Day will still get a little attention during my reading intervention groups 🙂 Every year I use this writing activity to make our predictions: […]
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How to do you promote kindness in your classroom? I can imagine a non-teacher may not even think about “teaching” kindness to our children. Isn’t it something that is modeled or assumed? I know I had similar assumptions before entering the classroom, but whether are students arrive with strong models and positive experiences […]
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So, I have a bit of a situation here in first grade land… You may not have gotten it from my elusive blogpost title: Although it’s already the end of November, my students are only now slowly, but surely showing signs of enjoying each other’s company. Just mini “glimpses” of warmth, but we’re definitely not at […]
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 I’ve created an update for our Daily 5 Work on Writing: Personal Writing Lists! We just wrapped up our 5th week of first grade and it’s hard to tell who is learning more… my students or me 😉 We have been practicing center rotations during Guided Reading (following a modified Daily Five model). […]
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