Focused on students!
What types of small groups do you work with throughout the day? As a special educator working in an inclusion setting, small groups are my bread and butter! BUT you don’t have to have two adults in the room to be able to successfully work with students in a smaller group setting. In this […]
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Around the world, around the world… (are you singing it with me?) This blogpost wraps up my series on Movement Games for the classroom! I’ve had a blast sharing the active games my students enjoy in our reading intervention space. I hope you’ve been able to catch my Facebook Live: Wake-Up Wednesdays to […]
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Can you manage your entire class with a piece of tape? Zebra tape, more specifically 😉 Okay, you probably can’t manage the entire class with tape, but I have had major success in helping students stay focused on tasks with this magical tool! These pictures in this post show how simple it is: […]
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This post is a glimpse of all the hands-on math learning my students do in small group math instruction! Thank you DeeDee from Mrs. Wills Kindergarten for gathering educators to share their math tips and tricks 🙂 I’m going to let the pictures do most of the talking in this post, but you can […]
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Guided Math is definitely getting spooky around here! Specifically between 10:15-11:30… when my co-teacher and I tackle Guided Math! Our first graders use the curriculum from Eureka Math (Engage NY). It’s our 3rd year and I just now feel like I’m getting it! We have 26 students and have divided them into three groups: Group 1 (10 […]
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What tips and tricks are you using to manage student behavior? As the year winds down, most of my teaching day is filled with assessments and assemblies. My structured teaching schedule is barely recognizable and hardly qualifies for actual “teaching”…except for my daily pull-out group. This 45-60 minute session is sacred and will continue until the very […]
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Here’s what we’ve been busy with the past 2 weeks: Jelly Bean Estimation! Students use the container with 10 and 100 to compare the “mystery number” container in the middle. Students are practicing this concept in the general education curriculum, plus I have a newly formed “Math Club” for students SO close to reaching their goals, but […]
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