As special educators, we are always working to foster student independence and have them leave our classrooms as independently as possible. When I was a classroom teacher, I had a classroom pet, as well as a few plants that were wonderful for students having natural and meaningful classroom jobs. As ... READ the POST
Functional Activities For When You Watch A Movie [In Class]
Teacher truth: Sometimes we watch movies on #FunFridays (whether it is in class or in the community) and I know most people's thought when they think about movies being played in class - the teachr is lazy and it's not educational. I beg to differ though. There are some important skills ... READ the POST
Managing Different Levels of IEP Goals & Data Collection
Every SPED classroom is different: whether you have only 1 student with 10 IEP goals, or 20 students with 2 IEP goals each. Then add in the factors of completely different IEP goals, and different levels! There's one thing that's common for all classrooms though - its a lot of work to manage ... READ the POST
Engaging Group Lesson Ideas for Self Contained Sped
If you teach special education, you pretty much know that adapted resources are a necessity in your classroom (task cards, file folders, adapted books...etc)! If your class/students are anything like mine, it is a task to get all of my students to sit for a half an hour and concentrate on a group ... READ the POST
Independent Living IEP Goals Ideas
There are endless number of life skills IEP goals out there, it's just a matter of finding what your student and their family want to focus on when it comes to independent living. It's all about getting to know your student, their future goals, and collaborating with parents/caregivers on what ... READ the POST
Dollar Tree Recycle Sorting Activities
The Dollar Tree has many useful and affordable educational resources. On a teacher's budget, even though a resource might only cost me $1, I still like to try and find ways to make the resource last a long time. This Recycle Activity Kit has been at the Dollar Tree for some time. It comes with 4 ... READ the POST
