January is here! And we as teachers have to be ready to hop right back into the swing of things- and have no time to waste! The time off for the holidays is tough for our students- so the best way for us to get back to making progress is to stay on schedule and busy! Just jump right back in! BE ORGANIZED. When working on comprehension- I focus on one story per week. It helps to have materials prepped and ready for this so you are not scrambling on your students time (because wait time ... continue reading...
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How to Teach Comprehension- December!
If you aren't new around here, you know about my love for teaching comprehension. I have TONS of comprehension units in my TPT store, from science to life skills, monthly to animals. But I still felt that students needed the whole picture to learn comprehension skills like their same age peers. When teaching comprehension, there is more to focus on than just reading. I ... continue reading...
Simple Morning Work
Morning work in the special education classroom doesn't have to be complicated, tons of prep, or stressful for kids or teachers! (( This post will contain affiliate links. You don’t pay anymore, but if you purchase from my link I get a small commission. This allows me to try everything out that I recommend to you and keep my blog running smoothly- so thanks for clicking my links!)) Morning work doesn't have to be paper. We as teachers print A TON. Notes home, worksheets, flyers, data ... continue reading...
Simple Science Curriculum for Special Education
If your class is anything like mine, you are constantly modifying and searching high and low for age appropriate on level curriculum. You probably spend most of your time searching for math and ELA, and science is often forgotten. I know in my class it was. NOT ANYMORE. I started created the simple science curriculum in 2017 and it has been a best selling resource ever since! The simple science curriculum includes Simple Science Comprehension, Simple Science Adapted Book Bundle, Simple ... continue reading...
Introducing Simple Social Studies and Science
If you teach students with special needs, you know curriculum is hard to come by. We spend hours each week searching, creating, and modifying to fit our needs. With Science and social studies, this seems like an impossible hunt. It takes a lot to break down these complex topics and meet what the grade level peers are working on. For some of us, we are required to do so to meet state testing requirements. This year, I am trying to take some stress off of the topic, and create some resources ... continue reading...
Comprehension Strategies in the Special Education Classroom
Comprehension is usually my students lowest skill. Many of my students with Autism can nail routine skills that are straightforward and black and white, but when it comes to less concrete skills, they fall apart. Here are some strategies that I use in my classroom to start at the bottom and build up comprehension skills. For my lower students and nonverbal students...they NEED picture supports to be successful and even begin to learn this skill. The simple passages (1-2 sentences) and ... continue reading...
Center Ideas for Upper Elementary
Special education classrooms thrive on centers! I love incorporating centers into my upper elementary (grades 3-5) classroom schedule because they allow me to provide activities tailored to students' needs, while also helping my students learn to work independently. Looking for center ideas to use with bigger kids? Read on for some ideas that my students and I love! Reading Center Ideas Simple Comprehension The monthly Simple Comprehension stories and activities are perfect for using ... continue reading...
Intro to the Edmark Reading Program
As an upper elementary self contained teacher, Edmark is the reading program I use for most of my students. This whole-word reading program helps students master a variety of common and functional words. Curious about how Edmark works? Keep reading to find out all about it! What is Edmark? The Edmark Reading Program is a word recognition program for teaching students who have struggled to learn to read. Over the course of levels 1 and 2 of the program, students will learn to recognize ... continue reading...
An EASY and FREE Valentine’s Treat
Are you in need of an easy and free valentine's treat to make in February with your students? Look no further because you are going to want to save this post and share with other teachers. Why not make a SIMPLE Valentine's Day Shake with your students for cooking group? You will both love it! When making this easy and free Valentine's Shake, I am going to guess that you might even have all of the ingredients on hand at home. Well, everything except for maybe the strawberry ice cream. This ... continue reading...
A Look Inside a Week of my Lesson Plans
Lesson planning in a self-contained classroom can be tricky. I struggled with lesson planning a ton my first year of teaching! Thankfully I've learned some tips and tricks along the way. Let me show you a look inside a week of my lesson plans! Calendar Time Calendar Time is my favorite time of day! My biggest tip to teachers in self-contained classrooms is to have a routine morning meeting each day. Start the first hour of your day with a calendar/morning meeting. My students love ... continue reading...
5 Resources for at Home Learning
The Coronavirus outbreak has put a stress on teachers and schools to close in order to keep communities safe. For special education teachers, providing at home learning materials can be very difficult. I want to help! I am offering the following for the month of March to ease the pressure and workload placed on teachers and to support students at home during this time period: + FREE hand washing life skills center (visuals and task analysis) + FREE visual recipe for Shamrock Mix + FREE ... continue reading...
Kindness Story
Simple Comprehension was my favorite new year long curriculum from 2017. It is completely finished now, but I just added a FREE bonus story to the Simply Free Library. This is perfect for those using it to grab an extra story (complete with 45 pages of curriculum) Or if you haven't tried it yet, you can try it for free! Sign up to get this free to your inbox. There are 3 levels of materials included with the curriculum. Even with the free set you will get leveled stories, vocabulary, ... continue reading...
How to Balance being a Working Mom
You have more than likely clicked this link because you are a teacher about to become a Mom, a teacher who is already a Mom or maybe even a Mom about to go back to work full time as a teacher. Full disclosure: I have not been a full time teacher WHILE being a Mom yet. But I am a work from home Mom, and balancing ANYTHING while becoming a Mom is just plain hard. A little life update from me if this is your first visit to my page. I said goodbye to my job as an Autism k-4 substantially ... continue reading...
5 Must Have Resources for ESY
ESY is here, and if you are reading this post you must be curious about my 5 must have resources for ESY, so I'll jump right in! The Last 10 Days If you didn't use this resource for your last 10 days of school as intended... this is a MUST HAVE for ESY.... it's 10 days of summer themed lesson plans fully prepped and ready to go for you! July Simple Comprehension If you need ELA resources that are differentiated and target vocabulary, sequencing, reading, ... continue reading...
Teaching Vocabulary to Students with Special Needs
Teaching vocabulary to students with special needs can be challenging. But we must always remember to keep challenging our students- we don't want them to work on picture to picture matching for 12 years- vocabulary is a great way to take the skill to the next level. Here's how I teach it. Simple Comprehension is one of my favorite ways to target so many ELA skills in one unit each week- including vocabulary. Below is July Simple Comprehension. There are 2 levels of vocabulary ... continue reading...
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