Adapted high-quality curriculum to help special education students succeed in the classroom
As teachers, we all have hours of extra time on our hands, right? I bet you love spending your afternoons searching images and manipulating little boxes in Board Maker, right?? WRONG!!! Let’s be real here. Making icons and schedules and visuals and labels is a pain. It’s time consuming and exhausting, especially when you know your time is better spent… Read More
Teaching special education is very trial and error. Some strategies are successful in some classrooms but are a complete bust in others. Here are a few life-changing, time-saving hacks I’ve learned over the last few years. 1. Post-It Notes These are probably the most commonly used office supply in my classroom. Sure, I use them for reminders, but post-its serve… Read More
Step 1: Gather your materials: 10 lb bag of rice isopropyl alcohol gallon ziploc bags gel food coloring (if you want SUPER vibrant rice, you might want two boxes) Step 2: Divide the rice into gallon bags (one for each color you want to make). Step 3 Squirt desired amount of food coloring into each bag. Add about 1tbs of… Read More
As a special education teacher, I know the challenge of differentiating instruction. While my district provides a specialized reading and math curriculum for special education classrooms, they are seriously lacking in the science and social studies department. “Oh, just take what the grade level is doing and modify that,” I was instructed, as a general education teacher handed me a… Read More
