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  • Documenting Transition Services and Activities

    Documenting Student Transition Skills and Activities for IEPs

    If you’ve been a follower of mine on Instagram for awhile, you already know I use my Transition Tracking Sheets in my classroom. These sheets have been a great help in developing IEPs and to have at the IEP meeting. They make documenting special education transition services and activities in the classroom easy. Each year […]

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  • Planning for Virtual IEP Meetings

    I’ve officially completed a year of planning for and conducting virtual IEP meetings. Like many (if not all) of you, I NEVER thought I would EVER say that. Seriously. If someone would’ve told me two years ago to create a Zoom Link to send home with my IEP meeting invitations I would’ve thought they were […]

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  • The First 10 Minutes of Class in My Secondary Special Education Classroom

    I’ve always told myself that the first 10 minutes of class sets the tone for the entire class. Now, I’m not saying this is 100% true, but it is what I like to tell myself – haha. In this first 10 minutes of class, my students have time to come in, get situated (sharpen their […]

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  • Co-Teaching in Google Classroom

    I just wrapped up my thirteenth year as a special education teacher. THIRTEENTH.  That blows my mind to think about. I’ve learned so much over the years, through experience spent in the classroom, but year thirteen was unlike any other. Never did I think I would be finishing out the school year teaching from my […]

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  • Mini Anchor Charts in my Special Education Classroom

    I love scrolling Instagram and Pinterest and seeing all of the pretty classroom anchor charts so well designed…  such fun fonts and colors… incredibly helpful… and… sadly… just not for my classroom. I like to keep what I display on my classroom walls to a minimum.  Not just because my students get easily distracted, but […]

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