A Teaching Blog
In the dynamic environment of my emotional support classroom, fostering a sense of tranquility and emotional regulation is most important. Students with diverse emotional needs require a supportive space that encourages them to manage their feelings effectively. In my classroom, employing various calming strategies becomes an essential tool in nurturing a positive learning atmosphere. Let’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
The end of 2019 is here! I’ve been seeing/reading a lot of “My Top 10 items of 2019” lists. I’m sure a lot of you have seen them, too. Some lists I’ve read have been for the home, some lists have been for wardrobes, and some have been for the classroom. I don’t know why […]
Over the past few years, I’ve gotten a lot of co-teaching questions e-mailed to me or direct messaged to me on Instagram. I always answer each question, and I love having conversations about co-teaching, but a lot of the questions (I started to notice) were the same. Not that this bothered me. I just realized […]
Holy crap. It’s August. Summer, WHERE DID YOU GO? I swear I was just packing up my room (what feels like last week) and now here I was this morning, setting things up in my classroom for the first day back. Back in May, as I was finishing up year 12, I did a blog […]
I CANNOT believe it is May already. This year flew by. I feel like I was just reviewing my classroom rules and procedures, and now here I am prepping my classroom for next school year. I get asked often how I prepare for the next school year, at the end of the current school year. My […]
If you missed Part 1 and 2, on “How I Collect Progress Monitoring in the Co-Taught Classroom (for writing and reading goals),” or just have no idea what my three part blog post is about – haha, you can click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2. In Part 1, I share with […]
If you missed Part 1 on “How I Collect Progress Monitoring in the Co-Taught Classroom (for writing goals),” or just have no idea what my three part blog post is about – haha, you can click here. I share with you at the beginning how this three part blog post came to be, as well […]
