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Autism Awareness Blog Hop Giveaway
I hope you all have been enjoying the blog hop and all of the great stories (a few tear jerkers out there) and freebies. Just in case you missed any of the posts, below is a list that will take you...
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Easter Activities
Yes, I know Easter was 2 weeks ago, but things have been a bit hectic around here (more about that in another post) and I want to share 2 of the activities that we did in my classroom prior to Spring...
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Making an Inference
Making inferences is on of the hardest skills for my students. Having to hear something or looking at something and read between the lines is not easy for a child who is a "typical" learner, let alone...
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My parent wish list
I have had some really great parents this year and I have been thinking about things I wish parents of my students did all the time. Being a parent myself I think it is important that parents are...
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Question of the week
Each week on Tuesday my students do a "Question of the week". They each have a sheet with a question on a clipboard. We walk around the school (usually to the front office, cafeteria, nurses office,...
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Making Lemonade
Sometimes the simplest activities can be the most fun! This past week for our cooking activity (life skills, measurement reading) we made lemonade and then delivered it around the building (social...
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International MPS Awareness Day
Until I started teaching in my current district 5 years ago I had never heard of MPS. Now, I have been given the privilege of teaching another student diagnosed with disease. Last year I did a post...
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puzzles
We do a lot of puzzles in my classroom. Puzzles work on fine motor skills, orientation, and also social skills. Sometimes I will have the kids all work on one big puzzle together. However a few days...
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work box: Flower Power
This is my newest work box for my students. This box may need to be more teacher directed depending on the student level. The original intent was a beginning sounds activity, but then when I was...
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Teacher's Notebook Moore Relief Effort Bundle
Teacher's Notebook has created a bundle with over $500 worth of products donated by teachers. Scratch that, it is now over $1,000. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this bundle will go to the...
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Preventing the summer slide: Part 2 (Freebies!!!)
Last year I wrote a post about Preventing the Summer Slide for TeachHub and included a calendar to give to your students for the summer. I have updated the calendar for 2013. (I think it looks much...
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Color Books
I was introduced to these color book from Lakeshore by a coworker 3 years ago and they quickly became a class favorite. Unfortunately they are only made as big books, but the great part is there...
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Currently June!
I am so excited to join back up with the currently wagon. I missed last month, but wanted to make sure I could do this month. So here it is.....Listening: We love Big Bang Theory in our house! My kids...
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Latest (cheap) find!!
I love going to garage sales and thrift stores. I have been sharing this love with my boys so now they get to go with me on Saturday mornings. I was so super excited a few weeks ago when I found this...
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Dirt!
Our most recent cooking activity was making Dirt! We were just finishing up our Bug unit and the kids thought this was great. I told them that I got the worms out of the garden and one goes "No! She...
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Check out these giveaways!
HI all! My friend Heather over at Teaching Through Turbulence is having a huge giveaway for her 1st year blogging anniversary. I wanted to share the links with you as there is some amazing stuff up...
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End of the year gifts: post it note holder
I always like to do something little for the teachers and paras I work with throughout the school year. This year that includes about 20 people. Gifts cards were just going to be way to much!. I had...
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Walking for CSF
When I was in High School I met another school mate named Rachel. We immediately became friends and she ended up being a HUGE supporter of the girls basketball team. She often rode the team bus with us...
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Pinspired
I just wanted to take a 2 blog posts (once I started adding pictures I realized how many there are!) to show you the things I have made that I have found on Pinterest. A lot of them were for birthday...
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Vacation
Well, my next post was going to be the 2nd half of my Pinterest inspired projects, but time got away from me and we left for vacation before I wrote it. We are in OBX (North Carolina) enjoying some...
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