Differentiate with Ketchup and Pickle Folders! You know how important it is to differentiate work for your students. This is challenging in an inclusion classroom (or ANY class!) where you have many students with different types of specific learning needs. These folders are an essential element in my inclusion classroom, and make it easy to […]
Behavior Management in the Classroom: Find Your Style
New Teacher! Tips for Classroom management! Behavior management is the most important aspect of a strong classroom. Once you find your behavior management style, you can easily get control of your new class- even the tough ones!
Open House: Tips for New Teachers!
Your first Open House (Meet the Teacher night) as a New Teacher is not only important, it’s a milestone! This is just one more rite of passage into the world of teaching. I was completely blindsided by Open House my first year. It was scheduled for Tuesday (the day after we came back!) at 6:30pm. […]
Looking for a Fun Engaging Math Activity? Try Sprints!
Worksheets are a snoozefest…try this Super Fun Engaging Activity for ANY SUBJECT + a freebie!
How I Teach Writing: One Paragraph at a Time
So, I kinda dropped the ball last year… I found myself a little behind on my CEC’s for re-certification of my teaching license. Give me a break, though, I had a baby and I was just figuring this Teacher Mom thing out! As a result, I was scrambling to get enough points and perusing the Professional Development […]