Sped classroom activities

Are you a new special education teacher and feeling a little overwhelmed with your first year of teaching? Check out this blog post to help you feel organized with everything you need to plan in your self contained classroom. Visual schedules, IEP organization, classroom setup, independent work and curriculum are all important to prepare before the school year starts. These new special education teacher tips will help you feel successful in your special education classroom.

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If your kids are anything like mine, they stomp their feet and are full of protests when it's time to practice handwriting. I get it; writing letters over and over can get super boring. Thankfully, that's not the only way to practice. Round up your art supplies and get your kids excited to work on their handwriting with these skill-building exercises that also double as fun activities. This one, for example, lets your child dot a letter outline with a cotton swab dipped in paint. Kids like…

Setting up IEP work bins was one of the biggest game changers in my special education classroom. These individualized learning stations hold materials to target specific IEP goals for your students and can be tailored to their specific needs. If you want to set up IEP work bins in your special education classroom, you’ve come to the right place. Here you will learn the benefits of IEP work bins and 5 ways you can set them up in your classroom, including my favorite, color coded IEP work…

IEP at at glance or snapshot of all of the main components of an IEP.

If you are a special education teacher ready to go back to school, you will want to keep reading. Today, I’m sharing 4 must dos for the first day of school. It is important that you build relationships with students with get to know you activities. With my special education students, I establish routines & procedures in the classroom and the school. It is necessary to communicate with families with things like daily communication logs and ClassDojo.

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The amount of visual supports some of our students need to be successful both academically and socially can be overwhelming. Just imagine, if it’s overwhelming to us as teachers, it has to be way too much for our students who struggle with executive functioning skills, like organization, to handle! I’ve found that once we’ve introduced ... Read More about Setting Up a Student Success Binder

It's that time of year again...back to school season. You're busy setting up your Pinterest-worthy classroom, focusing on every detail. Y...

Laying out the classroom design in special education can be tough. I've rounded up posts and goals of setting up the physical space.