Amy Murray - Teaching Exceptional Kinders

Classroom behaviors are often the most challenging part of the job and sharing behaviors with parents makes it even more challenging. These behavior notes to parents with editable templates make communicating behaviors a breeze! Use positive terminology like glow and grow notes to effectively communicate with families. All you need to do is edit the behavior note templates to meet your needs and print on any color paper you choose. Then you'll be prepared to communicate easily and quickly w

This behavior management system truly motivates kids to make positive choices! You can stop losing precious teaching time correcting unwanted behaviors in your classroom and finally have a whole class incentive chart that really works. Eliminate the classroom chaos and improve your classroom management with this easy-to-use class reward system today! Nothing seems to work for more than a week or two and you're constantly scrambling for a new classroom management tool, right? Our Build-a-Rew

Visual tools are a powerful classroom management tool to use to support all students in any kindergarten or primary-aged classroom. Picture cues can help students in need of special education and English language learners to be independent in the classroom. Teachers can help students with autism, ADHD, or even anxiety to feel more confident by using visuals to support transitions, following directions, following classroom routines, and more. Support student independence and limit classroom int

Reward charts and token boards are a great way to provide a visual of what a student is working for (or trying to earn). Students with exceptionalities (especially autism) and who receive special education services (ESE) will benefit from these visual supports. Choose a behavior goal or something to work for and set expectations for how a student can earn his stars. When the student earns the set number of stars on his reward chart, he earns his reward. Use these boards to promote positive

Rule Number 1 when dealing with student behaviors: Document, document, document. Are you looking for simple ways to track and keep organized documentation of student behavior? Look no further! These forms can be used in special education (ESE) classrooms or by any teacher to document behaviors that students display. Data is an extremely powerful tool when planning for students. These forms will make IEP and BIP writing and planning a breeze. Use these documentation tools to keep up-to-da

Looking for help when preparing for parent-teacher conferences? These editable forms have everything you need to organize for a successful conference, parent meeting or progress report. These forms will help to streamline your organization, save you time and make you look like the professional you are! Best of all, you can edit them to make them exactly what you need for your classroom. Conference forms can be tricky because each teacher and classroom has unique needs when planning to meet wi

Students thrive on the routine and structure a visual schedule provides, but they can be time-consuming to create. Picture schedules are a great way to give students the predictability they need to be successful in school in a systematic way. These individual schedule tools are designed to make teachers' lives easier and save you time! All you need to do is print, laminate and use them. You can use these picture cards to create independent schedules to help students to know what is coming next

These behavior reflection worksheets and printables are a simple way to help students to process their behavior choices after they have de-escalated. Help your young students to think about their feelings and review what happened after a classroom incident with these easy to use sheets. This pack includes differentiated options to use with students in kindergarten, beginning writers, and early elementary kids. Reflecting on behaviors of concern and making a plan for how to handle a similar s

These simple and easy-to-use screening tools are the perfect beginning of the year assessment screener to use to assess kindergarten readiness during kindergarten registration or round up. Keep things quick and simple with these streamlined assessments. Screening tools can be tricky because every school has different requirements. Teachers can use the editable templates to create their own assessments to meet their needs. These baseline assessments allow you to assess important prekindergarten

Looking for a visual aid for your cool down corner? These calming strategy cards provide visual supports for students who need assistance to stay calm in the classroom. Help your frustrated and anxious students choose a calming strategy with these simple picture cards. Use these calm down cards to assist students in choosing an appropriate coping skill when they are upset. These cards make a great addition to your classroom cool down kit. They provide a visual resource for ESE students with

Are you tired of losing precious teaching time to correct unwanted behaviors in your classroom? Say goodbye to classroom chaos with our Build-a-Reward Behavior Charts! This whole class reward system is designed to keep students engaged so you can consistently promote positive behavior. Finding a behavior management tool that works long-term can be challenging. Many systems lose their effectiveness after a week or two, leaving you scrambling for new solutions. Our Build-a-Reward Behavior Charts

These classroom posters and visuals are great for setting expectations and showing your students ways to sit on the carpet. Setting rules and expectations is an important part of classroom management. Using visuals supports all your students in meeting your expectations. Sitting on the carpet during whole class instruction or a read aloud doesn't have to be a constant fight. Instead, give your students options for how to sit on the rug with these ways to sit on the carpet posters with real p

Writing is hard work for young students! Beginning writers need many reminders of how their sentences should look and what rules to follow. These writing checklists, posters, reference sheet, and anchor charts will provide the visual supports you need and help your kindergarten students to stay on track when learning to write sentences with proper writing conventions. The 5-star writing checklist will help kids to remember 5 basic rules to writing a complete sentence. Capitalization, spacing, p

Glow and grow notes are a fun way to send positive behavior notes home to families and to improve your classroom management. Effectively communicate with parents and families with these simple behavior notes to send home to parents. These editable note templates have pictures perfect for supporting young students. You can edit these notes to add your own behaviors and consequences to make them work best for your classroom. These behavior notes are the perfect addition to your classroom managem

Stop spending precious teaching time correcting unwanted behavior and reclaim control of your classroom with this low-prep and engaging whole class reward system. End the classroom chaos when you add these incentive charts to your classroom management plan. So often it feels like nothing you try seems to work for more than a week or two before students lose interest. Our Build-a-Reward Behavior Charts are the solution. This whole class behavior system is low-prep, engaging AND it really works

Teaching sentence writing doesn't have to be a struggle! Our Kindergarten Writing Curriculum is the perfect solution to help you transform your beginning writers into confident and capable authors who write complete sentences independently! At the beginning of the school year, you have students who can barely hold a pencil and kids who are writing complete sentences and everything in between. Finding engaging resources that support a variety of abilities while being able to differentiate easily

Do you have students who have trouble keeping their hands to themselves or hitting other students when they are upset? A social skills story is especially helpful for students in need of special education (ESE) with autism, behavior disorders (like ADHD or ODD), or other special needs. Social skills stories are a great addition to your social skills instruction. This is a great tool to teach students how to make appropriate emotional choices instead of acting out in anger or frustration. Thi

Tired of repeating yourself? These visual direction cards are the perfect way to give students the visual supports they need to be successful with following directions to complete independent tasks. Use them when giving independent assignments to the whole class or as reminders during centers or other work times. These cards are a simple and effective classroom management tool to help all of your students follow instructions. ►►►This resource is included in the visual support bundle. CLICK

Stop wasting your precious teaching time searching for the perfect behavior management system solution. Piecing together a classroom management plan is exhausting. You can spend hours putting together a new behavior chart only to find it just doesn't work for your students. Get everything you need to set up effective systems all in one place, so you can get off the behavior management hamster wheel and start to feel like a teacher again! Put an end to the classroom chaos today! This Classr

Looking for a great tool to help beginning writers learn how to form sentences or to learn to put pictures and words work together to tell a story? Teachers can use these kindergarten writing prompts with pictures to help struggling writers feel successful by scaffolding writing expectations to meet the needs of each learner. This is the complete bundle of picture writing prompts. Each pack has a different season, holiday, and other popular themes to take you through the entire school year!