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I was a Special Education Teacher for 7 years at a residential School for the Blind. I am now a homeschooling mom of 4. My kids range in age from 7 to 12. I have been homeschooling for 8 years. I also teach piano lessons and run a homeschool music class.
My content consists of my three loves - music, homeschool, and special education.
- functional academics
- assessments for special education
- exposure to Braille
- preschool curriculum
- piano: running a studio, games
- a composer based curriculum that combines music, science, art, literature, and history
My piano studio currently has 20 students and my homeschool music class has expanded to three classes. I have been teaching music lessons for over 15 years now.
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Classical Conversations New Grammar & Review Packet
Printable Lesson Plan for your CC day - all of New Grammar's seven subjects plus a space for science & fine arts; covers all 24 weeks of a cycle. Printable Checklist for reviewing CC over the summer. Two checklists available - 12 week (2 CC weeks per) and 18 week (3 CC weeks per)
Classical Conversations Grammar Summer Review Checklist - PDF
Looking for a simple and easy way to review all 24 weeks of this year's CC cycle this summer? I wanted a short, simple way to review the past cycle without feeling like I was dragging my kids (or myself) kicking and screaming through a long memory review session. Here's how you use it. 1) Select which review cycle you want - 12 weeks or 18 weeks. I do 2 weeks at a time (that gives us 12 weeks of review with about 6 weeks off). If you select the 18 week cycle, you would do 3 weeks at
Also included in: Classical Conversations New Grammar & Review Packet
Classical Conversations Grammar Review Checklist
Looking for a simple and easy way to review all 24 weeks of this year's CC cycle this summer? I wanted a short, simple way to review the past cycle without feeling like I was dragging my kids (or myself) kicking and screaming through a long memory review session. Here's how you use it. 1) Select which review cycle you want - 12 weeks or 18 weeks. I do 2 weeks at a time (that gives us 12 weeks of review with about 6 weeks off). If you select the 18 week cycle, you would do 3 weeks at
Math Facts Drill Sheets
47 math worksheets for timed drills, speed drills, repetition and practice. There are both addition and subtraction using numbers from 0 - 10 and in horizontal and vertical formats. This is an excel document - each worksheet is on it's own individual sheet listed at the bottom. To print all the worksheets, select the first worksheet, hold the control button and select the last worksheet, then print.
K - 1st
Math, Math Test Prep, Other (Math)
Classical Conversations LessonPlan Template: Grammar, Science, Fine Arts, Review
One page for your entire CC tutoring session. New Grammar - space to write your 7 times for each subject. Hands On Science & Fine Arts Section to write planning notes and questions. A spot to plan out your Review Games. Even a space for a seating chart for your classroom. Two types available - one with lines for each 7 repetitions of New Grammar, one without lines for New Grammar.
For All Subjects
Also included in: Classical Conversations New Grammar & Review Packet
Chore Chart
This is a weekly/monthly/yearly chore chart.
This is great for stay at home / homeschooling parents who want a simple but organized way to keep their house cleaned without feeling overwhelmed (because let's face it, cleaning a house when children a still growing is like shoveling snow while it is still snowing!)
There are simple tasks to do every day, slightly bigger tasks to do once a month, and then a few big jobs done once a year.
There are detailed descriptions of what each chore or
Not Specific
Family Consumer Sciences
Paragraph Writing Rubric
This is Excel Spreadsheet grading sheet for writing a paragraph. The task analysis is helpful for teachers/students to learn a procedural and concrete method for writing a paragraph.
Excellent for special needs classrooms.
3rd - 5th
Writing, Writing-Essays
Letter Writing Rubric
Excel spreadsheet with the task analysis for letter writing. This sheet can be printed out for classroom data collection. Use with the 5 lesson plan unit on introduction to writing friendly letters: Friendly Letter Writing Lesson Plan
4th - 6th
Writing
Also included in: Letter Writing Lesson Plan and Grade Sheet
Math Word Problem Grade Sheet
Provides task analysis for the steps of solving word problems. Teachers can print the grade sheet for classroom record keeping.
5th - 6th, Adult Education
Other (Math)
Homework Chart
Blank charts for tracking student grades. The weekly chart can be printed for classroom record keeping; the quarterly chart can be printed or used electronically to track grades.
8th - 9th, Adult Education
Banking Transaction Log
This resource contains printable transaction logs; computer transaction logs (with formulas worked into the program).
Great for students to learn financial record keeping and financial responsibility. Also great for students learning how to use Microsoft Excel.
8th - 9th, Adult Education
Computer Science - Technology
Functional Academics - Money skills assessment
Functional assessment rubric to be used to assess a student's money skills. Skills assessed include recognizing coins, bills, and their values, counting coins, bills, and combinations of coins & bills; creating money amounts with coins and bills.
This assessment was created for assessing students with visual impairments but can be used for any population of students (just exclude the bill folding portion of the assessment)
K - 2nd, Adult Education
Functional Math - Beginning of the Year Assessment
Math assessment to be given at the beginning and end of the year to chart student growth. Assessment includes: place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, money, ordering numbers, fractions. Great for functional academics. It is an excel document that contains multiple worksheets. To access all the pages, when you open up the document, look down at the bottom, you should see 5 tabs, marked page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, answer key. You need to click on each tab to sele
3rd - 5th, Adult Education
Math
Math Time Skills - add, subtract hours & half hours, 5 & 10 minutes
Contains 36 worksheets. Great resource for repeated practice of time skills. Skills work on adding and subtracting hours, half hours, 5 & 10 minutes.
1st - 3rd, Adult Education
Math Money Skills - rounding, bill to pay, estimate change
Contains 36 worksheets. Progresses from easier skill to more complex.
Worksheets 1 - 10 = rounding up to the next dollar
Worksheets 11 - 20 = determine which bill to pay
Worksheets 21 - 36 = estimate the change (using step by step process)
Great resource for repeated practice of specific skills.
4th - 5th, Higher Education
Math Money Skills - estimating change
Contains 36 worksheets. Resource for repeated practice on estimating change. Breaks down the abstract concept into concrete steps for students.
Answer key provided for first 7 worksheets.
4th - 5th, Adult Education
Math Money Skills - bill to pay
Contains 36 worksheets. Resource for repeated practice of determining which bill to pay with given a set money amount.
Excellent resource for life skills teachers and special educators.
4th - 5th, Adult Education
Math Money Skills - add, subtract, round, order
Contains 36 worksheets. Great resource for repeated practice of focused skills of adding money amounts, subtracting money amounts, rounding up to the next dollar, and ordering money amounts from smallest to largest.
2nd - 4th
Basic Operations, Decimals
Math Money Skills - rounding to the next dollar
Contains 36 worksheets. Great resource for repeated practice on rounding up to the next dollar. In terms of money, I always have students round up to the next dollar (regardless of the number in the tenths column).
Large Print (size 36 font).
1st - 3rd
Decimals
Math Money Skills - ordering from smallest to largest
Contains 30 worksheets. Great resource for repeated practice of ordering decimals from smallest to largest. Money amounts are listed vertically, some contain boxes around the columns to help identify place value. Worksheets start with comparing ones column, then moves to tenths, hundredths, and mixed among the place values.
Large print (font size 36).
1st - 3rd
Decimals
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About the store
Experience
I was a Special Education Teacher for 7 years at a residential School for the Blind. I am now a homeschooling mom of 4. My kids range in age from 7 to 12. I have been homeschooling for 8 years. I also teach piano lessons and run a homeschool music class.
My content consists of my three loves - music, homeschool, and special education.
- functional academics
- assessments for special education
- exposure to Braille
- preschool curriculum
- piano: running a studio, games
- a composer based curriculum that combines music, science, art, literature, and history
My piano studio currently has 20 students and my homeschool music class has expanded to three classes. I have been teaching music lessons for over 15 years now.
Teaching style
Special Ed - I taught high school aged students who ranged from pre-K to 8th grade cognitive levels. I often used multi-modal, multi-intelligence, and multi-sensory object lessons. I broke down a lot of basic concepts (in content and life skills areas) into concrete steps/lesson plans/task anaylsis. I used a lot of focused repetition for skill attainment.
My materials will be useful for
- special educators looking to teach high school age students at a functional level (usually elementary level)
- special educators who would like to see task analysis of skills and concepts (often aids in future lesson planning)
- students who need high levels of repetition to learn a concept (i.e. lots of worksheets focused on 1 specific skill)
- elementary teachers who desire creative, multi-sensory approaches to basic concepts
Homeschool - I have homeschooled since my oldest was in preschool (so 8 years now). In preschool, I created my own scope and sequence based around monthly themes and included some fine motor skills as well as academic basics. In early elementary, I dipped my toe into classical education. I fell in love with the use of literature and memorization (for a good purpose). During and post pandemic, I found my footing in a blend of Charlotte Mason and classical as well as unit study. I created a curriculum that uses composers as the spine for the timeline and we connected them to scientists, artists, authors, and historical figures and events that occurred during their lifetime. Besides using music and beautiful living book read alouds, I love to incorporate narrations, book of centuries, and desserts to help students build connections and have a robust view of history.
I have a heart to support other teachers and parents. If my materials and resources can help out and fill a need of another teacher, then I am truly happy!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Nominated twice for the national President of the Schools for the Blind Award (2007 & 2009).
Won Award for Promoting Student Independence and Responsibility (2011)
My own education history
Grove City College - B.A. Psychology (2004)
University of Pittsburgh - Masters of Education (dual certification in Teacher of the Visually Impaired and Orientation and Mobility) (2005)
Additional biographical information
For more articles and resources, check out my website www.bethsmithstudio.com
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