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Essentially Special Ed

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CRESTWOOD, Illinois, United States

About the store

16 years as a special education teacher. 6 years spent as a resource teacher. 7 years spent working with awesome kids with autism and intellectual disabilities. Spent 1 year as an Autism Specialist. AS a Special Education Teacher, I've always struggled to find resources that were accessible to my kiddos. It will be my goal to create products that help to practice the Essential Elements utilizing strategies such as visuals and choices. Received several trainings through Have Dreams including Structured TEACCH. Attended all levels of PECS.

Adding with Calculator Practice Task

ULS Unit 27 Vocabulary: Intermediate Band

Aldi Scavenger Hunt

Fact and Opinion Boom Cards

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Dirt Cup Visual Recipe

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Essentially Special Ed

Thank you for downloading this Dirt Cup Recipe, great for an easy Spring Recipe! This resource makes 8 cups. Sequencing worksheet are provided for comprehension either after the recipe is made or for pre-teaching purposes at 3 different levels with an Easy Print Table of Contents to make printing a breeze! No more scrolling! Complete Recipe for modeling Page 2 Differentiated Level 1 Pages 3-4 Differentiated Level 2 Pages 5-6 Differentiated Level 3 Pages 7-8 Pictures from Unique Learning News-2-Y

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Classroom Community, Fractions

Tangram Shape Mats

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Essentially Special Ed

Use this FREE resource for kiddos to learn, sort and count shapes! Use along with Tangram puzzles. Laminate Pages 2 and 3 onto a File Folder to create an independent task for Unique Learners! Credit to Canva.com and ULS for images.

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Geometry

Subtraction with Borrowing Differentiated

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Essentially Special Ed

Struggling to teach subtraction with borrowing? This hands-on, visual resource makes regrouping click by using base-ten blocks to show exactly what happens when we “borrow.” Perfect for students who need concrete models and step-by-step support, this product turns a tricky concept into something students can see, touch, and understand. Students will learn how to trade one ten for ten ones, line up their blocks, and subtract with confidence before moving to drawings and written problems. This

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Basic Operations

Valentine's Day Snack Mix

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Essentially Special Ed

Students will engage in making a Valentine's Day Snack Mix. Materials included: recipe and labels for sandwich bags. Ingredients needed: chex mix, Valentine's M & M's, pretzels, popcorn, white chocolate Will need microwave to melt white chocolate.

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Family Consumer Sciences, Fractions

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Teaching style

Visual, Hands On, Repetition

Awards & shining teacher moments

2023 Recipient of Innovator Award Founder of Middle School Coffee Cart 2021-2023 Founder of Intermediate Snack Shack 2026 Founder of Buddy Club for inclusion 2026 Start up of Reading Buddies 2025-2026 Implementation of Holiday Buddy parties as National Junior Honor Society Sponsor 2024-2025

My own education history

Graduated from Illinois State University with LBS I. Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with an endorsement in ESL from Olivet Nazarene. Masters in Administration from Concordia.

Additional biographical information

I have a passion for teaching students of all ages with disabilities. I thoroughly enjoy building inclusive opportunities for students to learn about each other and do so in various ways, but are always looking to knock down barriers to communication and engagement. I love creating concrete and meaningful ways for students to access academic, social and language opportunities. In my spare time, I love doing puzzles (wooden ones are my fave) and am starting to dabble more in reading, planting and almost ready to jump on the sourdough bandwagon! I hope you find these materials helpful!