Exceptionalities

Teachers can recognize all of the "Good Eggs" in their class after reading Jory John and Pete Oswald's The Good Egg! Help your students recognize the joy of imperfection and let go of judging their peers.

First, count the 3-D shapes and write the numbers. Then, cut out shapes to create your own 3-D Shapes Poster! Students will identify 3-D shapes while increasing spatial awareness and fine motor skills. For students at beginning stages, the 3-D shapes for the poster are the same (and in the same order) as the initial practice worksheet. They can rely on the pattern to create a poster.

Based on buyer feedback, I've added handwriting lines to the Ninita's Big World Venn Diagram. This activity is FREE. Add it to the other pages for a quick read aloud response, working on identifying emotions.

Here's an excellent introduction to velocity! The first page provides notes and a practice problem. The second page includes two additional problems. Early reading level text and drawing make this a fun, accessible activity. I use this lesson at a high school level for students on modified diplomas in Physics classes. It would also be great for TAG-identified students at the second/third grade level.

These Reading Response Tickets are connected to the powerful picture book Someone New by Anne Sibley O'Brien. Elementary-aged students connect to their peers who have recently arrived from other countries. Explore the experiences of children who are immigrants and gauge reader comprehension through this FREE set of "Reading Response Tickets."

Explore the true story of Ninita, a deaf pygmy marmoset, in the picture book Ninita’s Big World by Sarah Glenn Marsh. Students can follow her emotional journey while discussing their own feelings of confusion, acceptance, and safety. Reading Response Tickets provide an emoji check-in and quick sketch response to the story.