I have experience with general and special education classrooms grades PreK-8th. I currently teach a 6-8th grade 12:1:1 for students with intellectual disabilities.
These cards will help students get more out of your pattern block bin! There are three levels of difficulty to make them accessible to any student. The easy cards show a pattern-block bug or creepy crawly (i.e. worm) already designed for them to copy. The medium difficulty cards show a black and white image of the bug and the student must use pattern blocks to create it however they wish. The hard level cards include the insect's name and a description without images. The students use the descri
This mini book is inspired by the events in Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Students will match capital "moms" with lowercase "babies" in this rhyming mini book. It is black and white for printer friendliness and optional coloring.
These cards will help students get more out of your pattern block bin! There are three levels of difficulty to make them accessible to any student. The easy cards show a pattern-block pond life like turtles or cattails, already designed for them to copy. The medium difficulty cards show a black and white image and the student must use pattern blocks to create it however they wish. The hard level cards include the name and a description without images. The students use the description to create t
Print these cards and use them as a get to know you game on the first days of school. Place the cards face down in the center of the group of students. Select one card and read it aloud. Students take
turns asking each other the question, using their classmate’s name, until everyone has answered. This can also be used as a game in centers!
You can use one card per day at your morning meeting to get classmates comfortable talking to each other. Another possible use is to have one student take th
Safety Unit for Preschool and Kindergarten. Includes:
*Lesson ideas to compliment materials
*Read-aloud cards with matching safety pictures (game) in 2 formats
*Color Posters (8x10) to print
* My Safety Book printables
* 7 printable worksheets for young kids
*certificates for knowing phone number and address
* Practice address page with lined paper
This is part of a larger product all about cryptids (coming soon!) Cryptids are creatures that may or may not exist, like Bigfoot, the Chupacabra, the Loch Ness Monster, and so many more. The big pack will feature a wide variety of ELA activities (grammar, research, fiction and non-fiction writing, reading comprehension, and more!) that focus on cryptids- this was hugely popular with my middle school students this year. While that is in process, here is a fun cryptid math escape room challenge.
Zoomed in pictures is a super fun game that can be played in person or on zoom! There are 26 pictures, they are all real photographs (no clipart!) Pictures range from easy to solve to very tricky! In case anyone is wondering, the mannequin's name is Franny and she lives in my classroom. Enjoy!
This set is intended for students who have learned the basics of cursive writing and are ready to transition to independent practice.
Each set contains one sheet of "tricky" letter combinations like "ou" and "bl", a sheet of three sentences that focus on those tricky letters, then timed partner practice at the end.
Each page has a completed sentence, a light sentence to trace over, and blank writing lines to write it independently.
The sentences vary in length and complexity.
This fun beach unit is geared toward preschool and early kindergarten.
- Secret Seahorse activity to print and laminate
- seahorse upper and lowercase matching
- Seahorse counting book in color and black and white
- Coloring page with hidden shells
- 5 mixed up sentences- color the picture, cut and rearrange the sentence, and rewrite the sentence on dotted lines.
- art activity for key words for the unit (vocabulary acquisition and recognition)
- draw and add worksheet
- fine motor/pencil ski
This pocket chart activity asks students to replace words with the correct pronoun. For example: Susan and I are going to the pond. Students will replace "Susan and I" with the pronoun card "we"
In this pack you will find
-12 pronouns and 12 sentences for your pocket chart
- one worksheet in two different formats (fill in the blank or draw a line to connect), and keys for each.
- There is also a page of printable directions in two different formats (one regular direction format and the other
These cards will help students get more out of your pattern block bin! There are three levels of difficulty to make them accessible to any student. -The easy cards show a forest animal or object made with pattern blocks for students to copy. - The medium difficulty cards show a picture of the real picture of the object or animal. Students use the picture for a guide while creating their own shapes. -The hard level cards include the name and a description without images. The students use the desc
Bob the reindeer loves Christmas! He's just not very good at it. In this pack you'll find 4 unique and detailed picture scenes of Bob and his holiday misadventures. Each page has prompt for identifying nouns, verbs, and adjectives from the picture, and two writing pages- one with lines and one without. Students can write about Bob's mishaps. There are 4 hidden pictures in each scene for extra fun!
Includes a blank page for students to stamp a holiday character or draw their own and create a sce
This pack contains 30 pages of summer time fun! Themes included in these printables are picnics, camping, beach, summer sports, and fun in the sun!
Everything included:
- Watermelon seed counting (use real watermelon!)
- Beach Paper dolls to cut and clothes
- Beach scene to create with cut-outs and color background
- Match the kid with there summer scene (context clues)
- Where can I find this food? Sort (classifying)
- Spot the Differences
- Popsicle poem
- Create your own popsicle flavor
- Pi
These cards will help students get more out of your pattern block bin! There are three levels of difficulty to make them accessible to any student. -The easy cards show a fall animal or object made with pattern blocks for students to copy. - The medium difficulty cards show a picture of the real picture of the object or animal. Students use the picture for a guide while creating their own shapes. -The hard level cards include the name and a description without images. The students use the descri
Worksheets and a memory/matching game to practice multiple meaning words. All worksheets include a key where applicable.
This pack is best for middle elementary or special education classes.
These delicious brownies are actually a classroom management system that will encourage your class to be on their best brownie behavior! There a two pages to print and you'll need a metal cookie sheet to make the product complete.
- encourages students to work together to earn points
- students can reflect on their own behavior to determine if they earned a brownie
- you choose how frequently to provide an incentive
- student choice is incorporated
- positive behavior class wide intervention
This is a free sample of my larger parts of speech and writing prompt package. Bob the reindeer has many humorous holiday mishaps! Students make observations about his {mis} adventures and identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives about the scene. Then they can tell the story of how Bob ended up in such an unfortunate situation!
If you like Bob, take a look at my larger pack to find more of his silly mishaps! Each scene has hidden pictures for extra fun!
This adaptive book allows students who are nonverbal to read by using pictures to represent the words. This book is all about Thanksgiving! Students love to read about this special holiday and look at holiday images while sharing this story with their classmates. Print, hole punch, and laminate for use year after year.
Use after Thanksgiving for nonverbal students to share what they did during their holiday break. They can indicate their favorite page and read it to the class.
This adaptive book allows students who are nonverbal to read by using pictures to represent the words. This book is all about Christmas! Students love to read about this jolly holiday and look at holiday images while sharing this story with their classmates. Print, hole punch, and laminate for use year after year.
These cards will help students get more out of your pattern block bin! There are three levels of difficulty to make them accessible to any student. -The easy cards show a spring object made with pattern blocks for students to copy. - The medium difficulty cards show a picture of the real world object. Students use the picture for a guide while creating their own shapes. -The hard level cards include the name and a description without images. The students use the description to create their patt
I have experience with general and special education classrooms grades PreK-8th. I currently teach a 6-8th grade 12:1:1 for students with intellectual disabilities.
Teaching style
Hands on and interactive!
Awards & shining teacher moments
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My own education history
I have a BA in English Literature, a BS in Human Development and an MSEd in early childhood, childhood and special education. I am certified to teach birth - grade 6 general education and birth - grade 12 special education.
Additional biographical information
I have 3 lovely children
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