Building writing skills can be tough in the Special Education classroom. We do a lot of work to build fine motor skills in our classroom, but I haven't shared a lot about how I work with students to develop and work through the different stages of beginning writing. When I'm working with my students I always meet them where they're at. If they're not able to grasp a writing utensil we work on ... Read More about Stages of Beginning Writing: Four Steps to Building Writers
How to Structure Recess for Special Education
Recess is a time that a lot of my students struggle to interact with peers. They're happy to play alone on a play structure or the swing set, but helping them participate in games with peers can be a challenge. I'm going to share how to structure recess and support your students so they are successful! If you implement some of these tips for how to structure recess, they'll be playing with their ... Read More about How to Structure Recess for Special Education
How to Set up a Letter of the Week Routine
I've been using a letter of the week routine in my K/1 Special Education classroom for years! Many of my students are learning letter names and sounds, so setting up a letter of the week routine has been a great way to learn new letters while using the same, familiar routines we're used to. When I set up our letter of the week routine, I liked to plan activities for each day of the week that we ... Read More about How to Set up a Letter of the Week Routine
Reading Comprehension Tip: 4 Ways to Differentiate Responses
Building reading comprehension skills in the special education classroom does not have to be hard. I like to differentiate response types for students so we can provide prompting and fade to independent answering of questions. When it comes to reading comprehension, I feel like a lot of teachers get stuck the same response types. Over the years, I have used a variety of different response types. ... Read More about Reading Comprehension Tip: 4 Ways to Differentiate Responses
Organizing Reinforcers: How To Set Up Reinforcement Boxes
**This post about organizing reinforcers in the Special Education classroom contains affiliate links.** Has this ever happened to you? There's a student in your class who has unique interests and will only work for 1-2 very specific items. Those items are always in some random place in the classroom and it takes nearly as long to find the item as it does for the student to engage in their ... Read More about Organizing Reinforcers: How To Set Up Reinforcement Boxes
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