There are some IEP goals I can write pretty quickly. If I have good baseline data and a clear area of need, I can usually figure out where I want a student to go with...
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There really is a line between caring deeply for your students and carrying their struggles home. However, it can get real blurry, real fast. We don’t just teach math, reading, or science. We teach kids...
Read MoreThis post contains affiliate links. If you’ve been in the classroom longer than a week, chances are you’ve heard it: “I hate school.” Maybe it’s whispered under the breath after a rough math lesson. Sometimes...
Read MoreOur teacher hearts have all broken from this all too familiar sight – the student sitting alone at lunch. The one wandering the edge of the playground during recess. The one who never seems to...
Read MoreEvery school has students who need time and space to regulate before they can return to learning. The problem is that too often, “taking a break” looks like wandering the halls or being sent out...
Read MoreThis post contains affiliate links. If you’ve ever tried to get a student to open up after a tough moment, you know it rarely works to sit them down and ask, “So what happened?” Most...
Read MoreThis post contains affiliate links. Three words we can all relate to: classroom morning chaos. Mornings can feel like a whirlwind. Buses arrive with big feelings and bigger stories. You are collecting homework and forms...
Read MoreThis post contains affiliate links. Like you, I spend most days on my feet moving from the copier to a small group to recess duty and back again. Over the years I have become picky...
Read MoreThis post contains affiliate links. In many schools, we’ve been conditioned to interpret a quiet and compliant student as a regulated kid. Calm is often praised, silence is rewarded, and the students who aren’t disrupting...
Read MoreThis post includes affiliate links. There’s nothing quite like that moment in the classroom when a student flat-out refuses to work. Maybe it’s a silent stare, a muttered “no,” or a dramatic slump onto the...
Read MoreLet’s be real, nothing shakes you quite like hearing a student say something alarming. Maybe they mention wanting to hurt themselves. Maybe they joke about hurting others. Maybe they write something violent in a journal...
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