3 Ways to Combat Math Anxiety
I am absolutely a recovering math phobic. Math anxiety could literally be my middle name. I truly believe that I have undiagnosed dyscalculia. I fit absolutely every characteristic to a T. Growing up, this...
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Project Based Learning Made Easy with Tract
This collaboration is brought to you by Tract and features my unbiased experience using the platform. Student engagement in our classrooms can often feel like a three ring circus. Dressing up in costumes, making original...
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Supporting Our Students with ADHD
As a special education teacher and related professional in public schools for over 10 years, I have worked with many students with ADHD. There are so many thoughts about this disorder: it’s overdiagnosed, it’s only...
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3 Unique Ways to Use Task Cards
Task cards were always a staple in my special education classroom. I love how versatile they are. They can be early finisher activities, center assignments, therapy tasks… the list goes on. We all have those...
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Partnering Well with Special Area Teachers
If you’re not following my friend Jess Golz on social media, you’re missing out. She is an educator in suburban Chicagoland who runs the Learning Commons (think library, STEM, technology!) at her school. Jess is...
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The Secret to Teaching Executive Functioning Skills
Let’s be real, teaching executive functioning skills is not for the faint of heart! These are essential, mental skills that help us function across the day. Executive functioning skills consist of skills like organization, time...
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Understanding and Supporting Deaf Education
I’m the first to say, I do not know much about Deaf education. When I studied special education in undergraduate and graduate school, I never became certified to teach Deaf students. This is an enormous...
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Closing Circle: Your Questions Answered
END THE DAY FEELING GOOD. Who wouldn’t be behind that? Sometimes at the end of my school day, there was either a whole class of my students feeling drained and frustrated or one or two...
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Supporting Muslim Students During Ramadan
Today’s post is special, it’s written by a dear friend of mine, Asmahan Mashrah. She is a teacher in Michigan and passionate about all of our students feeling supported, loved, and appreciated for their full...
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Functional Activities for Watching Movies
Teacher truth: Sometimes we watch movies on #FunFridays (whether it is in class or in the community). Fiona from Sped Adulting is giving us some amazing, functional activities to make this a meaningful activity outside...
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