I've been seeing a lot in the teachers' groups this year (especially first grade) that the kids are coming back to school not knowing their letters. This is of course due to the pandemic and that leaves the teachers scrambling to deal with an unusual situation. As a Special Education teacher, ...
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Counting Bear Mats and Counters
Do you love bear counters as much as I do? I don't know why, but there's something about those hard plastic round little belly bears that I love! It's like counting bears just scream school to me. :) So keep reading for some ideas for using counting bear mats and counters for math activities with ...
Interactive Letters Bingo Game for Google Slides
Are you one of those frazzled and over stressed teachers doing some form of remote learning? Or are you one of those teachers and ROCKING IT??? :) Either way, I just uploaded updated my second digital creation, Apple Interactive Letters Bingo for Google Slides, and it was created with you and your ...
The Life of a Watermelon
It's hot outside and what better time to do a Watermelon Unit?!? The Life of a Watermelon is a fun watermelon shaped book full of informational text that will guide your students through learning about the life cycle of a watermelon. The Life of a Watermelon easily lends itself to ...
Teaching Sight Words in Kindergarten and First Grade
I taught special education for 30 years and spent most of those years teaching kindergarten, first and second grade. I loved teaching reading. In those years I saw many reading methodologies come and go. But the great thing about my school was that they respected me enough professionally that I ...