My writing center! Still alot to add to this area, but I'll get there! I only have a couple of students that participate in the writing process as most of my students are still learning to write their names and alphabet correctly. I have already changed this board around though as I didn't like the way I had my number cards hung! Word and math walls are a big challenge in my room as I work with so many levels of students that I have to try and put things up for several grade levels. My Math Wall! Got the idea of using these banners from Pinterest and I got these wonderful free banners from Ashley at The School Supply Addict. You can click here to get a copy of the behavior report card! Students on good or super at the end of the day, get a small treat and students that got super or good at the end of the day every day get treasure tree on Fridays. Each report notes what face the student was on in morning, afternoon, and at end of day and the faces are the same faces as the class chart, so students understand what their report means. Each child has one and they go home each day. These are the daily behavior report cards that go with the behavior chart above. With this, my students clearly understand what these facial expressions mean and it has been so effective, I'll never use anything else! The top one says, "I am doing a super job," the third."I need to stop and think," and the fourth."I am not making good choices." It is the same idea as all of the stoplight or red, green, and yellow charts you see many teachers using, but since my students are special needs and don't completely understand what colors or words mean, I had to come up with something they could comprehend. One of my best creations!!! Started this last year.made them myself, and it is so effective!! Students start on the second one (I am doing what I should be) each morning and can move up and down throughout the day. I hate that! ease include your name on your work so you can receive proper credit! Since, I have started a blog notebook to help me keep track of who I am taking things from so I can give them credit for their wonderful art and creativity!! My Awesome WELCOME Banner that I got from someones blog this summer, but cannot remember for the life of me who from to give credit. My HELPING HAND Back to School Night Display! ![]() My new "Word of the Day" display I made this summer!! ![]() I'll explain that below! They also get treasure tree when they fill up their homework chart, which is 16 HW assignments. ![]() Treasure tree is only on Fridays if students got a good or super on their behavior chart every day that week. It works well with my students, because not only can they see the incentives and be reminded of what they are working for.it has eliminated the problem of students spending too much time at the end of the day rambling and tearing through a treasure box. I have gotten lots of compliments on this. I need to add more stuff, but was just trying to get some things on it before open house. ![]() Love s one of my favorites! I started this last year, an idea I got from "Mailbox" Magazine. BUT.it is coming together slowly, but surely and I can finally post some pics of my classroom.even though it is still improving and changing almost daily!! Yes, I do 11 lesson plans every weekend!!! Last year it was 8, so that adds another 1 1/2 hours on to my planning each week as each child takes me about 30 minutes. So I had to start by making three more of everything and rearranging my room to fit three more desks! Just when I thought I was done.more to do!! Much of my first week was spent assessing and getting to know my three newbies, in order to design a curriculum for each of them! In my room, everyone has an individualized learning plan.all are on different levels.with a different curriculum and lesson plan. So onto my classroom and my first week back!! My first week went well, but I walked in to find that I had three new students enroll!!! I'm up to 11 students now! Three newbies at once in a diversely challenged special ed room can be a challenge!!! Two of them are autistic and one is Emotionally Disturbed. I'm bringing work home every night, plus homeschooling my son in the evenings as well. This is my first post since I started back to school! I started my blog over the summer and had anticipated whether I'd be able to keep up with blogging once school started.and my anticipation was right! I love blogging, but it is very time consuming.especially when you aren't computer savvy!! Even after a week back, I'm still organizing my room and curriculum as my classroom dynamics change from year to year with a special education classroom. I don't know how everyone finds the time to blog during the school year. Whew! (Deep breath) Finally a break and a three-day weekend! Made it through my first week back to school with students.
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