Classroom design 2023-2024

After moving into a much smaller classroom this year I needed to have a plan on how I was going to help keep myself my students organized. In the past, I had individual binders at each center. I liked this because no instruction time was lost. The students showed up to the center and could start working instead of having to run back to the last center to grab their binder. With my new space there was no way I could do this, so I decided to make 1 binder for each student. Keep reading to see...

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Bring the outside in with this set of nature inspired classroom design ideas. Check out the nature-themed posters and calming classroom elements in this nature classroom mood board. Design your classroom with these nature elements to make a calming learning space for students.

This is Part 2 in my series on Take Home Folders/ Homework Folders. If you missed Part 1, I talked about how to set up, label, and organize your folders. Check it out here. Today's blog post will discuss how to actually manage the folders and the gazillions of papers that go back and forth from school to home. We live in a digital world, but papers are very much still a part of elementary schools. Having an efficient system in place will save you so many headaches. If you are a brand new...

Sorry I’ve been MIA from this blog! I’ve been in the middle of moving for a few months and it’s finally all done 🙂 Here are some things we’ve been up to! Affiliate links have been included for your convenience. First of all I had to share this book with you! If you don’t own ... Read More about Books, Conferences, and Pumpkins

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At the beginning of every school year, I like to take mass baselines for all of my students so that I have a good clean idea on where they are toward meeting the goals set for them on their IEPs. Maybe they had a summer miracle or maybe they’ve regressed a little. Today I’m going […]

Special Education Teachers need to share student IEP information to certain staff members. Do it the right way with these tips!

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