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Like using a clip chart for tracking behavior management in a special needs environment? Here is a free printable visual behavior clip chart tracking sheet. Smiley faces represent the different levels of the clip chart and can help students track their behavior over the length of a week. This may be handy if your entire school …
Create an easy set of visual direction cards. Here is a set of printable visual directions cards for free that make giving directions easier. Display the direction cards needed to remind students which steps they complete and the order. These are visual reminders and make even the youngest students or non-readers more successful at following …
When students have trouble staying focused or need some motivation, you can use an “I’m working for” chart. These charts allow the student to earn some type of token, such as pennies or stickers, throughout an activity or lesson in order to earn a privilege when it is over. The student picks from the choices …
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It is very important that you have a place in your room, whether general education or special education room, that a student can go to when they just need a few minutes away. We need to teach our students to calm themselves and be able to do this by just stepping away from other people …
You can teach money using math games and anchor charts. Here are three free printable tools to help with teaching money. There are anchor chart posters that tell the value of each coin, a version of war using combined coin values and pretend checks and bills to practice applying learning about money. These free download …
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Want to know how to make playdough? Here are 7 unique playdough recipes to make learning kinesthetic. Playdough can make for an inexpensive manipulative and be extremely powerful for students at all ages! Playdough will greatly increase the fine motor skills for younger students, improve creative thinking skills in older students and be the right touch …
How to teach non-English speakers in elementary school. Here are 8 tips that can come in handy, help diffuse tricky situations and make for a smoother transition when you have an ELL student. While you may not run into having a student who speaks no English each year, this list is sure to come in …
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Teaching using social stories is a great strategy to help young students and some students with special needs understand new situations and experiences. Here is an easy to use social story about going to McDonald’s. Heading to the golden arches is a pretty common experience for kids and this printable book may just be helpful in increasing …
Some students have a hard time understanding personal space. Here is a special needs teaching strategy to improve personal space awareness and difficulties. Students learn to visualize the space around themselves as they use a hula hoop to see personal boundaries. Hula Hoop Personal Space This strategy teaches boundaries. At first, a hula hoop plays an …
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Solve common core math addition number sentences with 3 addends. Here is a free printable math mat to practice adding with multiple addends using manipulatives. This common core math skill is needed in multiple grade levels and it closely connected to composing and decomposing numbers. Your students can use this workmat to show their thinking. 3 …
Teacher created printable games are fantastic tools to teach curriculum. You’ve got a list here of 65 fun and simple printable games for math and language arts created by teachers that are all free. These are rounded up from the collections I’ve made and from our fantastic Teach Junkie community members. With a collection of great, free printable games like …
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