Focus board classroom

What exactly is a focus wall? It’s an intentional area of the classroom that displays learning targets, as well as the curriculum for the week.

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Do you use a focus wall in your classroom? We’ve been using one for the past ten years and loved having it to refer to, but it was difficult to keep up with it because I had to staple and take it down each week. I finally found a solution for this problem this past ... Read More about Easy to Maintain Focus Wall

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When I looked at my last post and realized it was Christmas themed, I realized I was long overdo for a blog post. This new year has brought a lot of changes for my district, and one of those changes was the requirement to have all objectives posted. My grade level already had them posted, so we felt like we could check this off our list. They worked great and I loved that they took up very little space. This smaller set is editable, so you do have the option of typing your objectives. I used…

One of the biggest benefits to teaching in a special education classroom is having the flexibility to meet the students where they are at. Everything is specially designed to build upon their skills and make the content accessible. With that being said, this focus on individualization can make it a challenge to create common learning targets for all students. I like to keep my overall classroom learning targets general, and my small group learning targets more specific. For example, as a…

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