Sped classroom

If there is one I have learned in my years of working with paraprofessionals, it is that paras are teachers too. My paraprofessional is my right hand and my left hand. She is the glue that keeps us together. I realize that sometimes it is our first instinct to give them passive work because their

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I have been CRAZY excited to share my classroom with ya'll this year. This is my third year in this classroom, and I'm in love with how it turned out it this school year. I kept a lot of the same centers from last year, and added a few new fun ones (Magnet Center,

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Hi everyone! It has been a busy few weeks in my classroom and it is finally ready! I plan to post a video on my IG soon! Here is my mirror wall. It is by our classroom sink area. There are positive affirmations above each mirror. Find Mirrors Here This is a decorative area above one of my student work tables. It was a blank wall that just needed a little something added to it! Stripe Border I also updated my teacher tool kits! The first one I made to go along with my classroom theme (shiplap…

The choices special education teachers and therapists make in classroom decor significantly impacts classroom and behavior management. Click to read what you should and shouldn't do as well as some areas to pause and think about first.

This week was pre-planning and I really got almost nothing done. I just can't figure out what to do with my room. I don't like distraction and clutter and lots of stuff. Most of the other teachers have cute themes in their rooms but it's visual overload to me. So my room tends to look pretty plain and dare I say, boring, compared to everyone else's. So far this is what I've got... As you can see, I'm painting my walls light blue. (They're actually finished now.) I figure it's a nice calm…