Oct 21, 2022 | Teaching Elementary
When multiplying steps up to double-digits, keeping numbers straight and organized is difficult. This is especially true for students with learning disabilities, ADHD, or fine motor issues. In order to help students learn the process of multiplication without...
Oct 3, 2022 | Teaching Elementary
Once in a while, we end up with a student who simply refuses to work. There can be many reasons for the refusal, but it seems the no amount of negative reinforcers like missing recess or calls to parents have an impact. At a Special Education conference a few years...
Sep 30, 2022 | Teaching Elementary
When a child is learning to write we have found that having a large pencil improves their ability to write with better fine motor control. We all remember the jumbo kindergarten pencils and crayons. How can we improve on this time tested system? PaperMate has...
Sep 10, 2021 | news, Special Education
Years ago I created a website called EduInterventions.com. The site was developed to share intervention strategies for students with special needs. This site had some great resources but slowly was abandoned. The site has dropped off the internet, but the idea for...
Sep 10, 2021 | Teaching Elementary
I’m sure at this point there are few who have closely followed this site over time. If you have, you may have remembered a pretty full-featured site with inadequate and infrequent content, the recent past where it was an unattractive and almost contentless...
Mar 22, 2021 | Interventions, Special Education
Teachers are central to creating a climate of equity and inclusion and making coursework accessible for all students. It is part of what makes teaching so rewarding-orchestrating situations that empower students as learners. It is rewarding, in part, because it takes...
Mar 16, 2021 | Interventions, Special Education
Tracking is a system of assigning students into separate levels, classes, or courses based on perceived ability, teacher recommendation, placement assessments, prior achievement, or a range of non-academic expectations such as student compliance. Tracking most often...
Mar 15, 2021 | Teaching Elementary
Implementing a behavior chart is a common practice of many educators when working with undesired classroom behavior. The use of a behavior chart can be classroom, group, or individually focused. Behavior charts might look like a color system or a level system, which...
Mar 4, 2021 | Teaching Elementary
Home It is surprising that I’m writing a post regarding my excitement about the teacher in-service website. There is no shortage of sites that have a host of videos trying to train teachers about various subjects. The problem with all of the sites is that most...
Mar 3, 2021 | Teaching Elementary
At the recent CEC conference, I saw many great solutions to help students with a diverse array of challenges. Most of the technology and tools had a few things in common. They were focused on a specific task and they were expensive. One of the sessions stood out from...
