I'm a tk-1st grade special education teacher in CA! I love vlogging my experience and sharing it with all of you. I hope you find it helpful and enjoy! Thanks for being here (:
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I'm currently a sped para and I was accepted into two programs. One was a multiple subject credential and one was a mild/mod education specialist. I was so torn because I had an idea in my head about what it would look like to be a mul sub teacher vs a sped teacher. You make the job look so fun and exciting and you have helped me make my decision. I will be going into my sped credential program in August and I am so excited! Thank you for sharing your journey! You make me so excited to get into the classroom! <3
This is so cool! I noticed you haven't uploaded in a while I hope you didn't quit I'm considering teaching but I'm uncertain because of the many negative things I see about it so this was a nice change of pace
Hey girl! I stumbled across your channel in 2022 actually, you and I were starting our first year teaching at the same time! 😊I wanted to reach out again bc you have grown so much and the insight and resources you mention are so so helpful! Thank you for being you, you’re doing a great job! 🫶🏻🫶🏻 Always rooting for you. I’m hoping to get a kinder position this fall, you give me a lot of hope that I can fall back in love with teaching again.
I'm surprised you could do Halloween theme because some parents are horrified to touch that topic. We could only do harvest, thanksgiving (without the pilgrims and native Americans), and pumpkins/food.
Soph, It's a hard state of affairs when the order of the day in school doesn't allow you the teacher to calm students down from separation anxiety. Back when I was a sped student My Separation Anxiety came from missing my favorite TV programs and having to be away from home everyday and having to deal with too much structure at school most of the school day and less structure at home for the remainder of the school day after school and into the morning of the next school day having to wake up and prep for school. How times have changed in life in so many ways. - Dwight
It’s different! They play different board games to learn the rules and turn taking, sharing, etc! I give them free play time in the morning and a lot of them use the dramatic play stuff then (:
If you like RomCom type of books check out Charming Falls Apart by Angela Terry. It's her debut book, her second book- The Trials of Adeline Turner was also so good, I ate them both up!! So good!! And she has a third book coming out next month. They're all stand alone books. Happy Reading and teaching. 😊
See if you can get the thicker pencils I Knock the regular size can be harder with their little hands. I know Ticonderoga has some that are called my first pencils they have them in the regular length and in short. I know they also have just pencil grips that help them hold the pencil the right way as well. I student teaching kindergarten through second grade special Ed so I know how hard it can be for some of them. I'm glad that I came across your account. Definitely going to be binge-watching your videos. When I should be lesson planning. 😅!
Use painters tape and the put hot glue over, or command strips. It will keep from damaging the walls. I have to use sticky tack this year and have no idea how good it works but will let you know.
Congrats on your new position! Thanks for sharing your classroom set-up process with us. I think having a designated color for each of your grade levels will be extremely helpful with organization and planning. For example, you can have purple math folder for your kinders and so on for 1st and 3rd - the designated colors can also help you prep for small group and organize materials and manipulatives. I teach art to K-5th and I use designated colors all of the time - I love it so much and it helps me keep their projects, grading, etc organized. 😊
Awesome vlog! It's so fun to see all the hard work that goes into prepping a classroom. Wishing you a fantastic school year ahead! 📚🏫 We sent you a DM on your Instagram. We would love to connect and collaborate with you🙂.
Congratulations!! I am currently an inclusion RSP teacher and have always wanted to be an SDC teacher, but they don’t have any in my district. I am in California as well. I hope I can find an SDC mild/mod position one day.
As a mom of a special Ed student I would make a sheet where all the pieces are. Pictures are the best thing to help them, the pecs system is also a great option to have on hand too. A Lot of the pages that you made I have and my 5 year old daughter isn't in special Ed she loves to do the same thing as her brother. Also do the steps to follow ones.
Sorry to comment again but I just wanted to say for the one that you said you should have color coded the color words- I think it would be good to have both options. So two different levels but the same resource if that makes sense. So once they master the one where you do have the color words color coded then they can move onto the one where the color words are black like that one in your binder until they master that level.
I’ve stored the little pieces on the back with velcro or on a separate page like you showed and I’ve also done ziplock bags. You can tape the bag to the back of the page.
It might be easier if you separate things into the skill categories instead of having it one big binder. You might find your kids need weeks of practice on their rhyming or AN family words and it’s helpful to have the same skill in an easy to grab spot where you practice the skill over and over but with different materials :)
Okay yes!! Thank you. I was thinking this! I have the clear scrap booking bins from Michael’s and I was thinking about sorting things by skill that way
LOVE YOUR EXCITEMENT! YOUR ARE AMAZING! I have been teaching SpEd for 8 years with 24 years of experience with Autism. Just a helpful hint, word first and picture second. Be very careful with your fonts and colors. Children with diverse needs struggle with fonts -I use kinder font and bold black unless it is for a specific color , then use that color for the lettering. Also, make sure your Clipart is directly related to the sound for the word. You're doing an amazing job!
Thank you!!🥹 you just made my day. Yes!! Thank you. I was definitely keeping font in mind. I’ll edit things too once I start and see what works and what doesn’t.
@@sophteachestinies What are some interests/things your 4th graders were obsessed with? I'm familiar with 1st grade interests but not as much upper elementary interests (I know it depends on the student/group but just general interests/TV shows/hobbies)
@@sarahp444 ok so I was prepared for first grade and then had no idea about fourth but honestly they like a lot of the same things first graders like. They loved mini erasers. They were obsessed with buying them at class store. We called them desk pets. They also love technology and listening to music. I had them fill out a Google form and made a class playlist. My class also loved playing telephone, four corners and heads up seven up
I'm moving to 4th grade after teaching 3rd and below for the last 6 years. Do you have any advice for teaching 4th grade writing? I've heard it can be a lot, at times Or even any 4th grade writing resource recommendations?
Teaching writing was definitely tough. I would say be very clear and specific in your expectations and always model what you want students to do and provide them a checklist or rubric for assignments. Also peer editing is super helpful. We didn’t use a writing curriculum :/
I feel validated. I will be teaching first grade this year. We begin the 2023-2024 school year August 3, 2023, and I have been prepping since I learned I was moving from second grade to first. I love your shares and I think that your materials are great. I look forward to following your videos. Be Blessed.
Reading specialist here in your CVC word page with the pictures and they have to draw the line from the picture to the word, you have the word ant..which wouldnt that be vcc? And then with the word cow, how would they blend that if "ow" is vowel team there? Just wondering how those would tie in to the skills that are on the other pages!
Omg yes!! Good catch. Thank you! I’m going to change ant. I want them to learn that ow can make multiple sounds so they can read other words like how, wow, etc.
I do not teach SPED but I love your foos motivational cards!! Are they in your tpt store? I would love them for my fifth grade. Please put them there if you have the time!! Thank you. Alicia from CT
I'm currently working on my graduate certificate in applied behavior analysis and it sounds like your dog is having a hard time with generalization. For a few days or so, watch her and every time she sits like an angel, say sit and give her a treat. Eventually when she does it every time you give her a treat. Start thinning out giving her the treat. You could even have the treat in your hand but withhold it a few times interspersed with giving it to her until she's sitting without the treat in your hands.
It sounds like you and i are going into next school year in the same place. I was a preschool teacher for 20 years but this coming school year will be my first year with public school and i will be a lower elementary SPED resource teacher. Please keep sharing!
just came across your video so excited for you in. This will be my first year as an inclusion/ resource teacher for special education so I am pretty excited.
