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Everyone Loves a Compliment

Compliment - You are Beautiful

I’ve often had difficulties figuring out what I can do to lift a secondary (middle or high school) student’s day or to just provide him or her a compliment of some sort. With my population of students, they don’t always enjoy hearing compliments (So embarrassing!). I’ve tried many things, but ultimately, many of the tangible things I’ve tried have either been completely ignored or thrown away. THIS, however, has been something that has withstood even some of the most difficult students to reach.

These student compliment cards are PERFECT! They’re small enough to discretely slip onto a desk or hand to a student on his or her way out the door. I’ve seen my students tape them in their lockers or keep them securely in their binders. If you’re interested in trying them out with your students (they’re even awesome to leave with a tip when you eat out!), I’m providing 8 of them for FREE below!

My suggestions are to print them in color on cardstock and laminate them so they last a bit longer than they would on paper. Enjoy!

Click on the graphic below to get your FREE compliment cards!

Tori in her middle school classroom

I love Pinterest!!!

There, I said it. Now that’s out in the open, I thought I would share with you my carefully curated Pinterest Boards, all having to do with various aspects of education. Many of my educational Pinterest boards have to do with Special Education, but as you’ll find, most Special Education techniques work with all children! Sound crazy? Well, just give it a shot!

Find everything I’ve saved on Pinterest by clicking HERE, otherwise, keep scrolling down…

Love them today, teach them tomorrow.

Find All Kinds of Educational Resources By Browsing My Pinterest Boards Found at the Links Below!

classroom photo

Teacher Anchor Charts

Here, you will find an absolute gold mine full of ideas for amazing anchor charts! Copy them exactly or make them your own. Just don’t forget to refer to them throughout the year, or they’ll be just one more thing to take off the wall at the end of the year!

desk organization

Teacher Organization

This is definitely something I struggle with – especially as a Special Education teacher. It’s taken me a while to figure out what works for me but when I have, it’s a wonderful moment.

Make SMART Goals

Goals & Data

Data, data, data. What to do with it all? Hopefully, this will give you a place to start, whether you’re a generalist or a Special Education teacher.

The REAL Things to-Do List

I’m Done, Now What?

This is to give you some ideas on how to keep those brains making connections, even when the main activity is complete!

Example interactive notebook

Interactive Notebooks

Not many people seem to use these much in secondary education, but I use them whenever I can. It’s so nice to be able to get my students off the computer screens whenever possible!

Middle School Adventures

This is where I keep a plethora of ideas specifically geared toward middle school. It’s difficult to balance the immaturity of a 6th grader and the moodiness of a 7th grader some days when you teach mixed grades in Special Education. I need all of the ideas I can get!

Coins spilling out of a jar

Consumer Math

When I started my first year of teaching, I was shocked to find that some of my high schoolers needed consumer math skills! This is a great place to start to get an idea of what to do in this type of situation.

Developing Readers at a Secondary Level

This was like a gut-punch, too! I knew I was going to be teaching lower-level readers as a Special Education teacher, BUT I had no idea I would ever need to teach children how to read at a middle school level. You best believe, I did what I could to come up with some ideas fast!

computer keyboard

Digital Citizenship

A few ideas for reinforcing positive computer use in the classroom.

messy workspace

Executive Functioning Skills

Are your students disorganized? Do they have IEP goals that need to be addressed in this area? Well, start here for some fantastic ideas!

students working together

Life Skills

Here is a great place to go for ideas about how to teach life skills to students in a variety of fun ways.

child with Legos

Task Boxes

I’ve only known about task boxes for about 4 years now. They are a game-changer when it comes to needing practice activities for several different levels of students. I also use them to reinforce new learning or to assess growth on IEP goals and objectives!

bright classroom

Special Education

This is a perfect place to go for all kinds of information about teaching Special Education students.

Writing

Writing is hard, especially at a secondary level. Here are some resources I’ve used to teach it in my classroom.

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Student Compliment Cards