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