A guest blog post by Brandi at A Peach for the Teach: Behavior Support & Multi-Age Teachers and parents of students with challenging behaviors encounter obstacles when designing environments that are nurturing yet productive. This “behavior box of blog posts” highlights some tips for promoting success with our children who have emotional and behavioral needs. How to Handle Storms,…
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Document, Document, Document!
As a teacher there are many things we need to document daily. How little or how much documentation you do is up to you, but I have personally found that a few minutes of documentation each day has saved me a great deal of time in the long run. Here are ten tips to help you with teacher documentation. Looking…
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Evaluation Time?! No Sweat! Just Strut Your Stuff!
Evaluations can be scary! Heck – they can be down-right frightening and intimidating. Yet one thing I’ve learned is that we have to show our administrators what we are doing well in the classroom. Yes, I realize they know how awesome we already are, but an evaluation should be a time to really show off! Spend a few minutes to…
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Thanksgiving Thank You Notes FREEBIE
This year I wanted my students to show their thanks and appreciation to one another, other staff, and their family and friends by writing thank you notes. These would also work perfectly for teachers to show their appreciation to their students, co-workers, families, and others!These are set in a fall color scheme, but you can choose to print them…
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Thank you, Veterans!
In honor of Veterans’ Day coming up on Monday, a coworker and I teamed up to complete a dual Social Studies/Writing project. Each year our school does something special to celebrate Veterans’ Day, and this year we decided to focus on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We started by asking the students to research about the Tomb. (Hello, Common…
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