Behaviors & Pete the Cat

I have such a sweet class this year!  On the first day of school we tried demonstrating how to NOT follow the rules and they literally could not do it.  I actually ended up not introducing the velcro behavior plan because the kids behaviors are more disability specific and need to be dealt with individually.  As the work is getting harder, they are having some motivation issues so...

Apologies and Differentiation

Time flies when you are having fun! It also flies when you are teaching full time, taking a crazy grad class, dealing with department of social services, managing meltdowns and doing a million other things!  Sorry for being MIA but life has been crazy!  I really love the new position though!  Okay now onto something you can use in your room....this is not my original idea.  The...

200 Follower Giveaway {everyone wins!}

I'm slightly late on this but it's the beginning of school and things are crazy!  I was planning on doing a giveaway to celebrate reaching 200 followers but then only a few people win.  Instead, I'm giving everyone a chance to win!  Here is what you need to do:  1. Follow my blog  2. Add my teachers notebook store to your favorites  3. Leave me a comment letting me...

New Everything!

About 3 days before school started, I decided to change everything!  I always do this...I bought a bunch of stuff for my dorm room and once I had everything, I returned it all and bought different stuff.  I think I have a problem.  Anyways, I was making my schedule and realized that I had NO time for free time which I planned on building into my schedule as a daily reward.  My...

New Favorite Classroom Tool

I've mentioned before that I had a LOT of stuff brought to my room for my new position from the previous teacher.  As I was sorting I found this electric pencil sharpener and I was soooooo excited.  Previously, this was the only pencil sharpener in the room:  (Can you see why I was so excited now? This clearly isn't safe!) It was so terrible I bought pens and mechanical...