Want to Be a Guest Blogger? Wednesday, August 19, 2015. KEEPING TRACK OF PROGRESS in the Special Education Classroom. I am so excited about guest blogging here at Special Sparkle. Today, I wanted to share an awesome app for documenting and monitoring progress.

CLICK HERE FOR FREE BLOGGER TEMPLATES, LINK BUTTONS AND MORE! A first grade teacher blog. During the last two weeks, my kiddos have been writing lots of poetry. I think that poetry is something that they are naturally drawn to and pretty easy to write.

Sunday, March 2, 2014. I love all the Interactive Readers by Maria Manore. We are working on number words in my class so this set. Is just perfect for that. Bump and Jump games are great for small groups and those early finishers in my room.

Sunday, August 14, 2016. Give a Cheer for the New School Year! I love the beginning of a new school year! It brings hope, opportunity, and excitement. It is a time to make new plans from the reflections you made about your teaching and profession in the spring.

Saturday, September 8, 2012. I want to say upfront that I took ideas from EVERYWHERE! There are soooo many creative people that have given so freely of their ideas. Many of the ideas I have modified, yet some are as is. I hope you enjoy touring my classroom! Here is the sign in closeup. This is facing the same d.

Sunday, October 5, 2014. October Currently, and near-future blogging plans.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015. 3 Ways to Build Relationships with Parents at the Beginning of the Year. As teachers, our students should be our number one priority. We share that priority with others, though, because those students have parents who also care deeply for them. Every new school year, I am always very persistent to establish a positive relationship with parents. This means I am trying to contact them BEFORE school even starts. Monday, August 10, 2015.

Managing Behaviors Successfully and Differentiating for Students. Saturday, April 5, 2014. Spring Blogger Meet-Up Blog Hop. A couple of weeks ago, I had a wonderful opportunity to meet-up with around 50 amazing teacher bloggers from Indiana and other states in French Lick, Indiana. I was very excited to reunite with many that I met last summer and to meet many new ones. I had no idea how wonderful it actually was going to be. We did a fun gift swap as a lar.

Papers, Pencils, and Progress Reports. Just a place to gather teaching ideas and expand collaboration! Friday, August 14, 2015. And Million Minute Reading Challenge. I created calendars for students to color i.