3rd grade special education activities

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February Morning Tubs for 3rd Grade will have your students excited about learning each day. Your students will be engaged as they use fine motor skills and critical thinking skills for math and ela.

Do you use task boxes in your special education classroom? If you don’t, check out this blog post for 8 ways to use task boxes for special education. You can use task boxes for one on one instruction, classroom centers or stations, with early finishers, with morning work and much more. There are so many benefits to including this special education activity into your lesson plans. Use these task boxes during independent work stations or homework today!

If you are a special education teacher, then you know that IEP goals play an important role in our job. Today, I want to share how to set up IEP goal bins to make your life easier as a special ed teacher. Data tracking for special education students is easy once you prep your goal bins. Each special ed student gets a container, a label with their name, and materials for each objective. Read more about what is inside and how to keep them organized in your special ed classroom.

Different errorless learning activities for your special education classroom. Errorless learning is great for independent practice.

Have you been struggling to find a way to engage all of your students in writing activities? These daily writing journals are the perfect solution. Today I am sharing how to prep and organize these daily writing journals for your special education students. I talk about how to color code the journals along with how to pick the right level for your students. These writing prompts are great for writing time, morning work, and independent work stations. Learn how to prep them today!

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If there is one I have learned in my years of working with paraprofessionals, it is that paras are teachers too. My paraprofessional is my right hand and my left hand. She is the glue that keeps us together. I realize that sometimes it is our first instinct to give them passive work because their

Work tasks are a great way for students to practice life skills and vocational skills in the special education classroom. But what if traditional work tasks or task box activities aren’t accessible to all your students? How can you adapt work tasks to meet the needs of all your students, regardless of their level? Here you’ll find my favorite work tasks ideas and activities for special education students along with how they can be adapted to meet the needs of students of all levels.