Classy Gal Designs and Publishing: Back to School

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Sunday, July 31, 2016

TpT Sale 2016

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Offer Valid August 1 & 2, 2016

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Surviving Your First Year as a Special Education Teacher

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Garden Themed Bulletin Board~ "Positive Thinking and Reading”

This is the bulletin board outside of my hallway. I created a pocket full of copies of positive quotes for students to take, colorful poms and thanks to the wonderful clip art I found on Teachers Pay Teachers, I created my own posters and banners using publisher!

This is a pocket full of quotes and inspiration, students can take one or share one with a friend.

All of the printables are available on my Teachers Pay Teachers or Teacher's Notebook Store for $4.oo

How to make tissue paper poms...

Tissue paper flowers or poms add a pop of color and are really easy!

Choose your colors and layer the tissue paper (2-3 pieces).

Fold the paper like and accordion...Remember those fans we made as kids? You fold the tissue paper just like that!

Fold to find the middle and cut the tissue paper in half .

Cut about six inches of floral wire from the roll.

Lay your first half on the second and secure with floral wire in the middle.

Carefully separate your layers of tissue paper. Enjoy your colorful pom!

A Reading Bulletin Board by

Monday, August 10, 2015

Classroom Tools: "Breaking the Ice" ...

Clip-art Credit:

Write an Opening-Day Letter…

I love this idea!

What to do:

Write a letter to your students. In that letter, introduce yourself to students. Tell them about your hopes for the new school year and some of the fun things you'll be doing in class. Also, tell students a few personal things about yourself; for example, your likes and dislikes, what you did over the summer, and your hobbies. I might even share some of my old class photos. (It will give them a laugh!) Ask questions throughout the letter. You might ask what students like most about school, what they did during the summer, and what their goals for the new school year are, or what they are really good at.

{For my group this year, I am looping up to 5^th with them. Since I had them all year as 4^th graders, we know each other pretty well. I still want to take the time to catch up, so I am going to write a letter about what I did over the summer and include who I saw from the class over the summer and where!}

I am going to project my letter on the big screen and have the student write back and share their letters about their summers!

Want to know more about students?

Try a student survey. This one asks students to share their preferences regarding classroom environment and gives the teacher a chance to get to know the social and emotional needs of the students before class work begins.

This is a student survey designed to help you to “get to know” your new students. It’s the quiz the students cannot fail!

Its multiple choice format makes it easy for all students to participate.
It asks the students questions about their attitudes and feelings towards school in an effort to reveal their thoughts and provides information for goal setting.