Special education (page 5)
Supports for communication, behavior, motor skills, thinking and daily living.
- Gorilla and pizza timerTool
A free animated classroom timer: a gorilla working through a pizza, and the last slice goes exactly as the time runs out. Any length, counting down or up, with the clock a small chip in the corner.
- Gumball machine timerTool
A free animated classroom timer: a gumball machine emptying one ball at a time, and the last gumball clatters into the dish at zero. Any length, counting down or up, with the clock a small chip in the corner.
- Ice-cream tower timerTool
A free animated classroom timer: a puppy licking an ice-cream tower down scoop by scoop, and only the cone is left at zero. Any length, counting down or up, with the clock a small chip in the corner.
- Knowledge-building EnglishGuide
What knowledge-building ELA is: why background knowledge drives comprehension, how CKLA, EL Education and Wit & Wisdom work, and what reviewers found.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Koi pond timerTool
A free animated classroom timer: koi crowding round a handful of fish food, and the last pellet is gulped as the time runs out. Any length, counting down or up, with the clock a small chip in the corner.
- Melting snowman timerTool
A free animated classroom timer: a snowman settling into a puddle, and his hat lands on the puddle at zero. Any length, counting down or up, with the clock a small chip in the corner.
- Peabody's books timerTool
A free animated classroom timer: Peabody reading down a tower of books, and the last book is finished at zero. Any length, counting down or up, with the clock a small chip in the corner.
- Popcorn pot timerTool
A free animated classroom timer: a pot of popcorn popping faster and faster, and the lid flies off at zero. Any length, counting down or up, with the clock a small chip in the corner.
- Problem-based mathGuide
What problem-based math is: Illustrative Math, Investigations, CGI, Number Talks, Building Thinking Classrooms and Japanese lessons, and a fair account of the explicit-versus-inquiry debate.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Rocket launch timerTool
A free animated classroom timer: a rocket burning down its fuel, and the engines light and it lifts off at zero. Any length, counting down or up, with the clock a small chip in the corner.
- Train to the station timerTool
A free animated classroom timer: a train crossing the map to its station, and it pulls in at the platform exactly at zero. Any length, counting down or up, with the clock a small chip in the corner.
- World languagesGuide
Teaching kids a second language in plain words: ACTFL proficiency and the five Cs, comprehensible input and TPRS, dual language immersion, and how much the research can say.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Matching game maker: match terms and meanings from your listTool
Turn a list of terms and meanings into a matching game for the board, with a printable matching sheet and cut-apart cards. Free, no sign-in.
- Rubric descriptors children understand: "I can" wording, one verb a cell, three grade bandsGuide
How to write rubric descriptors students can use: "I can" statements, one verb a cell, levels that differ by one visible thing, real examples for K–2, 3–5 and 6–8.
- Flashcard makerMaker
Make two-sided printable flashcards from a list, 6, 8 or 10 to a page with cut lines, or flip through them on the projector. Free, no sign-in.
- Flip tiles memory game maker from your own listTool
Make a memory game for the board from a list of terms and meanings: flip two tiles at a time to find a pair. Four, six or eight pairs a board. Free.
- 35 morning meeting ideasIdea
Thirty-five morning meeting ideas sorted into greetings, sharing, group activities and morning messages, each with what to do and the grades it fits, plus a morning board for the projector.
- Clock faceMath
An analog clock with draggable hands, a digital clock and the time in words, plus random times to read with the answer hidden.
- Coins and billsMath
Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and bills to put on the table, count on from the biggest, trade for smaller pieces, and build to an amount.
- Passage quizzes: literal, inference and vocabulary questions, and how ours are builtGuide
Literal, inference and vocabulary questions for reading passages, K–8: how each works, how our 53 passages and their quizzes are built, and how to write your own.
- Class marble jarTool
A whole-class reward jar on the projector: a goal, a marble when the class earns one, a celebration at the goal. It only goes up.
- Projector etiquette: Paper, Night and Chalk, and when to put Peabody on the screenGuide
How to use full screen and the Paper, Night and Chalk themes on a classroom projector, good projector habits, and when Peabody's reading timer beats a plain one.
- Reading fluency timer and WCPM calculatorTool
A one-minute reading timer with a words-correct-per-minute calculator for any length of read. Nothing is saved.
- Social-emotional lessons for the classroomTool
Short lessons on feelings and getting along, K to 8: a story to read aloud, four questions, two choices to think through and a paper activity, with a printable teacher and student page.
Checked 2026-11-08