Special education (page 6)
Supports for communication, behavior, motor skills, thinking and daily living.
- 25 calm-corner ideasIdea
Twenty-five ideas for a classroom calm corner: where to put it, what goes in it, the calming routines to teach and how to keep it from becoming a hiding place.
- Word scramble makerMaker
Turn any word list into a printable word scramble, with a word bank, an optional first-letter hint and an answer key. Free, no sign-in.
- How to set up morning work that runs itselfGuide
A morning work routine that runs while you take attendance: what goes on the page, how to check it in five minutes, what changes by grade, and a free weekly maker with a key.
- Think-Pair-Share timerTool
A prompt and three timed phases, think, pair and share, with a chime as each one ends.
- Math operation words posterPrintable
A free printable poster of math word clues: the words that often point to adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing, in two columns. Edit and print.
- Daily language review: a fix-the-sentence routineGuide
A five-minute daily language review routine: one sentence to fix, the five kinds of error to teach, what to expect by grade, and a free weekly printable with a key.
- 30 ways to use a timer in classIdea
Thirty classroom uses for a timer on the projector, from transitions and turn-and-talk to calm-down time and centers, each with the length to set and the grades it fits.
- How to run task cards in centersGuide
Running a task card center: picking the deck, the recording sheet, teaching the routine, three ways to check answers, Scoot and early finishers, by grade, with a free task card maker.
- 30 vocabulary games that make students use the wordsIdea
Thirty vocabulary games for K–8 that work with any word list: whole-class, partner, paper and two-minute games, each with how to play, plus free crossword, flashcard and bingo makers.
- Bar timerTool
A free countdown that draws time as one wide bar that shrinks from full to empty, with the digits above it. Readable from the back of the room.
- Clock timerTool
A free analogue clock countdown for class: a sweeping hand and a shaded sector show how much of the time has gone, with the digits underneath.
- Letter tracing worksheets A to ZPrintable
Print letters to trace as dotted strokes on ruled lines, with a start dot on every stroke: one letter a page, a 26 page A to Z book, or the whole alphabet on one page. No sign-in.
- Quiet timerTool
A calm countdown with no sound, no flashing and no colour changes: muted digits and a thin line that shortens. For tests, silent reading and calm-down time.
- Race timerTool
A free countdown where a little car drives along a track and reaches the chequered line when time is up. A fun way to race the clock in class.
- Rocket timerTool
A free countdown where a rocket flies from the Earth to the Moon as the time runs, past twinkling stars, and lands with a flag at zero. A space-themed way to see time pass.
- Sand timerTool
A free hourglass timer for class: the sand runs from the top to the bottom, so young children can see time pass without reading numbers.
- Making change gameMath
A price and a payment, and the child counts the change back with coins and bills. Three levels, a count-up hint like a cashier, and nothing is stored.
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- Telling time gameMath
Read the clock with three answer boxes, or set the clock by dragging its hands: to the hour, half hour, quarter hour, five minutes and the minute.
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- Savings goal and piggy bankMath
Pick a picture for what you are saving for, tap in the money you save and watch a jar fill, with the weeks left. Kept on the device, nothing typed.
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- A classroom management plan, with a templateGuide
Writing a classroom management plan: the seven sections, expectations, routines, signals, a class reward jar, a ladder of responses, families, a filled-in example and a printable template.
- 25 transition songs and attention signalsIdea
Twenty-five original call-and-response lines, hand and sound signals, short songs to familiar public-domain tunes and visual cues for transitions, each with when to use it and the grades it fits.
- Family note makerMaker
Print a one-page letter home in English, Spanish or both: what we are learning, reading or math at home, or a welcome. Free, nothing leaves your computer.
- Interval timerTool
Work and rest rounds for stations, study sprints and partner talk, or several named timers at once. Big numbers, a chime, full screen. Free.
- Unplugged coding task cardsPrintable
Twenty printable cards for coding without a screen: robot partner, repeat, find the bug, if-then rules. Print 4 or 8 to a page. Free, no sign-in.
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