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.

Sunday, September 23, 2012. Big Adjustment, Little Adjustment. Hello dear teacher friends! I have been absent for quite some time. Can you believe it is the end of September? Switching to another school and another grade has been, well, time consuming to say the least. But now that we are in some sort of routine, I am diving back into the blogging world to share ideas and find inspiration! Here is a little tour of what my new room looks like and and a few of my 2nd graders. How have you been? I am sneaki.

Reflections of teaching on the fly. The Most Amazing Blog Links. Sunday, July 10, 2016. Back into the swing of things. Well, it has quite a while since I have posted to this blog. Has been the last thing on my mind. My summer is now over. I had a wonderful, uneventful June, with most days spent watching TV and lounging around the house in my PJs.

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. Designed by Dawn Alderman Design.

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.

Friday, August 14, 2015. Five for Friday- First Week of School! Well, the first week back to school is finally in the books and my 11th year teaching is on its way! Today, I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching. To share a bit about my crazy first week back to school! I used to do it weekly and I think I am going to try to do this every few weeks instead. I also prepped by making egg muffins. These are great! Information was playing on the Smartboard. The first day back was great! .

Sunday, August 16, 2015. Sensory Sunday - Touchy Feely Frames. Each Sunday, I will be posting a fun new sensory play experience for you to enjoy with your little people! Some of these experiences will be perfect for your tiniest tots and some more appropriate for your classroom. As you know, sensory play is one of our favourite activities! I then went through my basket and selected which materials I was going to use. I wanted my little one to have a variety of textures to explore. I heated up my .

Sunday, August 16, 2015. And a VERY cool history fact! Thanks to Teaching Trio. My kids love to use highlighters so I think these will be a hit! He bed Ga.

Monday, August 17, 2015. Friday, August 14, 2015. I had a baby, my second. This just was a total game changer. I have been able to keep up with some Facebook things by collaborating with We Teach Sped.