Win a POST-IT NOTE TREASURE CHEST!

I am just drooling over here! I mean what teacher wouldn't want to win a POST-IT NOTE TREASURE CHEST!?! This is literally ten pounds of post-its!!! Well fortunately, it could be your lucky day. Thanks to my fellow bloggers below, one of you will receive this in your mailbox! :)

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  

Prize: Post-It Note Treasure Chest

Giveaway Organized by:  Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher), 

Co-hosts:  An Apple for the Teacher, Mrs Roltgen, The Literacy Garden, Tried and True Teaching Tools,  The Chocolate Teacher, Mrs Humphries Class, MM Bilingual, Samson's Shoppe,

Powerpoint Gaming, Mrs Irvins Toolbox, Momma with a Teaching Mission on TpT, and The Bender Bunch.

It's super easy! Just enter the rafflecopter below! And even better, it's open worldwide!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Also Teachers Pay Teachers is having it's store-wide BTS sale today and tomorrow! It's a great time to clear out those wishlists and shop for back to school while you can save up to 28% off! My entire store is on sale! Be sure to enter the promo code, BESTYEAR for the additional savings!

I'm so excited to see who will win all of these post-it notes! Enjoy the sale!

SPEDtacular Sunday Freebies!!!

Welcome back SPED community! Ready for some freebies!?! If you missed it last week, I launched a new weekly linky explicitly for Special Education freebies! You may be familiar with "Freebie Friday" that we all love from "Teaching Blog Addict," and "Manic Monday" hosted by Charity Preston of "Classroom Freebies," but I decided it was time for a resource linky specific to special education teachers! Last week, we had 40 freebies linked up. Check it out here. 

Every Sunday I'll host a link up here on my blog for "SPEDtacular" freebies! Bloggers and TPT sellers can link up their freebies each week from their blogs or stores. Those that don't have a blog or store can visit each week to download free resources for their classrooms! 

Link Up Rules

1. All resources must be FREE! It can be free for the day, but please delete your link once you mark it back to paid.
2. Your freebie may link to your blog or store.
3. Freebie does not have to be related specifically to SPED, but should be practical for SPED.
4. If you are linking up from your blog, using this image in your post and linking back to my blog is not required, but is greatly appreciated! Also, feel free to share this image on your social media so your other SPED friends don't miss out! :)

*I recommend using an image of your freebie & not your button when linking up. 

Alright, GO! 

Link up your free resources below and/or download the free resources you can use in your classroom! The link up tool will close on Saturday each week, but freebies will remain accessible! Come back every Sunday to link up or download new freebies!

An InLinkz Link-up

14 BTS FREEBIES & GIVEAWAY!!

 Back to School is just around the corner! It's time to get serious and start focusing on all of those classroom ideas we had on our list! 

I've got 14 FREE set-up resources and posters to help you get started! Just click on the link you are interested in and download! :)

IEP Schedule (Editable)
Open House Sign In Sheet
Check Out List
Line Up Chart
Student Info Sheet
Accommodations Flipbook
BTS Supply Wishlist
Hello Desk Nametags



3-Dimensional Posters
Money Posters
iPad Rules
Subway Posters
Groups Poster
Safe Spot Poster

Want even more free goodies!?! Enter below for a chance to win $50 worth of resources from my store....your choice!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

You might also find this useful if you missed it last year!!! It is a collaborative resource I put together last summer with 24 other special Ed bloggers! It's loaded with tips and freebies from each of us!! Check it out here.

And don't forget this Sunday I'll be hosting "SPEDtacular Freebies" again! Be sure to stop by and link up a freebie of your own or to download some freebies! Last week we had 40 freebies linked up!!! :) If you missed it, you can still grab them here. 

Cheers to a great 2016-2017 school year!!!

SPED Interactive Notebooks are Here!!! {A Year-long Reading Curriculum}

Finally!!! An Interactive Notebook designed specifically for special education classrooms and just in time for BTS!!!! And, a year-long reading curriculum my friends, designed to build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension!!! Yes, a year-long, with 36 weeks of daily activities!

I'm so excited to finally launch this and be able to share it with you for the upcoming school year! This is a collaborative resource I've worked on for over a year with Susan from "School Bells N' Whistles." So it is a true "Labor of Love!"

Each Monday, students are introduced to 5 new vocabulary words and a new reading passage. Passages are low readability and seasonal. Here's a peek at Week 2, and how the program works.

Students read the passage every day for 5 days as research shows that repeated readings increase and build fluency! They can time themselves or one another (kids love using the timers) and try to beat their time each day. Kids also love this challenge. Each time they read the story, they can color in a book. They also get to make a "Pocket Full of Words" to make daily practicing fun and easy.

On Tuesday, students complete WH questions about their story.

On Wednesday, they get to make a fun flipbook that focuses on comprehension and targets main idea, setting, characters, details, and vocabulary.

Thursday is sentence writing. Students have the option of writing the correct words in the boxes or cutting and pasting the words. 

Friday is a quiz that can easily be used for a weekly grade. The quizzes give students practice with multiple choice, true/false, and short answer items, and also targets skills such as antonyms, synonyms, and rhyming words.

I've tried Interactive Notebooks in my class before, but the cutting was just too daunting for my students! I love that my students will be able to manage the cutting with this set, as the cutting is very minimal and requires only simple straight cuts!

I love the ending results of IN's, and being able to showcase their year-long work in one book. It also makes such a great keepsake and allows everything to remain organized and easy to refer back to for review. They're really nice to show at conferences too or even IEP meetings!

If you're not a fan of IN's, this set can easily be used without them too! You could simply staple each week together, or possibly even spiral bind them.

You can check it out here, and be sure to download the preview to get a free weekly sample to try out in your classroom! You'll get everything you see above!

It's also currently discounted, so snag it up while you can and have your reading lesson plans all planned out for you when you head back to school soon!!

I plan to use my "Spelling for a Year" along with this set as it compliments this set nicely and includes a weekly phonics sheet designed for IN's that you could easily incorporate!

What reading program are you currently using in your classroom??

SPEDtacular Sunday Freebies {New Weekly Linky}

Hello SPED community! Ready for some freebies!?! I'm launching a new weekly linky explicitly for SPED teachers! You may be familiar with "Freebie Friday" that we all love from "Teaching Blog Addict," and "Manic Monday" hosted by Charity Preston of "Classroom Freebies," but I think it's time for a resource linky specific to special education teachers! What'd you say!? 

Every Sunday I'll host a link up here on my blog for "SPEDtacular" freebies! Bloggers and TPT sellers can link up their freebies each week from their blogs or stores. Those that don't have a blog or store can visit each week to download free resources for their classrooms! 

Link Up Rules

1. All resources must be FREE!
2. Your freebie may link to your blog or store.
3. Freebie does not have to be related specifically to SPED, but should be practical for SPED.
4. If you are linking up from your blog, using this image in your post and linking back to my blog is not required, but is greatly appreciated! Also, feel free to share this image on your social media so your other SPED friends don't miss out! :)

*I recommend using an image of your freebie & not your button when linking up. 

Let's get started! 

Link up your free resources below and/or download the free resources you can use in your classroom! The link up tool will close on Saturday each week, but freebies will remain accessible! Come back every Sunday to link up or download new freebies!

An InLinkz Link-up