This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
Our Title I school is located in in Northern Mississippi. We have a wonderful group of family and students! I am a special education teacher for PreK-2nd grade students. My students have a wide variety of learning characteristics and special education eligibilities with most sensory and/or behavior needs.
Each child enters our school with their own sense of wonder and curiosity, while also having their own individual needs.
My student's needs greatly vary from non-verbal to children high functioning on the Autism Spectrum. Some have language needs- receptive, expressive, and/or articulation, as well as health concerns or disabilities.
Due to COVID19 and social distancing guidelines, our families were given a choice between full-time in-person instruction and full-time virtual learning instruction. All of our teachers, including myself, teach both sets of students throughout the week!
Our classroom and school is a special place where children receive the love, resources, and accommodations needed to learn and grow each day!
My Project
Do you ever needed additional help from others to get through the day? Do you prefer directions repeated or a visual map?
My special needs caseload and students are amazing Pre-K through 2nd grade students who just need additional behavioral or visual support and accommodations each day.
The huge difference between the accommodations needed each child makes it necessary for me to introduce and teach the same thematic unit or concept on many different levels as well as provide additional structure and positive behavior supports.
Like the rest of the educational community, this year is different than any other year in my teaching career. On top of this, I've accepted a new special needs position at my current school. With this position, I will teach grade levels Prek-2nd.
Having the available Teachers Pay Teachers gift card will allow me to buy a adaptive curriculum from The Autism Helper to ensure all skills are introduced in a visual and adaptive format my students need along with positive behavior interventions, social stories, and sensory need materials.
The TPT gift cards will also be used to help me plan ahead and organize the rest of my school year on various levels by allowing me to purchase leveled resources in each area of learning- language, math, fine motor, science, social skills- including materials that could be used in-person as well as digital resources to be uploaded to our Schoology platform. Being prepared will help ease any future closures and/or quarantined days for my students due to COVID-19 exposure.
Thank you for reading about my students and the classroom. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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