Elementary School Special Education

Special education lesson plans, special education activities, resources and more for elementary school special education classrooms. Learn how to teach special education in elementary classrooms. Find task boxes, file folder games, book companions for special education for working on comprehension skills, visual crafts and more! Discover fine motor centers, independent work station activities, morning meeting ideas and more!
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FREE Spring Task Boxes for Special Education
Looking for low prep task boxes you can use in your special education classroom? These free spring task boxes are great for working on sorting, ten frames, and matching. These task boxes for spring can be used at independent work stations. Great for morning work as well. Download your free task boxes today!
How to Use Center Rotations in Special Education
Center rotations in special education can be very beneficial for students with diverse learning needs. These center activities can be structured to accommodate individualized instruction, small group activities, and even some independent practice! In this post, I share a general guide on how I implement center rotations in my special education classroom.
Websites to Use on SMART Board in Special Education | Educational Websites
Looking for educational websites and games you can play on your SMART Board with your special education students? Today, I am sharing tons of educational websites that focus on reading, phonics, early literacy, math, social-emotional learning and more. These educational websites allow for an interactive approach to learning new skills. Try these SMART Board activities today!
Using Emoquest to Teach Social Skills in Special Education
Have you tried using Emoquest for social skills with your special education students? Today, I’m sharing my best teacher tips on teaching social skills in a self-contained special ed classroom. Emoquest is an app that helps students practice social-emotional skills through interactive social stories. These social skills lessons are perfect for elementary special ed students. Emoquest is a great app to use during speech therapy groups. Check out all of the social-emotional skills list!
Ideas for Spring Fine Motor Practice - Simply Special Ed
Simple Fine Motor Centers are created with your self-contained special education students in mind and are the perfect way to implement fine motor activities to your classroom in a structured way! In this post, I am sharing how to prep these fine motor center activities as well as how to use them in your special education classroom. Strengthen fine motor muscles during your special education centers today!
Writing Alternatives for Special Education
Looking for writing alternatives for your special education students who are reluctant writers? In this post I am sharing some ideas for how to eliminate the amount of writing that your special education students have to do across all subject areas. Using dry erase markers, bingo daubers, or other non-writing tools are great. You can use these for comprehension worksheets, math worksheets and so much more!
Using Emoquest for Social Skills in Your Special Education Classroom
Have you tried using Emoquest for social skills with your special education students? Today, I’m sharing my best teacher tips on teaching social skills in a self contained special ed classroom. Emoquest is an app that helps students practice social-emotional skills through interactive social stories. These social skills lessons are perfect for elementary special ed students. Emoquest would also be a great app to use during speech therapy groups. Check out all of the social-emotional skills list!
Professional Development Special Education Teachers
Are you a special education teacher looking for professional development opportunities that are actually worth your time? In this post, I am sharing the best teacher professional development for the self-contained classroom teacher. Attending online workshops, taking online courses, or collaborating with peers through professional learning communities are all great ways to grow as an educator. Learn more here!
4 Spring Visual Crafts for Special Education
Do you love visual crafts for kids as much as I do? Spring visual crafts for special education students will be so much fun! The visual crafts included are stained glass butterfly craft for kids, raindrop sun catcher craft, bunny tail craft, and paper plate Earth craft. Elementary special education students will practice hands-on learning activities, fine motor skills activities for kids, and independence. Spring arts and crafts for kids will look beautiful on a bulletin board or a window.
6 Ways to Celebrate Neurodiversity
April is Autism Acceptance Month! As special education teacher it is our duty to spread acceptance and celebrate Autism each and every month. Over the years we have moved from Autism Awareness to Autism Acceptance. We want to not only spread acceptance but celebrate Autism! The biggest way we can do this is by listening to Autistic adults and amplifying their voices. In this post, I share ways to celebrate neurodiversity with your special education students. Learn more here!
Special Education Sub Plans for Spring
Have you found yourself in need of emergency sub plans as a special education teacher? Check out my no prep sub plans that you can easily print and call out sick. Included are special education worksheets, classroom activities, and a planning guide with sub tips on running classroom centers and implementing activities into the classroom daily schedule. This classroom resource includes spring-themed activities for tracing worksheets, comprehension, task cards, counting books and so much more.
Alternatives for Writing in the Special Education Classroom - Simply Special Ed
Looking for writing alternatives for your special education students who are reluctant writers? In this post I am sharing some ideas for how to eliminate the amount of writing that your special education students have to do across all subject areas. Using dry erase markers, bingo daubers, or other non-writing tools are great. You can use these for comprehension worksheets, math worksheets and so much more!
Fine Motor Centers for Spring in Special Education
Simple Fine Motor Centers are created with your self-contained special education students in mind and are the perfect way to implement fine motor activities to your classroom in a structured way! In this post, I am sharing how to prep these fine motor center activities as well as how to use them in your special education classroom. Strengthen fine motor muscles during your special education centers today!
Love Monster Activities for Special Education | Special Education Book Companion
Love Monster and The Last Chocolate is the perfect Valentine’s Day book to bring into your special education classroom this February. This book companion is great for working on reading comprehension skills and answering comprehension questions. You will get a special education craft, a vocabulary activity, and more! Learn all about using these book activities in your special education classroom today!
Informal Assessments for Special Education
Formal assessments are great but are you looking for ways to assess your special education students informally? In this post, I am sharing tons of informal assessments for special education. I share observation assessments, task boxes, quick quizzes and more. These are great ways to see if students are close to meeting there IEP goals and more! Learn more about special education assessments here!