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Visual boundaries are a vital part of classroom setup. Let me show you how I utilize these visual boundaries in classroom!

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Unlock the potential of your special education classroom with strategic bulletin board setups! Our latest blog post offers practical advice and inspiring ideas to help you create visually engaging learning spaces. Check it out now!

If you're looking for a little classroom bulletin board inspiration or you're new to 1st/2nd grade this year this is the bulletin board post for you!

Structured work systems, also called independent work stations, are perfect for students in a self-contained classroom. These systems are visual systems that are strategically set up so students can work independently. Today I am sharing 3 structured work systems for special education students. You will find details about task box centers, three drawer work systems, and independent work binders. Students can work on file folder activities, writing or tracing, matching activities and more!

Setting up a schedule in a self-contained classroom is one of the hardest parts of our job. I remember my first year of teaching thinking, “why did no one teach me how to do this in college?” After years and years of tweaking my daily schedule, I finally settled on the same master schedule every […]

Overwhelmed and understaffed my first year as a special education teacher in the self-contained classroom, I discovered that implementing an effective independent workstation helped my students become more successful and independent. Click to learn how I got control using task boxes and independent workstations in my special education classroom. My students loved the differentiated math, language arts, science, and social studies curriculum with age appropriate clip art and real photographs.