It’s the alphabet soup of interventions! MTSS – Multi-tiered system of support RTI – Response to intervention EI – Early intervention IFSP – Individualized Family Service Plan EBP – Evidence-Based Practice IEP – individualized education plan PBIS – Positive behavior
Read More“Hi Ms. Brinkman, do you remember me?”- is a sentence I am beginning to hear more and more as I advance in my teaching career. Having been at the same school for my entire career, (17) the benefit is having
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One of my favorite “new year” writing activities to do with students was inspired by this tweet from #disrupttexts co-founder Tricia Ebarvia. We read the poems together and then I ask them to quickwrite about five things they would metaphorically
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Since 2020, our country has been hit with a wave of teacher resignations that don’t seem to be subsiding anytime soon. Social media and the news are full of reasons why teachers shouldn’t stay in the profession. Instead of focusing
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Tell me if you have heard this one…“I would love to be a teacher so I can only work when the kids are at school and have all of those breaks and summers off!” I have been a teacher for
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“What are we looking at?” “Data” “What are we going to do with it?” “Analyze, plan, teach, assess, intervene, repeat” Does this sound familiar? In my last post, I talked about all of the assessments that are being given at
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GOOOOLLLLLLLLL! ARGENTINA ES CAMPEON DEL MUNDO! Yesterday, the Fifa World Cup ended. It’s been an exciting ride these past few weeks. Game after game, I have been loving the conversations that I have been having with my students. I asked
Read MoreHow well do you really know your students? Do you know their inner-thoughts, interests, hopes, dreams, fears, and worries? Do you know who their friends and frenemies are? There is a pretty easy way to learn a lot, and
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This year, I made the decision to stop playing around and start making Spanish my second language. I currently teach grades 4-5 and my motivator was watching my Spanish speaking students work harder than their peers due to language barriers.
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‘Tis the season to be tested, fa la la la la la la la la…. The second quarter is coming to a close and assessment season is upon us. When I was a kindergarten classroom teacher, I never really paid
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