By Rachel Lynette
A while back I asked my Facebook followers to share their favorite attention signals. They were, of course, awesome and shared a bunch of them. There are so many really great ideas that I decided to post them here for more teachers to see. I hope you find something you can use with your students! NOTE: As Amazon Associates, we earn from qualifying purchases. I like
Are your students having trouble sitting still? Are the they restless or maybe having trouble staying awake for a whole lesson? It can often be challenging to keep students’ attention during this time of year, which is why I am having this link up. Recently, Minds in Bloom has featured several posts about getting kids moving during the day. These posts will tell you why
Guest blogger, Loren Shlaes is a registered pediatric occupational therapist and a regular contributor to the special needs blog at PediaStaff (where this post is also being published). This is the fourth in a series of posts from Loren about how to help students who may be challenged with attention, sensory, or other issues be successful in the classroom. Most likely, you have at least a few students with these
Traveling Task Cards is a great way to get your kids up and moving while they are learning! Here is What You Need: One set of multiple choice task cards with enough cards so that each student can have one card. Prize globes, plastic eggs, snack-sized storage container, colorful envelopes, or other fun container Signs for the answer choices (A, B, C, etc.) Here is
Guest blogger Loren Shlaes is a registered pediatric occupational therapist and regular contributor to the special needs blog at Pediastaff (where this post is also being published). This is the third in a series of posts from Loren about how to help students who may be challenged with attention, sensory, or other issues be successful in the classroom. Most likely, you have at least a few students with these challenges every
As the end of the year approaches, it can be more and more challenging to keep your students’ attention. Brain Breaks are important, but there are plenty of things you can do within a lesson to keep kids from day dreaming…or worse yet, nodding off. Here are some ideas: Desk Switch: Students have ten seconds (count down from ten) to find another desk to sit
Looking for some fun after-testing creative and critical thinking activities? Try these seven ready-to-use printables! This is actually a mini-sampler, as each activity has been pulled from one of my other critical and creative thinking skills products. They all work fine as stand-alone activities and will give you a taste of some other great activities available in my TpT store. Download yours for free
This Giveaway closed on April 18. Congratulations to these 60 Winners! Winners were contacted by email and each given the prize of one set of Questioning Task Cards. I know there were only supposed to be 25 winners, but so many people entered that I increased the number of winners to 60. Thank you to EVERYONE who entered. I really appreciate you visiting Totally Task
Minds in Bloom is once again honored to welcome guest blogger Loren Shlaes, a registered pediatric occupational therapist and a regular contributor to the special needs blog at Pediastaff (where this post is also being published). This is the second in a series of posts from Loren about how to help students who may be challenged with attention, sensory, or other issues be successful in the classroom. Most likely,
Reading Comprehension Strategies Posters You Need! Use these bright and colorful, free reading response posters for centers or classroom decor. Match them perfectly with our reading strategies bundle with multiple resources that will build the foundation of your students’ reading comprehension! Posters Included: Predicting Inference Questioning Connecting Visualizing Author’s Purpose Compare & Contrast Summarizing Predicting Making predictions in a story helps students combine their knowledge of a text,
Brain Breaks Can Be Quick! Do you use Brain Breaks with your students? You should! This amazing guest post about why kids need to move from pediatric occupational therapist Loren Shlaes was so popular that I decided to follow it up with a list of Brain Breaks for kids! These are great to use anytime your students are feeling restless and are struggling to pay attention. Most of these will only
Minds in Bloom is so very honored to welcome guest blogger Loren Shlaes, a registered pediatric occupational therapist and regular contributor to the special needs blog at Pediastaff (who were instrumental in making this series possible). This is the first in a series of posts from Loren about how to help students, who may be challenged with attention, sensory, or other issues, be successful in the classroom.
Journal Prompts Write journal prompts on small slips of paper, and put each one in an egg. Have each student pick an egg and write about whatever prompt he or she gets. Have students return their prompts and use them again on another day. Create your own, or print off some of these 200 prompts terrific writing prompts. Math Line-Up Write a different math
