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Hyperdocs is a great website of editable Google Documents that can provide a framework for an activity, a lesson, or a project. Different hyperdocs can be shared with individual students to accommodate students' IEPs.

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Loom is a video/screencast website, extension, and app that uploads instantly, and it creates a shareable link of your video right away. You can screencast and show a video of yourself at the same time or do them separately. The videos can also be downloaded. You can record & access as many videos as you need, 4K high def, cam bubble, you can timestamp important clips, annotation tool, custom recording definitions, trim out parts, call to action buttons, know who viewed your videos, and password protect videos.

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Free screen recorder for Mac and PC | Loom

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Best free online screen recording tool with advanced video editing and video storage trusted by over 21 million people and easy sharing from Loom.com.

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Students embark on a "learning quest" also known as a learning objective. Students can receive points for positive behaviors and each student's journey can be individualized for their specific needs.

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Discover Story Mode! | Classcraft Story Guidebook

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Classcraft: Season 1 begins Fall 2019, with new episodes monthly. Share the learning journey with your students and embark on an epic adventure together!

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Choice boards are a great way for students to have ownership of the learning material and promote their own engagement. Choice boards can also include individual accommodations or modifications such as fewer assignments or different options. To reflect our current reality of inequitable access to technology, choice boards can also have different options ranging from no-tech, mid-tech, and high-tech to ensure all learners are included.

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One of the most common challenges that teachers face is planning engaging, hands-on lessons that are accessible to all students. Teachers know that a one-size-fits-all approach doesn't work. That's why I'm a big fan of the choice board. Choice boards can be implemented for any grade level or subject. They typically include a wide array of activities of varying difficulty. As a result, all students, regardless of learning style, are able to get the skills and learning they need.

Here's how I use choice boards in my classroom.

The setup of a choice board is simple. First of all, I plan at least nine activities that can be done at stations or centers around the classroom. Each activity is then assigned a point value based on the level of difficulty or work required to complete it. Students must acquire a certain number of points by doing activities of their choice.

When I introduce the activity to the class, I distribute the choice board and review directions orally as students follow along. Next, I walk around the room, visiting each station and explaining each activity. That way, students know where to find them and what to do. At each station, I place another set of directions, this one specific to that activity. I have found this extremely helpful, especially for students who need information presented in smaller chunks. Of course, everything that students need to complete the activity is waiting for them at the station. This really helps avoid confusion.

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Choice boards should offer a variety of activities that appeal to all learning styles.

Another benefit of using choice boards for inclusion classes is that modifications can easily be made without students feeling different or separated from their peers. A professional development seminar that my school held on UDL (Universal Design for Learning) really resonated with me. CAST, a nonprofit education research and development organization, defines UDL as "a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn." This approach really motivated me to be extra diligent in creating lessons that were accessible to all learners.

Here are examples of activities from the choice board shown above:

Choice boards require a decent amount of preparation, but their outcomes are worth the extra time.

The students are learning, but they are also having fun while doing it. When students get to select the activities they do, they are involved in their own learning. This sets them up for success, and as a result the classroom becomes a safe haven for them. Consequently, they develop a positive attitude toward education.

Students also appreciate a teacher who they know is willing to go the extra mile for them. They can tell when a teacher thought outside of the box while planning assignments. If you're looking to create an engaging, hands-on lesson that allows students to take ownership of their own learning, then give choice boards a try.
Have you tried choice boards in the classroom? Come and share your experiences in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook. Plus, how I engage middle and high school readers by offering more student choice.

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How I Use Choice Boards to Increase Student Engagement

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Choice boards can be implemented for any grade level or subject and typically include a wide array of activities varying in difficulty.

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Supports for Students with More Intensive Needs

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Supports for Students with More Intensive Needs

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Screencastomatic allows you to record a video of yourself, your computer screen, or both at the same time! Students can replay videos for extra practice. For students who struggle retaining information, you can call or have a Google Hangout to address any questions.

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With Flip Grid, you can record a mini lesson from the comfort of your own home! If students have questions, they can respond to your video.

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This program allows for students to communicate across the world. With this pandemic affecting schools and families internationally, students can video conference or write letters to peers in countries all over the world about their current experiences. Students may benefit from sentence starters and speech to text for a letter.

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Edmodo will be hosting distance webinars on how to post videos, engage with students, and communicate progress with parents.

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As school communities go back to school or continue learning online due to COVID-19, we want to help teachers, parents, and students feel connected and learn together. Here are practical tools and resources for learning at a distance, in person, or anywhere in between.

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As school communities go back to school or continue learning online due to COVID-19, we want to help teachers, parents, and students feel connected and learn together. Here are practical tools and resources for learning at a distance, in person, or anywhere in between.

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With Canva, students can create an infographic, social media meme, logos, cards or even a t-shirt design to represent their knowledge. Students will benefit from modeling, step by step instructions, and exemplars. Different levels of text can be required depending on the needs of the IEP.

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Students can create their own Powtoons to reflect their understanding of a content area. Different requirements in length, subject, amount of text can be differentiated for the needs of individual students.

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The time has come to communicate smarter with these easy-to-use and versatile video templates. We can guarantee they'll change the way you engage.

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Emaze is a more exciting powerpoint option that incorporates movement and exciting templates! Like the previous examples, students will benefit from exemplars, step by step directions, and modeling. Students may also benefit from sentence starters.

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Check out my latest presentation built on emaze.com, where anyone can create & share professional presentations, websites and photo albums in minutes.

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SeeSaw allows for students to create their own virtual portfolio. This is a great tool to chart progress for students meeting their IEP goals!

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Socrative is a great tool for assessment and questions can be individualized per the need of the student.

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Students can organize or sequence information with StoryBoardThat by using pictures or text. This can be differentiated by level of text required. Students also may have access to a modified text or a shorter passage to synthesize.

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MindMup is a great free online mapping tool for students to visually represent information. A teacher could share an existing template for students to add or organize information.

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Students can post on pages a Padlet page (such as this!) when posting students work. Students can provide feedback to a specific number of students.

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Google Earth already has lesson plans that can be individualized to meet the needs of your students!

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We're here to help. Using the simple search filters below you'll find easy, step-by-step guides and tutorials on Google's Geo Tools, inspirational stories, plus lesson plans, product information, and much more.

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We're here to help. Using the simple search filters below you'll find easy, step-by-step guides and tutorials on Google's Geo Tools, inspirational stories, plus lesson plans, product information, and much more.

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Students can demonstrate their knowledge through a short clip with an avatar character of their choice. The website also has customizable lesson plans.

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Tips for parents on how to create play based routines in the house

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This situation has been hard on so many of us in so many ways. Job loss, financial burdens, health scares. Parents without teachers, teachers without students. The list goes on. As a teacher, it is my mission to provide support and instruction to my littles. Without them, I have been lost. So here I am to support YOU! Questions, concerns, don't even know where to begin? I'm here for you! If I don't know the answer, I will direct you to where you need to go!

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Play Based Learning is a style of learning that involves PLAY! It seems simple, but children learn best when they are playing. I have developed the curriculum in this program to be full of fun and engaging activities that create tons of opportunities for learning and making memories.

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App to help students with their social emotional goals

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This is a resource app for you to share with your child to help teach skills such as problem solving, self-control, planning, and task persistence.

Laugh and learn as you help a Sesame Street monster friend calm down and solve everyday challenges. This bilingual (English and Spanish), research-based app helps your child learn Sesame's "Breathe, Think, Do" strategy for problem-solving. Tap and touch to help the monster friend take deep breaths, think of plans, and try them out! Your child will enjoy silly animations and playful interactions as she is exposed to important emotional vocabulary, a calm breathing technique, personalized encouragements, and more!

Features:
* Explore five interactive activities with a unique, everyday challenge
* Tap, pop bubbles, and more to help the monster breathe, think, and do to solve problems and feel better
* Personalize encouraging phrases that your child will hear as they help the monster think of a plan
* "Breathe with the Monster" activity to help children practice taking deep breaths to calm down
* Robust Parent Section with great resources for navigating everyday challenges with your young child

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame is intended for parents and caregivers to use with their young children (ages 2-5).

This app is part of Sesame Street's Little Children, Big Challenges initiative, which aims to provide tools to help children build skills for resilience, and overcome everyday challenges and more stressful situations and transitions. You can access other Sesame Street resilience materials online at sesamestreet.org/challenges

About Us:
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization that revolutionized children's media with the landmark Sesame Street. Learn more at www.sesameworkshop.org

More levels

I love this app for my son but I wish there were more "levels" so he would want to keep playing to unlock more scenarios 🤷‍♀️ once he unlocked the few there he was done with it 🤦‍♀️ but he was calm while playing.

Great for school psychologists and educators

As a practicing school psychologist I use this with all of my elementary school students. During our sessions we focus on de-escalation techniques, mindful practices, cognitive distortions and realities, solution-oriented approaches, and conflict resolution. This app teaches ALL of that in a child-friendly and engaging format. I have recommended this app to many of my colleagues and recommend it to any educator or parent wishing to enhance the aforementioned skills.

Nice when it works and isn't crashing

Having a problem with crashing on my iOS device. When it works it's a nice tool for teaching my newly 3yr old, deep breathing, self awareness, problem solving, problems, and managing himself. I wish 1. It didn't crash so dang much and 2. There were more examples of the monster getting upset and finding a solution, and 3. Less ask a gown up for help...example: monster building a bock tower that falls. His options are, wider base, two separate towers, ask an adult. The monster could as a friend .

The developer, Sesame Street, indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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‎This is a resource app for you to share with your child to help teach skills such as problem solving, self-control, planning, and task persistence. Laugh and learn as you help a Sesame Street monster friend calm down and solve everyday challenges. This bilingual (English and Spanish), research-base...

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Copy of Distance Learning for Students with Specific Disabilities

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Measured mom has great ideas for pre-academic tasks and lots of free resources!

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Are you trying to figure out what to do with your preschooler when you're stuck at home due to school cancellations? I'm here to help! These are crazy, unprecedented times. Fear has gripped the world. Travel is discouraged, school is cancelled, and many of us find ourselves home with our kids without anywhere to go.

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Boom Cards provide a great vocabulary development tool for students. As a teacher, you can use existing sets or create cards that provide opportunities for students to learn vocabulary through matching and visuals. Card sets can be created to meet the individual needs and goals of specific students.