Who doesn’t love the holidays AND freebies?  Now that Thanksgiving is over and there are just a few short weeks left before winter break, keeping students engaged can be a giant struggle.   I’ve found that short stations or centers activities really work well to keep students on-task and learning because of

My name is Nicole Chavanne and I am a 5th grade special education teacher in an inclusion classroom.  I also run a store on Teachers Pay Teachers and a teacher blog. As a special education teacher, I am always working with groups with varying needs.  I set out to create a

This is the third post in a series I created called “Spicing up the Secondary Classroom.” The focus of this post is a task card activity I created called “Triples.”  I am a huge fan of task cards because they are so versatile and really help divide up the material for the

If you’re not already back to school, chances are, you’re about to start!  This past summer, I collaborated with a few other sellers on TpT to compile these Back to School eBooks.  Sellers designed pages and submitted them to be included in the book. Chock-full of tips, freebies, and many other resources, they

Yup, that’s right.  The dreaded question that math teachers will face a countless number of times in their teaching career.   Especially secondary math teachers like myself!  And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this image come up on my Facebook or Pinterest feed: So not only are

I recently got a question on my TpT page asking about some of my classroom routines.   One thing she asked about specifically was warm-ups. After responding, I thought this was a terrific topic to share here, especially because it’s the summer and this is the time I reflect on

I know I do!  Whenever I’m feeling like I am covering lots of material with my students and see them struggle to see the connections, I know a graphic organizer will help them immensely.  I use graphic organizers in almost every unit.   I mainly use a chart or web design, and

The school year is winding down for me with only 10 school days remaining.  But for some of you, you may already be done and sitting poolside!  As you should- we all know how hard teachers work and how well deserved the summer break is. With 10 weeks off, I find