Special education activities middle school

Thinking about life skills for special ed students is one of the most important parts of my job as a middle school special education teacher. Functional life skills activities are especially important at this age because our students are getting older and we want them to be valuable and independent members of society when they are finished with school.

I want to provide you with some fun activities for middle school to incorporate in your classroom. Fun activities for middle school help create a sense of community and allow students to form a relationship with you. Crafts and art projects act as fun activities for middle school students. Check out

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If there is one I have learned in my years of working with paraprofessionals, it is that paras are teachers too. My paraprofessional is my right hand and my left hand. She is the glue that keeps us together. I realize that sometimes it is our first instinct to give them passive work because their

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕔 𝕆𝕋 𝔹𝕦𝕘 on Instagram: "👉🏻Here is another brain exercise you can try with your students at the beginning of school. 👉🏻Use stickers to create your worksheet and laminate it so you can use it daily. 👉🏻You are using bilateral skills, finger isolation, visual scanning, motor planning, and coordination for this activity. 👉🏻You brain is using both sides of the brain which helps with memory, focusing , and executive functioning skills. 👉🏻If you try it, let me…

Last year the cup stack was one of my FAVORITE team building activities (see post here). So, naturally, I wanted to give it another shot! The Cup Stack is a fun, yet challenging activity that promotes team work. The supplies are basic: cups, string, rubber bands. I go ahead and tie the string to the rubber bands so it is ready to go. I make a few for groups of 4 and a few for groups of 5, this way no matter what the numbers are in the classroom I can make it work. I start by asking students…

Back & Forth is an easy and fun game to practice numeracy. Two players take turns rolling the die and moving the playing piece back & forth on the game...

If you're teaching teenagers at middle school you know how easily they can lose interest if they're not having fun in class. A great way to keep middle school students engaged is to use fun and engaging classroom games. Below we have put together 10 of our favorite classroom games for middle school students. These games are not only great for ESL middle school students but can also be used as a fun classroom activity in any class teaching teenagers.

Make lesson planning easier by repeating activities. Keep reading to find out how each life skills activity is different each day.