New year, new room and a FREEBIE

I made a switch this year to a new program and I am so excited about it! I have previously been teaching at the middle school level in a classroom for students with a variety of diagnoses and skill levels. This year, I will be moving to an elementary self-contained setting where I will specifically work with students on the more severe end of the autism spectrum and we can focus more intensely on behavior, communication, and pre-academic/functional skills. I am spoiled and will only have three students and two aids so I am hoping with such a good ratio we can get some great things accomplished! This is truly my area of passion and I can't wait to share some of my adventures!

For now, here are a few pictures of the room as I walked in. Fortunately, the previous teacher left almost everything, however I had a lot of my own so the organizational process has been daunting!

I haven't accomplished too much so far but here are a few sneak peeks! (Sticking with my ever favorite owl theme!)

This is for my daily rotation of which adult will work with which student.

Here is a Pinterest inspired project where I plan to display our work.

Group area

Starting to look a little more organized...

Really thrilled with my organizer from A Modern Teacher !

Name tags for individual work areas, from Miss Elementary !

Stay tuned for the completed tour and some upcoming posts on visual supports I plan to use in my new room!

Before I go, here's a little freebie I made to use in my room this year, an environmental print alphabet - because how many kids can relate to X for Xylophone? Enjoy!

Environmental Print Alphabet

Have a great school year start!

Danielle