Hi! I’m Rachel
I transform math instruction in self-contained classrooms so that all students show progress.
I’ve been a special educator for 12 years. I love helping teachers become their best so that our students can show what they know!
Latest Posts
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Two Skills Your Students Need Even Before Counting
Matching and Imitating as Early Numeracy Early numeracy skills are the foundation for math success in school and beyond. These skills include counting, number recognition, comparing and manipulating quantities, and understanding patterns. But did you know that counting and number recognition are not the first math skills that students need to learn? Matching and imitating are important prerequisites to counting…
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6 Reasons Why I Love Boom Cards!
What are Boom Cards? Simply put, Boom Cards are digital activities that allow students to learn and practice any skill imaginable! They are decks which are made up of slides. Each slide may have some teaching or a question on it. Students select their answer and it will automatically mark it correct or incorrect. 6…
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Addition: A Surprisingly Complicated Skill
Making Nonverbal Addition Simpler for Students with Special Needs Addition, a fundamental building block of mathematics, can sometimes seem straightforward to us teachers, yet it is actually quite complex and requires several prerequisite skills for our students with special needs—-especially our nonverbal students. Understanding why addition can be complicated can help you simplify it so…
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