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It's finally April, which means we have hit the end of the year countdown. Teachers, it's the time of the year when the days fly by and drag on at the same time! We are so ready for summer, and our students are too. Here are some fun, hands on activities and resources to help you get through those last few months of school. This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a small commission when you click on the qualifying links at no additional cost to you. April CLASSROOM RESOURCES Life Science Match It! Independent Task This matching set is aligned to the DLM Essential Elements standards, so it's a great way to review skills that students have learned throughout the year in preparation for the end of the year testing. Weather Errorless Sentence Helpers If you're doing a spring weather unit, these errorless sentence helpers are a great way to support students in writing sentences. They come in 3 phases so you can use them with your whole class. Spring More & Less Task Cards Task cards are my favorite way to practice a skill! They can easily be added to a structured work system, hung around the room for a write-the-room activity, or simply given as desk work. If you have students that are working on the concept of more and less, these are a great option. Spring Next Dollar/Dollar Up Puzzles You can grab this one for FREE in the resource library. It's a great Fun Friday activity or math center! APRIL CLASSROOM SUPPLIES Life Cycle Models If you're teaching a unit about life cycles this month, these life cycle figures are a great way to make learning more hands on and concrete. Feelings Student emotions and behavior frequently spikes towards the end of the year. These little sensory bags are a great addition to a calm down corner or break space in your classroom. Fraction Circles I always teach fractions toward the end of the school year, so these fraction circles are a must. I love that they connect together so you don't have pieces scattered across your classroom. Fruit Counters How cute are these fruit counters?! They can be used for math manipulatives, or as a sorting, packaging, or put it in work task. Egg Puzzles These egg puzzles are a great independent work task to add to your work stations this month.

Spring is almost here! I am over the cold and snow, and so are your students, so this month's classroom favorites are full of color. Check them out! This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a small commission when you click on the qualifying links at no additional cost to you. MARCH CLASSROOM RESOURCES Shamrock Pattern Tasks & Worksheets These new pattern strips are perfect for file folders or work tasks! You can even send the worksheets home for homework to reinforce the skill. Check them out! Holiday Cookie Math Flip Books No more boring worksheets or flashcards! These math flipbooks are perfect for students with counting or addition IEP goals! These adapted books will give your students extra practice on essential math skills. There are 6 holidays included, so you can use this resource across the entire school year. Spring Errorless Sentence Helpers Do your students struggle to write complete sentences that make sense? These Sentence Helpers are designed to provide scaffolded instruction for students with disabilities, beginning with errorless teaching and eventually fading prompting for students to generate their sentences. This resource includes 20 different spring themed sentence helpers, each in three phases. St. Patrick's Day Spin & Count You can grab this one for FREE in the resource library. It's a great Fun Friday activity or math center! MARCH CLASSROOM SUPPLIES St. Patrick's Day Mini Erasers Mini erasers are my go-to math manipulative. Counting, addition, fractions of a set, sorting...the possibilities are endless! They are also a great option for student reinforcers. Rainbow Spiky Balls These little spiky balls are fun to throw in a sensory bin or use for sorting IEP goals. They are great fidgets too! Rainbow Pom Pom Sorting Set This sorting set is so fun for March! It's a great addition to your fine motor stations. Plastic Butterflies I love these butterflies for patterns, sorting by attribute, describing language, etc. St. Patrick's Day Coins I like to use these golden coins for a fine motor independent work task. Patterned Easter Eggs Pair these patterned Easter eggs with a Match It! set and you have instantly made a work task way more engaging!

Handwriting can be especially difficult for students with cognitive disabilities or fine motor challenges. I work with many students who have spent years of instruction working on letter formation. I often recommend that teachers implement the use of technology to support handwriting because, while we know that repetition is important, doing the same thing for many years can get boring. Here are three of my favorite apps for students to use to improve handwriting. Writing Wizard Handwriting App Cost $4.99 (one-time fee) Includes pre-writing strokes, letters, numbers, and words What I like about it: The Writing Wizard app starts with an animated model of the letter strokes. Then, students trace the letter. You can change the settings for errors. If students make a mistake, you can have the app stay in place, go back to the last key point, or go back to the start. I also like that students must continually hold down their finger or pencil to write. It's not just animated if they start the stroke. With this app, the teacher can program custom words. It's so important to practice handwriting in application, so this is a great way to give meaning to a task. Another amazing feature of this app is that the teacher can generate or print reports. Talk about easy data collection! You can export student work as a PDF and add it to their data binders or send it home for parents to see student work. For only $5, this app is a great choice for handwriting practice for your students! iTrace Handwriting App Cost $3.99 (one-time fee) Includes letters, numbers, name and words What I like about it: The app starts with a step-by-step model and then provides guided dots for student assistance. I love that you can see the actual strokes you make on the app. Students must stay inside the lines, or there is an error correction. Students must practice each letter three times. Each time, they are given a star, either gold, silver, or bronze, based on performance. This app allows you to customize strokes for individual letters. The teacher can view student history and errors. This is great for data collection! LetterSchool Handwriting App Cost $44.99 (per year) Includes pre-writing strokes, letters, numbers and words What I like about it: This app has a three step process for each letter. First, it provides a step by step model. Next, students practice tracing with a fun animation. Finally, students practice writing without the tracing lines. This is the only app from the three that allows students to practice without tracing. This app has so many fun animations! It's very engaging and bright. Let me know if you try any of these handwriting apps out in your classroom! I'd love to hear how they go!