This resource includes 104 different prompt cards to help and encourage students to make conversation. Conversation is a hard skill for our students to master, especially when trying to start one. These prompt cards help to break the ice and encourage your students to feel more supported and confident when starting a conversation. A conversation helps to build relationships between students or even staff. It's also a great way for you to find out more about your students in class - especially if you have many shy students who usually struggle to keep a conversation flowing. The cards are bright and fun to keep students engaged throughout the activity. The prompt cards come in b/w and col. option as well as with UK and US spelling options. These are fantastic for prompting students to start conversations with each other, especially for morning work, social skills groups etc.

This is a Good Morning greeting book, used every morning with individual students, but you can also change this to use it as class/group activities if that is what suits you more. This resource is great to get students settled in the morning, into a routine and ready to work! It comes differentiated to suit different abilities. It covers; ♦ Name ♦ Day ♦ Feeling ♦ School ♦ Weather ♦ What to wear These are great life skills to practice on a daily basis to get your students becoming more and more independent. It also encourages them to pay close attention to current events i.e - what day is it, how are they feeling, how's the weather, what should they wear in this weather. This is also a great way for students to work on their feelings, helping them to understand how they are feeling. It will also enable students to understand what clothes are appropriate to wear in different types of weather. There are brief instructions on each page as well as an instruction page at the start of the document to help you set this up and use to it's best potential in your classroom. ★ This has been updated on 26/10/15. The file now comes in 2 parts - a new updated version which is a powerpoint & keynote file. ★

This resource contains a Good Afternoon Work Book / Greeting Book that is a great activity to use on a daily basis with your student(s). This book will help students to settle down and get ready to focus for their afternoon work. Many students may struggle with the transition in the afternoons, especially after playtimes, so by providing this work book as anchor in their daily afternoon routine, it will help them to settle quicker. It is individualised so each student can have their own copy. The document comes as a keynote or powerpoint file. You can add on different wording and add pictures of your student etc. but please note you will not be able to add/change/extract any form of clipart/imagery/text from this document. This is to protect our fabulous clip artists and myself as a teacher-seller. This is a harder, newer version of my Good Afternoon greeting book. This one encourages students to be able to write their answers (you can also add text to it for them to overwrite if they are not yet at the level of independent writing) but continue to also choose symbols for the answer. All symbols are also included at the back of the page, you will need to add some of your own, i.e pictures of staff etc A walkthrough is also included to explain how to use the greeting book to it's best potential. The questions that this greeting book ask are; ♦ my name ♦ how do I feel? ♦ where do I live? ♦ when is my birthday? ♦ how's the weather? ♦ what should I wear?

This resource contains an animal themed adapted / sentence building book that is a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail and be able to build sentences from what they can see. This pack comes complete with matching symbols for you to put together as an adapted book / sentence building book. The sentence structure follows ' I see a dog ' ' I see a zebra ' etc. Students have to build the sentence and look at what animal they can see to match the sentence to the page. There are 21 different animals included. The symbols come on a separate page. I recommend laminating the pages with empty boxes and pictures on then binding into a book. Cut out the symbol boxes individually and laminate. You can either have these spread out on a board/table for students to choose from or stick them muddled up on the back of the page in front for students to choose from. Brilliant for building sentences with children who need symbols for prompts. Also great for non-verbal students. If you like this symbol book, you may like to view my Animal Symbol Book Sentence Building bundle, which includes 4 sets of sentence building books about animals, you can find it here. Animals included are: ♦ bear ♦ bird ♦ bug ♦ butterfly ♦ cat ♦ caterpillar ♦ dog ♦ duck ♦ elephant ♦ fish ♦ fox ♦ lion ♦ monkey ♦ mouse ♦ octopus ♦ owl ♦ parrot ♦ pig ♦ spider ♦ turtle ♦ zebra

This resource contains 42 different animals in a sentence building / adapted book theme. Students have to look at the image on the page and use the symbol to build an appropriate and matching sentence. Brilliant for building sentences with children who need symbols for prompts. Also great for non-verbal students. The symbols come on a separate page. I recommend laminating the pages with empty boxes and pictures on then binding into a book. Cut out the symbol boxes individually and laminate. You can either have these spread out on a board/table for students to choose from or stick them muddled up on the back of the page in front for students to choose from. Instructions are included on first page. This book contains real life photographs of baby animals.

This download includes 6 different spelling jigsaws for each vowel - a,e,i,o,u. Comes in b/w and col option for your preference. Vocabulary includes: ♦ car ♦ cat ♦ dam ♦ ham ♦ pan ♦ wag ♦ bed ♦ den ♦ hen ♦ net ♦ pen ♦ wet ♦ dig ♦ fin ♦ hit ♦ lid ♦ pig ♦ pit ♦ dog ♦ fox ♦ hop ♦ log ♦ mop ♦ top ♦ bun ♦ cub ♦ gum ♦ hut ♦ mud ♦ sun Students simply look at the image/word on the top jigsaw box then use the individual letters to build the jigsaw to spell the corresponding CVC word. Contains 30 pages.

This bear crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your bear - or hibernation - themed topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where someone has stolen the bear’s honey! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Hibernation Students need to look at the animals and work out who does - and doesn’t - hibernate through the winter. This way they are able to cancel out one of the possible suspects - because they would have been hibernating - so they couldn’t have stolen the honey! • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Nuts) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Grass) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Interviewing Witnesses The bear has interviewed some witnesses for you. Students need to read the short passage on top of the page and then answer 3 questions underneath linked to the passage. This is a great way to add some comprehension to the activity. • Matching Footprints Footprints have been left behind at the scene! Students need to look at the footprints and try and match them to the suspects footprints. • Eyewitness Reports There were 4 eye witnesses of the crime! Students need to read through their witness statements and see if their information matches any of the suspects. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has stolen the bear’s honey. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to nuts and grass for students to taste/smell.

This Pirate crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your Pirate themed topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where someone has pushed a pirate overboard! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Seaweed) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Salt) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Comparing Ships Hide the pieces of the puzzle in a sand tray - or around the crime scene. Students have to find the pieces of the puzzle and put it together. Once put together it is a picture of a ship. Students then need to match it to the ships of the 4 possible suspects to see if anyone has the same ship. • Matching Footprints Footprints have been left behind at the scene! Students need to look at the footprints and try and match them to the suspects footprints. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has pushed the pirate overboard. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to seaweed and salt for students to taste/smell.

This Gingerbread crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your Christmas - or Gingerbread - themed topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where someone has eaten the Gingerbread Man’s house! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Suspect Interviews Students need to look through the suspect interviews to try and find the answer to a clue. A certain type of candy was left behind at the scene that the culprit did not like - can the students find out who doesn’t like that type of candy? • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Hot chocolate) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Candy) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Following Instructions Students need to follow the instructions from the robin to find something that the culprit left behind at the crime scene! • Matching Footprints Footprints have been left behind at the scene! Students need to look at the footprints and try and match them to the suspects footprints. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has eaten the gingerbread man’s house. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to candy canes, hot chocolate and candy for students to taste/smell.

This Princess crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your fairytale - or princess - topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where someone has poisoned the princess! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Toast) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Pepper) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Eye Witness Reports Students need to read the 4 eye witness reports and pull important information from them. They then need to see if any of this information matches any of the suspects in the line up. • Matching Fingerprints Fingerprints have been left behind at the scene! Students need to look at the fingerprints and try and match them to the suspects footprints. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has eaten the gingerbread man’s house. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to carrots and pepper for students to taste/smell.

This Back to School crime scene activity pack is a great start to your year. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where someone has stolen the teacher! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Carrots) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Pepper) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Lost and Found The culprit left behind a few of their items. Hide these either in a sensory tray or around the crime scene for your students to find. They then need to match them to their owner. • Matching Footprints Footprints have been left behind at the scene! Students need to look at the footprints and try and match them to the suspects footprints. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has eaten the gingerbread man’s house. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to carrots and pepper for students to taste/smell.

This Frankenstein crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your Halloween topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where someone has poisoned Frankenstein! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Mouldy milk - milk with green food colouring) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Pumpkin) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Suspect Interviews Students need to read through the 4 suspect interviews for any important information that could give them some clues to who the culprit is. • Poison Experiment There was a bottle of poison left at the scene! (You need to make this up beforehand to leave there). Students need to following the recipes to try and make the same poison that was found at the scene. Once they have worked out which one looks the same, they need to match what ingredients they used in their potion. Then, they look at the 4 suspects shopping lists - who recently bought these items? • Code Cracker Cut out the 5 codes and hide them around the crime scene - or in a sensory tray. Students have to find these and use the code word cracker sheet to work out what they mean and who they spell - this is the culprit. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has poisoned Frankenstein. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to lettuce and mud for students to taste/smell.

This activity pack includes sentence building / adapted books to work on prepositions. These books are great for a Spec Ed or Autism classroom. This download comes with two different books for you to choose from; symbols with words or just words. I recommend laminating each page and binding together as a book. I would also recommend using velcro for symbols/words and the boxes on each page just so that the symbols/words don't move around when students place them on page but that is personal preference. You will need to cut out the words/symbols individually and laminate them too, it can be time consuming but once made is a great, valuable resource to be kept for long term use. Comes with 20 different pages/activities.

This pack includes 4 different sentence building books all related to Feelings / Emotions. All books come in b/w and col option. This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. The books include; ♦ How does the boy feel? - 1 box answer ♦ How does the girl feel? - 1 box answer ♦ How do the children feel? - 2 box answer ♦ How do the children feel? - 4 box answer Each book comes with instructions included on the first page on how you can put this book together to get the best possible use out of it. The vocabulary is suitable for American and British/Canadian etc classrooms. Eg - colour and color. These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence. All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Feelings/Emotions.

This PDF file contains 200 different question task cards. Each task card includes a question at the top and four possible answers. I recommend cutting out and laminating each individual task card. You can then sort into different categories and keep on keyrings or lay out across table(s) for early finishers or group activities. Students can either use a peg or a dry wipe pen to select their chosen answer on each of the task cards. The task cards come with a wide range of different questions and vocabulary set to challenge your students.

This interactive powerpoint game is a great way for students to work on their shape recognition skills. This is a 3-part interactive powerpoint game based around shape recognition. It comes complete with sound effects and is bright, fun and engaging for your students. Each section has one question with 3 answers below to choose from. ♦ Section 1; Shape Names - What shape am I? Circle, square etc ♦ Section 2; Shape Col. & Names - What am I? Green circle etc. ♦ Section 3; Count the sides - How many sides do I have? 4, 5 etc. 11 different shapes included in total. Meaning this holds 33 questions for your students to answer in total. You can choose at the start of the powerpoint which section you want to work on today.

This resource contains 84 different task cards giving students the choice of two answers - yes or no - to the question at the top. Each task card contains 1 question, 1 image and 2 answers. The task cards are all in the theme of Summer. These task cards come in col and b/w option. They are a great way to encourage students to pay attention to detail, the image that they are looking at and to answer appropriately. I recommend cutting out each card individually and laminating so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. Students can complete with a dry wipe pen or a peg so that they can be used again.

This letter recognition game is a great way for your students to work on their letter skills in a fun and engaging way. Students have to look at the letters on the cloud and then find the matching uppercase letter, lowercase letter and image that starts with the letter. This includes an activity for every letter of the alphabet and there are a number of ways that this can be used in your learning environment; • 1:1 work stations • Group work centers • Literacy stations • Hide the ‘rain drops’ in a sensory train for students to dig out and match to the clouds This activity will also provide a great language and vocabulary activity, encouraging students to sound out the letters and say/discuss the images. I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the pieces individually to make them stronger and prolong the use of them. These are an excellent addition to your classroom to see if students are able to recognise initial sounds and match their upper and lower case letters.

This potato heads crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your Valentine’s topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where someone has stolen Mrs Potato’s heart! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Lettuce) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Mud) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Eyewitness Reports There were 4 eye witnesses of the crime! Students need to read through their witness statements and see if their information matches any of the suspects. • Hidden Clue Cut up the heart jigsaw that is included, laminate it and hide it in a tray of mashed up chocolate cake (so it looks like mud). Students have to pull the pieces of the heart out and put it together to form a clue of what colour/color the suspect is. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has stolen Mrs Potato’s heart. • Find the Heart Now we know who committed the crime - but we still need to get Mrs Potato’s heart back! Students need to follow the instructions around the map to find Mrs Potato’s heart and return it to her. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to lettuce and mud for students to taste/smell.

This Christmas crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your Christmas - or Elf - themed topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where an elf has been frozen! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Time/Clock Recognition Students need to look at the CCTV images and match the time (clocks) to when the elf was frozen to give you the time frame. The suspects are then asked where they were at that time. • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Cookies) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Milk) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Addition/Subtraction Laminate the sums and freeze them into ice cubes. Students have to work out how to get the clue out of the ice (melting it, cracking through it etc). They then work out the sum and match it to the suspect who has the same number as the answer to the sum. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think froze the elf. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to cookies and milk for students to taste/smell.