I teach young people with social communication difficulties, including autism.
I have worked in both primary and secondary mainstream ARCs and also specialist provision and I love my job!
I am slowly uploading resources that have worked well so check back every now and again.
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I teach young people with social communication difficulties, including autism.
I have worked in both primary and secondary mainstream ARCs and also specialist provision and I love my job!
I am slowly uploading resources that have worked well so check back every now and again.
If there are any resources or activities that you would like to see in my shop, feel free to message me. I love making resources!
Worksheet designed for KS3 pupils with SEN including autism. Help card included for pupils who may struggle with the task. Strips to paste in exercise books with basic extension task. Books used as examples are likely to be familiar to pupils.
Simple activity, would be suitable for younger pupils without SEN, or older pupils with SEN.
Storyboard - designed for children with autism to reinforce their understanding of the story. Children sorted the order of the text as a group before drawing their own accompanying pictures.
With my group of children (mixed aged KS1/KS2) I kept the text on the worksheet but I have included a publisher version so this activity could be adapted to a cut and stick activity, or children could write their own sentences.
Minotaur 'describing words' word mat
Keyword matching activity - 2 versions included
Keyword activity to assess / reinforce children's knowledge and understanding of words in the text.
Describing words word mat to support children's use of adjectives in their writing - words selected are relevant to the Minotaur.
Used for mixed age primary group of children with autism.
This is a simple worksheet I made as part of out Ancient Greek topic, for a mixed aged / ability group of children with autism. Children used a sheet containing the ancient Greek alphabet to complete the worksheet.
I used this for an interview lesson. It did turn into the interview lesson from hell - however I don't think I can blame the worksheet. It was designed for KS4 pupils. I later tried the lesson with my own KS3 pupils and it went much better.
Matching task using vocabulary (which is likely to be unfamiliar) from the song "Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)'
Resources made to support SEN group with autism. We read 'Little Polar Bear' by Hans de Beer.
Colour cards are orange 'who' words to support Narrative Intervention.
Structured visual (TEACCH) included to support students to write about Lars and Henry's journey. This is coloured red as this covers 'where' words.
Will work equally well for children who are not using narrative intervention - in which case the word colours could just be random. Could also benefit children without ASD who struggle with working memory, attention or writing activities.
Saved as PDF.
This PowerPoint was designed to use with a Year 7 class of students, all with autism.
A question sheet is included - this is set out in a 'TEACCH' style. This is an ASD specific strategy ensuring students are aware of what they have to do, how much they have to do and how to tell when they are finished. Students need to cross off each question as completed.
The questions and PowerPoint are also suitable for mainstream pupils.
A4 worksheet to prompt pupils to recollect what they have done over the summer holiday. Designed for pupils with autism but also suitable for mainstream pupils.
Sorting task designed for students with autism / SEN
This is designed to be used in different ways depending on ability level:
* cut and laminate cards, students sort into 'autumn' and 'winter' baskets.
* students write 'autumn' and 'winter' in books, they then cut and paste pictures under the correct heading.
* students write headings in book then use chart to write each fact into their books
* students write headings in book then use chart to write sentences, using each fact in a sentence.
Worksheet to support pupils in reflecting on events in their lives so far. Developed for pupils with SEN and autism who struggled with reflection, recall and sequencing.
2 worksheets to support understanding of pronouns (he / she / they). Created for KS1 / KS2 autism class but also appropriate for KS1 mainstream learners or intervention groups
4 worksheets - 3 of these require learners to label pictures using positional language (e.g. behind, in front, under etc) 1 worksheet requires learners to correctly label coloured flowers.
Used for learners in autism provision but also suitable for mainstream KS1, EAL or older learners with SEN.
Book review template designed to support KS1 narrative intervention work (who, where, when, what happened). Used with a small group of KS1/KS2 learners with autism but also useful for mainstream learners who are beginning to learn the key elements of a story.
Several resources on a Three Little Pigs theme. Designed for primary children with autism but would also work for mainstream.
Three Little Pigs wordsearch
Three Little Pigs wordmat
'All About Pigs' information sheet with accompanying booklet for children to complete. (Comprehension)
Wolf / house craft - children cut out squares with pictures of the Three Pigs' Houses, these are stuck onto the main sheet as a 'door'. Behind the door, children write whether the Big Bad Wolf managed to blow down that house.
'Is' or 'Are' worksheet with Three Little Pig theme.
Sorting activity, used as a workstation task but could also be used 1 to 1 or for small group work. Used to develop reasoning and reading comprehension.
Children sort fact cards into ‘truth’ and ‘lie’. Cards best laminated so they last - I blue tac the truth / lie cards onto 2 plastic containers to give more structure to the activity.
I used these as a TEACCH workstation task in my autism classroom to support my learners reading skills and comprehension, together with their reasoning skills. Cards include topics such as facts, pronouns and prepositions.
Learners identify yes or no by attaching a clothes peg to the correct answer. Alternatively, if laminated using gloss laminating pouches, they could circle the correct answer with a whiteboard marker.
One sheet to introduce the idea of writing lists.
One sheet to support children to use the information from the list to write a sentence. This sheet ties in with Robin's Winter Song which we are beginning after half term but doesn't need reference to the book - it could just be an independent list of what animals eat.
Designed for KS2 children with significant SEN / autism.
Resources used with my specialist ASD class while we were learning about St George (British Isles topic).
George and the Dragon Vocab - 6 A4 pages with varied activities focusing on the vocabulary of the story.
Pages 1 and 2 - ‘Key word bingo’ we were prelearning / reinforcing the words in the story. I stuck one of the ‘Key word bingo’ sheets in each of the children’s books.
Page 3 - these were the words in the bingo (calling cards). I cut these up and kept them in a basket. We ended our English lessons that week with a game of key word bingo using the strip stuck in their book. We just used counters as markers so we could replay. For more able pupils, if they had a picture I would ask them what the work meant or ask them to put it into a sentence. For less able pupils, I would repeat the word and give an explanation to reinforce understanding.
Page 4 - activity for a child with limited ability to read or write, instructions included on the page.
Page 5 - pictures of key words - learners to write a sentence using the key word.
Page 6 - missing word activity with visual cues.
George and the Dragon Vocab list - 1 A4 page containing vocab list (2 per page)
All resources developed for use with primary children with significant autism. Also suitable for KS3.
Ancient Greek Intro - where was Ancient Greece? What does 'ancient' mean? What was the Greek alphabet?
Gods and Godessess - Basic introduction, simple language
Gods and Goddesess - Going to the Temple
Simple comprehension - 2 versions, one is colour coded to support learners in finding the answers in the text.
Describing Zeus - picture and word mat to support a writing activity (describing Zeus)
Greek alphabet - activity