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Passion for making all aspects of English accessible and fun for special needs students of all levels. Lover of Colourful semantics as a teaching tool to teach writing composition at all levels. Follow me on instagram for additional ideas.

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Passion for making all aspects of English accessible and fun for special needs students of all levels. Lover of Colourful semantics as a teaching tool to teach writing composition at all levels. Follow me on instagram for additional ideas.
Emotions task cards and clip cards
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Emotions task cards and clip cards

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3 set of matching task cards to learn emotions. 8 emotions with 4 pictures for each emotion. Set 1 Picture to symbol matching Set 2 Symbol to symbol matching Set 3 Word to picture or symbol matching Clip cards 8 emotions with 4 pictures each Clip cards have 3 word options to choose from.
Reading instructions - give people objects
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Reading instructions - give people objects

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12 fully symbolised instructional worksheets, instructing students to give objects to different people. Students develop reading and comprehension skills, along with object and gender and age recognition of people. 12 worksheets at different levels. Level 1: Instruction asks for 1 object. Instructions are in line with corresponding people. Object differentiation only. Level 2: Instruction asks for 2 objects. Instructions are in line with corresponding people. Object differentiation only. Level 3: Instructions ask for 1 object. Instructions are not in line with corresponding people. Object and person differentiation. Different gender and age of people. Level 4: Instructions ask for 2 objects. Instructions are not in line with corresponding people. Object and person differentiation. Different gender and age of people.
Prepositions at home IN AT ON
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Prepositions at home IN AT ON

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This product can be used as individual task cards or make into an interactive book. KEY VOCABULARY Learn key vocabulary for furniture and rooms in the house Learn prepositions: in, at, on 1ST PERSON WRITING: Neutral silhouette images of people to encourage students to compose sentences in 1st person. Option to sticks students pictures on the worksheets. 2 LEVELS OF SENTENCE BUILDING: Level 1: Who? is doing? Where? preposition word is embedded within the location. Level 2: Who? is doing? Where? What? preposition word is own exclusive part of the sentence. USING COLOURFUL SEMANTICS TO WRITE: Colorful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of: •Spoken sentences •Answering W/H questions •Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives •Story telling skills •Written sentences and language comprehension Colorful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences. These worksheets/taskcards are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills.
Choose your own adventure (SEN interactive book)
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Choose your own adventure (SEN interactive book)

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An exciting interactive story designed for the special needs classroom. Choose Your Own Adventure book encourages interaction and engagement in reading, by students making choices that influence their reading experience. Students choose their own superhero character that they take on the adventure through the story. 10 different stories in 1 book. PDF includes instructions on how to put the book together.
Transport writing BUNDLE - using colourful semantics
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Transport writing BUNDLE - using colourful semantics

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This bundle includes: Transport writing - using colourful semantics 3 levels of worksheets: 2 KEY WORD: WHAT? (noun/type of transport) WHERE? (place) 3 KEY WORD: WHAT? IS DOING? (Verb, how the transport moves) WHERE? 4 KEY WORD: COLOUR/COLOR?, WHAT? IS DOING? WHERE? 11 simple and bright clipart picture to comment on. Full colour and white background worksheets and symbols. 1 and 2 picture per page worksheets Worksheets are accessible for writers and non-writers Describing transport - interactive books/task cards using colourful semantics These sheets are designed to be turned into interactive books or used as task cards. BONUS activities exclusive to bundle: Vocabulary building task cards. Includes: symbol to symbol matching picture to picture matching picture to symbol matching clip cards reading activity
Interactive/adapted books: animals
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Interactive/adapted books: animals

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Series of 4 interactive matching books My Farm Animals Book My Pets Book My Jungle Animals Book My Ocean Animals Book Each book contains 4 pages of animals to match and an “I see…” reading sentence with text and symbols. Books come as two levels: LEVEL 1 picture to picture matching LEVEL 2 sorting using symbol and sentence prompts
Writing colourful sentences
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Writing colourful sentences

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Worksheets with 5 various sentences structures. + options to create own sentence strips. 36 pictures to use as writing prompts. Pictures are of various situations, cultural groups and include both single people and groups of people to write about. Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of: •Spoken sentences •Answering W/H questions •Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives •Story telling skills •Written sentences and language comprehension Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
Shopping interactive books
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Shopping interactive books

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Product Description Two interactive books about shopping “It’s Shopping Time” a story about what you do at the shop. Written in first person. With symbols to match and items to put in shopping carts and bags. “What’s the shop” and interactive book with photos of different shop. Complete the “I can buy…” sentences with the correct symbols.
Christmas activities bundle
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Christmas activities bundle

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This exciting and fun stocking (bundle) is filled with different Christmas activities for the classroom, including reading, writing and motor control/crafts activities. All activities are supported with Widgit symbols. Included in this bundle: Holiday Choices - reading activity developing independent choice making. Studens read holiday options and students decide where they want to spend Christmas and answer multiple choice questions about their choice. 2 levels Interactive/adapted book - book about Christmas trees. Read the sentence on each page, then complete the instruction at the top of the page. Paper Chain Making - follow simple set of instructions to make Christmas paper chains. Patterned paper included. Make a Beard for Santa - motor control skills / arts and crafts activity Describe the Christmas Tree - use colourful semantics to compose sentences to describe the Christmas tree. 3 levels Christmas PECS symbols - + “I see…” symbol and sentence strip Decorate the Christmas Tree - read the instructions to decorate a Christmas tree. 2 levels Widgit symbols used with permission.
Comprehension cards - Symbol Supported
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Comprehension cards - Symbol Supported

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Comprehension task cards that promote emerging literacy reading skills and picture/text relationship understanding. Pictures related directly to the symbol supported sentences students have to match to the cards. All cards contain 2 symbolised key words in the sentence. This system supports using information in a text to find meaning in a picture. 8 different categories of cards: Animals Clothing Colours/Colors (labels with both spellings) Fantasy Food People Space Stationery OVER 70 TASK CARDS! Task box/folder labels for each category and instructions on how to make the cards. Widgit Symbols used with permission
Magic E- ing spelling activities
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Magic E- ing spelling activities

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3 different fun and interactive activities and worksheets to help students with spelling of long vowel sound words, when the e needs to be dropped to add -ing. Sliding cards: Choose a word - slide it across to hide the ‘e’ and reveal the ing spelling. Then find the picture to match to the word. Folding strips: Handing spelling helpers. Look at the picture and the long vowel word, fold the tab, hiding the ‘e’ and revealing the -ing word. comes in full colour and black and white versions. Cut and paste worksheets: Match the words to the pictures. Create the -ing spelling of the words by cutting along the dotted lines to cut off the ‘e’ comes in full colour and black and white versions. Widgit symbols used with permission
No Prep emotions sentence building using colourful semantics
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No Prep emotions sentence building using colourful semantics

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Compose sentences to say how people are feeling are using colourful semantics. Learn emotions and gender. 8 emotions to learn. No prep worksheets - circle the correct answer then read the sentence back. Task cards: laminate, circle, wipe dry. Perfect for independent and table work tasks. Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of: •Spoken sentences •Answering W/H questions •Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives •Story telling skills •Written sentences and language comprehension Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences. These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure. Widgit symbols used with permission