This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story. Includes: 1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart 1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide) Bonus Clip-Art: Sled and Baby (Color and BW) Background: While working as a high school/middle school para, I began creating study guides for students in our special education program. However, we quickly discovered ALL students could benefit from the visuals! Soon, teachers from different grades and subjects were requesting custom cartoon visuals to assist students. Teachers loved having something they could save for future use and students seemed to really enjoy the quirky style/easy study reference. I especially love taking on projects for "hard-to-find" visual materials.

This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story. Includes: 1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart 1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide) Bonus Clip-Art: Roman Emperor (Color & BW) Background: While working as a high school/middle school para, I began creating study guides for students in our special education program. However, we quickly discovered ALL students could benefit from the visuals! Soon, teachers from different grades and subjects were requesting custom cartoon visuals to assist students. Teachers loved having something they could save for future use and students seemed to really enjoy the quirky style/easy study reference. I especially love taking on projects for "hard-to-find" visual materials.

Communicate quickly and discreetly with your SPED and ELL/ESL students! Quietly slip them one of these easy-to-understand cards with visuals. Better yet, this set also comes with cards designed to be from the student to the teacher as well, so that they can quietly and discreetly communicate with YOU! While these cards were designed with autistic/special ed. populations with IEPs and 504s in mind, there are many ways they can be used! Cards are in color on pngs. 300 dpi. (6 Cards/page). Individual card size is about 2.5" by 2.5". Great for special education teachers and school counselors! This Set Contains: 4 Sheets of "to Student from Teacher" Visual Cards" (examples include fire drill warning, go-to reminders, suggestions, behavioral redirection, and check-ins) 4 Sheets of "to Teacher from Student Visual Cards" (examples include requests to leave, self expression, requests for accommodations, requests for help, etc.) The "Test Accommodations Cards" BONUS contains: 1 Sheet with All Cards 1 Sheet of "Do you want a scribe?" cards 1 Sheet of "Do you want to use technology?" cards 1 Sheet of "Do you want me to read aloud?" cards 1 Sheet of "Do you want a quiet space?" cards 1 Sheet of "Do you want to use notes?" cards 1 Sheet with checklist of above options (for multiple accommodations) *discreetly give to and prompt students as reminders or check-ins (orange border cards are from teacher to student) *give to student to use to give to teacher to request help, going elsewhere in the building, expressing feeling, or asking for accommodations *communicate with autistic, ESL/ELL populations using visuals * create your own personal/classroom use activities and games!

Ideal for special education but also a great fit for general classrooms, autism programs, ESL\ELL, and school counseling for upper elementary and middle school! Posters are in color, 8.5" X 11", 300 dpi. and png format. Great for special education teachers and school counselors! Many of these posters were created for teachers I've worked with in middle school settings. I've noticed teachers and teacher assistants often had to use their time and resources to create their own posters for themes that are not always available and for an age group with limited options. With this simple download, any teacher, anywhere, can have bold, colorful, posters with a clear message ready to be printed for their upper elementary and middle school classrooms. This Set Contains: 20 Behavior Mini-Posters (half -page posters depicting good character traits such as respect, honesty, politeness, and ambition). 3 Bullying Posters 6 Diversity Posters 14 General Posters (such as reminders to plug-in electronics, meeting signs, testing signs, etc.) 3 Prompt Posters (includes checklists to redirect students for dismissal, class prep, and end-of-day jobs) 6 Whiteboard Posters (to be laminated and taped on the board over or near your handwritten information such as jobs lists, homework assignments, etc.) Visual Cards Suggested Use and Tips For extra strength and durability, it is highly recommended that cards are laminated or glued to card stock. *redirect and remind students, for example, "what does the poster say?" "Check out the poster!" "Did you do everything mentioned on that poster?" *use Whiteboard Appropriate Illumismart Posters (such as Lunch Jobs, Class Jobs, Change in Schedule, Today's Homework) to direct students to written information (such as student names, changes in schedule, or homework assignment) * visually communicate with and teach nonverbal, struggling readers, some special ed. populations, and ESL/ELL students. *use Behavior Posters to create your own games and classroom activities. *use Behavior Posters to remind students about what certain values and good behavior examples look like.

Help your students understand their regulation choices and advocate for themselves with organized written letters and visuals. These forms (png, 300 dpi.) were designed to make student self-advocacy quick, painless, gentle, and maybe even fun! Help students advocate with BREAK requests, empower them with notes to teachers, and encourage them to share their emotions and alert teachers of the strategies that work for them. Visuals are more appropriate for and feature children from upper elementary, middle school, and early high school.

Big kids love to color too! While working with middle school students, I noticed that many of them LOVE to color and that there are all sorts of "down-time" or "quiet space" situations that could use some good coloring activities. These coloring pages are specifically designed to remind students of self regulation choices and peaceful thoughts. This set of 20 Coping/Calm Down themed coloring pages for OLDER students will suit your middle school/upper elementary. Pages are 300 dpi. png and feature diverse teens/tweens/upper elementary kids(and Cthulhu!) in various coping strategies and themes.

Comes with 4 BONUS Clip-Art pieces! Allie's Mitt, Pencey Prep badge, Holden, and Holden's Hunting Hat This guide is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. Please note: I DO take requests for these types of guides! All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story. Includes: Color Visual Guide Print-Grayscale Guide 4 Color Clip-Art pieces ( mitt, Holden, Holden's hat, Pencey Prep badge) 4 lineart Clip-Art pieces (same as above) Keywords: J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye, Mr. Andolini, Visual, Clip-Art, hat, mitt, Pencey Prep

This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story. Includes: 1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart 1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide) Bonus Clip-Art: Fire, Fly, Shell

Everyone has feelings, but these unique and lively cards will help make it easier for your students to interpret, identify, manage, and understand. While these cards were designed with autistic/special ed. populations in mind, there are many ways they can be used! Cards are in color on pngs. 300 dpi. (12 Cards/page). Individual card size is about 2.5" by 2.5". Visuals feature children from about 3rd to 6th grade. Great for special education teachers and school counselors! This set contains: 32 Portrait Style Cards (with emotion identified) 32 Full Body/Body Language Style Cards (with emotion identified) 32 Portrait Style Cards NO TEXT 32 Full Body/Body Language Style Cards NO TEXT 32 Text Cards with Emotion Names 6 Sorting Cards (to categorize emotions by happy, sad, etc.) 2 Prompt Cards (Today I feel.... I want to feel...) Suggested Use: *to teach and identify emotions in 1:1 or small group settings (great for school counselors!) *play a matching game *spread out and ask a student how they are feeling *ESL/ELL/foriegn language flash cards. *give to students so they can keep them in their backpack/binder and place a card on their desk/hand it to you to show how they are currently feeling without speaking or disrupting a lesson. *print for projects, collages,and your own activities. *create your own games and classroom projects.

Help your students advocate for themselves with organized written letters and visuals. These forms (png, 300 dpi.) were designed to make student self-advocacy quick, painless, gentle, and maybe even fun! Help students advocate with alternate assignments, empower them with Learning Styles, and encourage them to share their emotions. Visuals are more appropriate for and feature children from upper elementary, middle school, and early high school. This set contains: Alternate Assignment Side A- Students can use visuals and a checklist to request a different type of assignment Alternate Assignment Side B-Helps students organize their thoughts and write about their proposal for an alternate assignment Confidential Note to Teacher-Helps organize students thoughts and provides them with an opportunity to let teachers know if they are having general trouble (and why) in a classroom and how to support them Student Advocacy Sheet- Similar to Confidential Note to Teacher, but deals more with a specific class project or assignment and provides student with an opportunity to explain to the teacher in advance that they may need extra support (and why). My Emotions- Students use a simple visual/checklist form to express how they feel without using any words. Planner Substitute- Left the planner at home? Use this quick sheet to get the information you need for the day. Learning Styles Survey Side A-Get to Know Me- Provides teachers with an opportunity to learn more about their students. Learning Styles Survey Side B-A visual checklist allows students to choose the Learning Styles that they feel represents them. (Color and Grayscale Provided)

Ideal for special education but also a great fit for general classrooms, autism programs, ESL\ELL, and school counseling for upper elementary and middle school! Great for teaching coping skills! Posters are in color, 8.5" X 11", 300 dpi. and png format. Great for special education teachers and school counselors! Each page features 2 posters (half-page). 14 pages, 24 mini-posters total! T This Set Contains: 24 Behavior Mini-Posters (half -page posters depicting a variety of coping strategies including breaks, tools (fidgets, etc.), seats, counting, self hugs, dots and squeezies, stop and think, yoga, exercise, quiet space, and MORE!). Visual Cards Suggested Use and Tips For extra strength and durability, it is highly recommended that cards are laminated or glued to card stock. *redirect and remind students, for example, "what does the poster say?" "Check out the poster!" "What can you do to cope?" *keep a visual presence of self regulation options in the classroom * visually communicate with and teach nonverbal, struggling readers, some special ed. populations, and ESL/ELL students. *create your own games and classroom activities. * remind students about what coping options look like Check out the variety of "Calm Down" visual products from Illumismart! Calm Down Student Self Advocacy Calm Down Mini Posters Calm Down Coloring Pages Calm Down Handouts Calm Down Cards

Pictures for Older Students! Make coping and self regulation easier for students to understand with handouts they can COLOR! Images feature diverse students using a variety of coping strategies (yoga, breaks, tools, fidgets, activities) from upper elementary, middle school, and teens. Cards are in color on pngs. 300 dpi. (6 Cards/page). Individual card size is about 2.5" by 2.5". Great for special education teachers and school counselors! This Set Contains: 8 "Checklist" style handouts featuring 4 Calm Down Options for Students to Color: Things Places Strategies Activities-Active Activities-Quiet Seats Stop and Think Breaks Side A and B Handout (24 Calm Down Options Black and White) Side A and B Handout (24 Calm Down Options COLOR ideal for laminating)

Big kids love to color too! While working with middle school students, I noticed that many of them LOVE to color and that there are all sorts of "down-time" or "quiet space" situations that could use some good coloring activities. This set of 30 coloring pages for OLDER students will suit your middle school/upper elementary needs! From narwhals to ninjas, unicorns to Cthulhu, and more serious subjects like diversity and girls in science, there is a coloring page for everyone! Great for "done with test", "quiet space", and "it's the Friday before vacation!" moments. Files are saved as PNGs and organized into 3 different folders: 20 Coloring Pages (artwork and humor ideal for older students!) 5 blank activities (Blank bookmarks, Card, game, Create-a-code, and Blank RPG 5 Cut-Outs (Ninja, Vikings, Pirates, Zombies,and Steampunk Family.

Make Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligence Theories easy to understand for students and staff with visuals! Includes a Learning Styles Scavenger Hunt game that involves finding other people and their learning preferences. Cards are in color on pngs. 300 dpi. (6 Cards/page). Individual card size is about 2.5" by 2.5". Great for special education teachers and school counselors! This Set Contains: 24 Learning Styles Cards- Scientific Terms 24 Learning Styles Cards-General Terms Includes Logic, Speech/Words, Inter/Intrapersonal, Naturalistic, Tactile, Kinesthetic, Auditory, Spatial, and even Metaphysical! Includes both symbols and student versions of cards. *Learning Styles Scavenger Hunt Handout also included. Suggested Use: *teach students about Multiple Intelligence/Learning Styles *teach adults about Multiple Intelligence/Learning Styles *play Learning Styles Scavenger Hunt or create your own games! *Spread out Learning Styles Cards and allow students to choose the way they prefer to have a certain subject/lesson taught to them (Ideal for 1:1 or small groups) *visually demonstrate a graph or data showing how many students prefer each Learning Style *for an anonymous class vote to determine how the next lesson will be presented (use black and white or grayscale print for this type of use) *come up with your own ideas for Illumismart Learning Styles Cards! * Play Illumismart's Learning Styles Scavenger Hunt

Make Schedules and Subjects easy to understand for your students! This unique set of subject/schedule cards features upper elementary/middle school and teen students and focuses on classes and activities associate with these age groups! With 60 cards, two prompt boards, and schedule signs to hang on white boards-demonstrating the class schedule has never been easier (or more colorful and fun!) Make schedules predictable, get your students prepared, and help them understand what will happen during the day. Excellent resource for ELL, ESL, nonverbal, special education, and students with executive functioning issues. Cards are in color on pngs. 300 dpi. (12 Cards/page). Individual card size is about 2.5" by 2.5". Great for special education teachers and school counselors! This Set Contains: 60 Subject/Class Activity Cards Including: Academics (Math, Social Studies, Science, etc.) Arts (Drama, Dance, Art, Music, etc.) Other Periods (Study, Internship/Voc, CSL, Speech, Life Skills) Activities (Holiday, Seasonal, Graduation, Guest Speaker) School Events (Fire Drill, Assembly, School Testing, Field Trip) Religious Classes/Activities (Judaism/Hebrew, Christian Studies, Prayer, Mass, Islam Studies) Frequent Visits (Library, Nurse, Counselor, Locker) Common Middle School Periods (News, DEAR/Independent Reading, Tech) ....AND MORE! Suggested Use: *show schedules, change in schedules, or alternate schedules. *display a schedule to a class or homeschool class so students know the agenda. *teach nonverbal and ESL/ELL students the names of classes and activities. *let students rate or rank their favorite and least favorite classes. *make photocopies of visual daily schedules for students who have trouble processing other schedule formats. *match with Illumismart's School Supplies Cards. "What do you need for this class?"

As a teacher assistant, these forms were a great help to both myself and the special education teachers I worked with! Forms include Teacher Feedback Form, IEP Meeting Reminder, Sub Report, Behavior Chart, IEP Goal Observations, Visual Project Checklist, Homework Gathering Chart, After-School Observations and After-School Cancellation Notice! With observations and documentation being such a crucial (and time-consuming!) aspect of a sped teacher's job, make it quick and easy with these simple and easy forms! See below for more detail! Forms are in doc. format and can be imported into Google docs or opened with AbiWord and Microsoft Word. Word. docs can be edited. The pdf. Emotions and Checklist cannot be edited. This Set Contains: 10 Forms/Documents Ideal for Special Education Teachers Suggested Use: Emotional Check-In- Gives students a chance to express themselves (using visuals) and show their emotional reaction to a topic or circumstance. Field Trip Phone Numbers-Easy form to give to all parents and teachers on a field trip so everyone has the right contact information. Homework Recording Log- record homework for the homework website or for homework planner time in sped rooms Homework Support Observation Log- record student work, behavior, and track completion of projects in after school or study periods. Great for teacher assistants! IEP Goals-Give to teachers and paras when they notice observations that pertain to specific goals on IEPs. These are beneficial to review when writing or rewriting IEPs or goal reports. IEP Meeting Reminder- Quick form reminds parents and teachers of upcoming IEP meetings Project Choices Visual Checklist- This visual checklist helps teacher track the type of project and gives students an opportunity to choose a type of project for open-ended assignments such as school fairs, museum projects, book reports, group work, etc. Substitute Report-Teachers LOVED the format of this sub report. Quick, easy to understand, and helps teachers pick up right off where they left. Teacher Feedback Form-give to teachers to track missing or incomplete assignments of special education students (or meet with teacher and record info yourself). Daily Behavior Form-Tracks the daily behavior of a specific student (created mostly for intense cases/individualized behavior plans etc.) Afrer-School Cancellation-Let teachers and parents know about after-school cancellations/end-of-year ending times.

Need a quick checklist for the class nature walk? Looking for signs of spring? This product includes 2 Nature Walk checklists (beginner and advanced) 2 Signs of Spring checklists, and 2 coloring pages. Make the class walk easier for teachers, and challenging (in a fun and colorful way!) for students. Fun-to-color illustrations are original and hand-drawn. 12 images/page. Checklists also make great drawing references, center game ideas, and cut-outs for lamination! Nature Walk-2 variations 1. For Beginners (with words to trace) 2. For Advanced Learners (with space to label) Signs of Spring-2 Variations 1. For Beginners (with words to trace) 2. For Advanced Learners (with space to label) Coloring Pages 1. Nature Walk Theme 2. Signs of Spring Theme All pages are BW lineart, 300 dpi. PDF format.

This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story. Includes: 1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart 1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide) Bonus Clip-Art: planet, nebula, white dwarf (Color & BW)

This guide is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. Please note: I DO take requests for these types of guides! All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story. If you like this product, check out other Illumismart Literature Visual Guides HERE Includes: 1 COLOR Visual Guide 1 BW Visual Character Map- with character names (to be used as study guide) 1 BW Visual Character Map-BLANK-for students to fill in 1 BW Clip-Art piece of Homer's ship for use in your own products! Comes with BONUS farmland clip-art! (chicken, farmhand, carrot) Keywords: John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, 1930s, Great Depression, Visual Map, Characters, illustration, illustrated, guide, study guide, George, Lennie, Curley, Slim, Crooks, Carlson, farmland, okies

This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story. Includes: 1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart 1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide) Bonus Clip-Art: mouse, crow (Color & BW) Background: While working as a high school/middle school para, I began creating study guides for students in our special education program. However, we quickly discovered ALL students could benefit from the visuals! Soon, teachers from different grades and subjects were requesting custom cartoon visuals to assist students. Teachers loved having something they could save for future use and students seemed to really enjoy the quirky style/easy study reference. I especially love taking on projects for "hard-to-find" visual materials.