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I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
These turkey themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red turkey” “yellow turkey” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “turkey is red” “turkey is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the turkey is red” “the turkey is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These seal themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red seal” “yellow seal” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “seal is red” “seal is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the seal is red” “the seal is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These parrot themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red parrot” “yellow parrot” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “parrot is red” “parrot is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the parrot is red” “the parrot is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These octopus themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red octopus” “yellow octopus” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “octopus is red” “octopus is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the octopus is red” “the octopus is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These jellyfish themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red jellyfish” “yellow jellyfish” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “jellyfish is red” “jellyfish is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the jellyfish is red” “the jellyfish is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These gorilla themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red gorilla” “yellow gorilla” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “gorilla is red” “gorilla is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the gorilla is red” “the gorilla is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These fox themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red fox” “yellow fox” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “fox is red” “fox is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the fox is red” “the fox is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These flamingo themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red flamingo” “yellow flamingo” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “flamingo is red” “flamingo is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the flamingo is red” “the flamingo is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These fish themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red fish” “yellow fish” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “fish is red” “fish is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the fish is red” “the fish is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These dog themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red dog” “yellow dog” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “dog is red” “dog is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the dog is red” “the dog is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
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.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
This adapted book is a great way for students to work on their sequencing skills but also to give them the knowledge and understanding of how to brush their teeth - a very important life skill which can be hard for many of our students to master. This adapted book goes through each of the steps required to brush teeth.
Students have to read - or be read - the sentence on top of the page and then find the matching symbol that matches the sentence. This a great way to start having your students understand what they are reading/listening to and taking in the information. Students can then process this information and find the relevant symbol that fits with what is happening in the current situation.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
This toy companion resource is a great way to encourage your students to learn while playing with their toys.
This resource contains a variety of different levels of task cards for students to use to target a variety of individual abilities.
Each task card contains instructions on what the ‘customer’ has ordered for their sandwich. For this resource, I highly recommend purchasing a sandwich set - we purchased the Melissa & Doug Sandwich Felt Set which is perfect to use with this activity.
These Autumn / Fall themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their object recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills.
There are 3 books included;
• Book 1 - ‘I see an apple’
• Book 2 - ‘The leaves are crunchy’
• Book 3 - 'He is gathering
The variety of books allows students to experience different types of vocabulary.
The books comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini books for you to have access to at all times.
The books are suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
The books come with 2 different options of Fall or Autumn for your preference.
Book 1
I see an acorn.
I see an apple.
I see a basket.
I see a ball.
I see hay.
I see a leaf.
I see a pinecone.
I see a scarecrow.
I see a squirrel.
I see a sunflower
I see a sweater.
I see a tree.
Book 2
The girl is cold.
The skies are cloudy.
The leaves are crunchy.
The sky is foggy.
The scarecrow is happy
The pie is hot.
The leaf is orange.
The seeds are soggy.
The pinecone is prickly.
Book 3
He is chopping.
He is collecting.
She is dressing.
She is drinking.
She is gathering.
He is harvesting.
She is raking.
She is reading.
He is stacking.
She is sweeping.
These Spring themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their object recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills.
There are 3 books included;
• Book 1 - ‘I see a rabbit.’
• Book 2 - ‘The flowers are pretty.’
• Book 3 - ‘She is climbing.’
The variety of books allows students to experience different types of vocabulary.
The books comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini books for you to have access to at all times.
The books are suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
Book 1
I see a bee.
I see a bird.
I see a butterfly.
I see a chick.
I see an egg.
I see a flower.
I see a kite.
I see a lamb.
I see a puddle.
I see a rabbit
I see a rainbow.
I see an umbrella.
Book 2
The flowers are pretty.
The rabbit jumps high.
The wind is cold.
The eggs are small.
The grass is green.
The sun is warm.
The rain is wet.
Book 3
She is climbing.
He is feeding chicks.
The chick is hatching.
He is jumping.
The rabbit is eating.
He is planting.
He is searching.
The bird is singing.
He is smelling.
She is walking.
These Winter themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their object recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills.
There are 3 books included;
• Book 1 - ‘I see a blanket.’
• Book 2 - ‘His feet are cold.’
• Book 3 - ‘She is coughing.’
The variety of books allows students to experience different types of vocabulary.
The books comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini books for you to have access to at all times.
The books are suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
Book 1
I see an avalanche.
I see a blanket.
I see a coat.
I see a lodge.
I see a mitten.
I see a mug.
I see a skate.
I see a ski.
I see a snow cloud.
I see snowballs.
I see a snowman.
I see a snowsuit.
Book 2
The tree is bare.
His feet are cold.
The girl is cozy.
The mittens are fluffy.
The polar bear is frozen.
The snow is cold.
Her cheeks are rosy.
The icicles are sharp.
The girl is stuck.
The fire is warm.
The snow is white.
Book 3
She is building.
She is coughing.
The penguin is diving.
He is drinking.
The raccoon is hibernating.
The snowman is melting.
She is shivering.
He is shovelling.
She is shuffling.
He is skating.
He is skiing.
He is sneezing.
He is throwing.
This Cinco De Mayo themed emergent reader book is a great way for students to work on their object recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills.
The book comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini books for you to have access to at all times.
The books are suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
The book includes;
I see a cactus.
I see a chilli.
I see chips.
I see a donkey.
I see a flag.
I see a girl.
I see a guitar.
I see a maraca.
I see a dancer. (boy)
I see a dancer. (girl)
I see a hat.
I see Mexico.
I see salsa.
This Snow White themed write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets.
The recording sheets come in numbers 1-10 as well as in 2 different ability levels - plain boxes to write the answers in or boxes with handwriting lines for students to write in.
Each image is linked to the theme of Snow White and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Snow White or Fairy Tale topic and expand your students knowledge while allowing them to move around.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
♦ Around the classroom
♦ Outdoor play area
♦ In a tough tray
♦ In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their vocabulary and spelling skills.
This resource comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This resource is a perfect way for you to introduce an Woodland Forest into your classroom/work setting. This resource is packed full of different resources that will help you to to create a great role play area for your students to play with and continue to learn.
The pack includes:
♦ Bunting - in Forest or Woodland option
♦ Footprint Posters
♦ Movement Posters
♦ Vocabulary Posters
♦ Role Play Word Cards
♦ Signs
Posters and role play word cards include;
animals
bear
deer
forest
fox
hedgehog
log
mole
moose
mouse
owl
porcupine
rabbit
raccoon
skunk
squirrel (grey/gray)
squirrel (red)
toadstool
tree
wolf
woodland
This woodland forest themed lesson plan and pack of resources is perfect for your woodland forest theme and gives you a variety of different areas of learning, subjects and skills to cover.
In this pack you will find;
♦ Woodland Forest themed lesson plan ideas sheet.
Giving ideas of what lessons to teach for each subject including what books to read, math activities, geography activities, science activities, sensory activities, english activities and art/design activities.
♦ Geography Resource
Mini beast hunt worksheets x2
♦ English/Literacy Activities
Capital letters and lower case letters worksheets - find twigs and leaves outside and use them to build the letters. Mini beast fact file - with a blank page for you to make your own mini beast as well as 10 ready made mini beasts for students to colour/color in and write about. Spelling cards - for students to work on their spelling skills either by writing the name of the animal or by using the letter cards to spell with.
♦ Math Activities
2D shape jigsaws - match the 2D shape to the 2D shaped leaf. Add and subtract frogs on a log - use real frogs or the printable ones included. Count the spiders leg - use black pipe cleaners to make legs on the spider or draw them on. Put the amount of hedgehogs on the log - counting activity to either use toys on or the printable hedgehogs included. Counting ladybirds on the leaf - either use toys or the printable ladybirds to count with. Number puzzles - put the numbers in the correct order on the bottom of the puzzles to build the woodland animal image. Sequencing jigsaw - read the story of growing a plant and match the pictures into the correct order.
♦ Role Play Area
Includes bunting, footprint posters, movement posters, vocabulary posters, word cards and signs.
♦ Science Activities
Animal habitat puzzles - match the animals to their habitat. Design the perfect habitat worksheet. Life cycle puzzles - follows he sequence of the life cycle for the animals included.
♦ Sensory Session
Ideas on how you can make a woodland forest themed sensory session.
♦ Sensory Stories
Ideas on how you can make some stories more sensory for the woodland forest theme.
These shark fact themed comprehension packs are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their comprehension, reading and writing skills. There are 10 different comprehension activities included and all are based on facts of different species of sharks. Each activity consists of 2 pages - a reading passage page and an accompanying questions page.
All images and stories in this comprehension pack are based on facts about different species of sharks and will be a perfect addition to your Shark Week.
There is a short amount of information provided on each page and then 4 questions on another page.
This is great for students to be able to read a passage and recall details from it, answering relevant questions. All pages come in black and white for ink friendly printing.
The images are eye catching and appropriate for young students who will find them engaging.