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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.
CVC spelling worksheets - no prep
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CVC spelling worksheets - no prep

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Multi activity CVC spelling worksheets. On each worksheet: Match the word Spell the word Trace the word Write the word Find the word Colour the word Colour the picture Sets of worksheets for each middle vowel sound: a,e,i,o,u 131 worksheets in total! UK and US spelling included for colour/color. Black and White for low ink use. Print on white paper or coloured paper.
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
Make a Scene - Click and Drag PowerPoint
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Make a Scene - Click and Drag PowerPoint

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PowerPoint Activity! Symbol supported reading and comprehension activity. Develop skills to follow a set of instructions to create a scene. Read the instructions on the slide, then click and drag the pictures into the scene. NOTE This product is designed to be used in the edit mode of PPT, to enable click and drag. Can also be used with the PowerPoint app. 9 scenes to create: Dinner Plate Jungle Scene Fish Bowl Desert Scene Classroom Beach Scene Park Scene Night Sky Ocean Scene
Make Your Own Adventure Book - DIGITAL  interactive powerpoint
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Make Your Own Adventure Book - DIGITAL interactive powerpoint

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Fun symbol supported interactive book, where students get to choose a their own path and take a superhero on an adventure through the book . HOW TO USE: Each page has a sentence to say what is happening and two options of where to go. Students click on the choice they want and they are taken to that slide. At the end of the story you will be taken back to the beginning to try another adventure. 10 different stories in one book. Digital Interactive PowerPoint: Requires Powerpoint app to work. Play slide to make it interactive. NOTE This product cannot be edited and can be viewed as “Read Only” when asked to submit a password. Widgit Symbols used with permission
Christmas Scene Prepositions - Digital PPT and BOOM Cards: Drag and Drop
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Christmas Scene Prepositions - Digital PPT and BOOM Cards: Drag and Drop

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Build Sentences using Colourful Semantics to say what where the people and animals are in these Christmas scenes. PowerPoint and Boom Card Drag and Drop activities. 3 Key word sentences using “Who?” “is where?” and “what?” questions to build the sentences. Drag the words/symbols into the boxes to make the sentences. 17 Scenes to write about. PowerPoint: Stay in edit mode to drag the symbols. Boom Cards: Drag the words into the boxes and click submit, correct words will stay in position, incorrect words will bounce back. Use on a desktop or download the PowerPoint app to use on a tablet. WHAT IS COLOURFUL SEMANTICS? 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. Please Note: To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks. For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial. Widgit Symbols used with permission
Push and Pull - Sight Word books: symbol support and text only
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Push and Pull - Sight Word books: symbol support and text only

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Sight Word books and worksheets for special education and emerging readers. Support students who do not read traditional text to access stories and sight words with these symbol supported reading books. TOPIC: Push and Pull (science: force and movement) BOOKS Each book uses repetitive sight words and structure to consolidate reading of sight words. 2 Sets of book SET A - With symbol support SET B - Text only 3 Books per set Book 1: “I can…” sentences - Sight words: I, can, push, pull Book 2: Talking about position - sight words: towards, away, from, you, push, pull Book 2: Talking about movement - sight words: move, it, the, push, pull WORKSHEETS Sight Word worksheets Topic word match worksheets: matching picture, symbol and word. COMMUNICATION BOARDS Use the communication boards to talk about the stories. Each book has an accompanying communication board, plus one board for all the sight and topic words.
Christmas Sight Word Books - symbol support and text only
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Christmas Sight Word Books - symbol support and text only

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Sight Word books and worksheets for special education and emerging readers. Support students who do not read traditional text to access stories and sight words with these symbol supported reading books. BOOKS Each book uses repetitive sight words and structure to consolidate reading of sight words. 2 Sets of book SET A - With symbol support SET B - Text only 3 Books per set Book 1: “I see a…” sentences Book 2: Talking about location - sight words: look, is, inside, outside Book 2: Talking about position - sight words: is, sitting, standing WORKSHEETS Sight Word worksheets Topic word match worksheets: matching picture, symbol and word. COMMUNICATION BOARDS Use the communication boards to talk about the stories. Each book has an accompanying communication board, plus one board for all the sight and topic words.
People Who Help - digital Pick and Choose reading books
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People Who Help - digital Pick and Choose reading books

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Pick and Choose reading books allow students to decide on the information they want to read about. Pick from 12 different community helpers and read about what they do and how they help us. Each community helper comes with 4 pages about them, each with a variety of diverse clip art characters. Comes as Interactive PowerPoint and Boom Cards Please Note: To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks. For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial. Widgit Symbols used with permission
CVC  Spelling Snow theme BUNDLE: Digital PPT + Boom Cards
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CVC Spelling Snow theme BUNDLE: Digital PPT + Boom Cards

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Digital interactive PPT and Boom Cards Spell CVC words by dragging and dropping the letters into the snowball. Look at the picture in the sign the snowman is holding and spell the word. This Bundle includes all 5 vowel middle sound Middle a Middle e Middle i Middle o Middle u 129 words in total!!! PowerPoint: Stay in edit mode to drag the symbols. Boom Cards: Drag the words into the boxes and click submit, correct words will stay in position, incorrect words will bounce back. Use on a desktop or download the PowerPoint app to use on a tablet. Please Note: To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks. For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial. Widgit Symbols used with permission