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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.
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
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.
No Prep - leisure time activities using colourful semantics
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No Prep - leisure time activities using colourful semantics

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Different leisure time worksheets and task cards to comment on using symbol supported colourful semantics sentence building. Real photos and clipart versions of each activity for students to comment on familiar situations and activities. NO PREP worksheets: Circle the correct word in each part of the sentence to build a sentence. Bonus task cards: Cut, laminate, circle with dry erase pens and wipe clean. Perfect for task boxes and independent work stations. 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
Prepositions interactive books - colourful semantics
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Prepositions interactive books - colourful semantics

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Learn prepositions and sentence construction at the same time. A range of fun pictures for students to comment on at three levels. Use as individual task cards or turn into books. Also includes 13 writing cards. 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
Describing objects using colourful semantics
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Describing objects using colourful semantics

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Use colourful semantics to describe everyday objects, using size, colour and object. Compose 3 key words sentences. 34 task cards and matching writing cards for objects of different size and colour. 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/taskcards are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills.
Shopping sentence buliding using colourful semantics
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Shopping sentence buliding using colourful semantics

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Develop writing and composition skills, by building sentences to say what people are buying. 2 levels of worksheets: Level 1: 3 key word sentence with ONE object to identify Level 2: 4 key word sentence with TWO objects to identify. 12 double object shopping cart pictures 24 single object shopping cart pictures Full colour and white background worksheets and symbols. Worksheets are accessible for writers and non-writers Includes information on how to use the Colourful Semantics system. *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/taskcards are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills.
BUNDLE: Leisure time photo/clipart colourful semantics task cards
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BUNDLE: Leisure time photo/clipart colourful semantics task cards

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15 different leisure time activity cards to comment on. Real photos and clip art bundle for students to comment on familiar situations and activities. Turn into an interactive book or use as individual task cards. Each card comes with the colorful semantics questions strip of “who?” “Is doing?” “What?” and symbols for each picture. 15 writing cards with colorful semantics question prompts to aid composition. 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 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
Prepositions: before and after task cards/visual timetable/ social stories
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Prepositions: before and after task cards/visual timetable/ social stories

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These task cards have been developed as multi use learning tools. They teach key preposition words of before and after. pictures/symbols depict everyday situations familiar to students. the task cards double as interactive visual timetables to explain order of events. task cards can also be used as simple social stories to explains that certain events have to happen before or after another. 2 SETS OF TASK CARDS Velcro, choose and stick options Clothes peg correct symbol 2 LEVELS OF TASK CARDS task cards come as both clipart and simple symbol options clipart easy to understand situations to help with reading simple symbol task cards encourage slightly higher reading and deduction skills.
Interactive book: Rooms in the house
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Interactive book: Rooms in the house

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Match, lift and reveal books develop book handling and reading skills. The interactive books actively engage students in the reading process by allowing them to match or choose pictures and then reveal sentences. CORE VOCAB: Learn the names for rooms in the house 2 LEVELS: Level 1: Decorated rooms: match picture to picture. Level 2: Empty rooms: add pictures to the empty books USE AS BOOKS OR TASK CARDS: Turn into an interactive books OR use as task cards where students are given options of different furniture and have to choose the correct furniture for each room.
Likes and Dislikes - writing using colourful semantics
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Likes and Dislikes - writing using colourful semantics

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Worksheets designed to encourage independent writing on topics of interest, using the colourful semantics approach and vocabulary support boards. Have students build full sentences around things they like and don’t like. 8 topics to choose from: Animals Colours Food Movies Sport Technology Transport Weather 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.
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
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
Sight Word Books - Animals: symbol supported and text only
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Sight Word Books - Animals: symbol supported 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 speed - sight words: the, is. speed words: fast/slow Book 2: Talking about size - sight word: are, size words: big/small 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.
Sight Word Book - Food: symbol support and text only
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Sight Word Book - Food: 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 temperature - sight words: is, hot, cold Book 2: Talking about mean - sight words: is, are, for, dinner, dessert 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.
Brag Bands
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Brag Bands

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Let students show off their achievements with these wearable Brag Bands. OR build a Brag Band paper chain, hang it up and see all of the fantastic achievements grow over time. 44 different awards - Master list of awards and pages included 9 Colour pallets of bands. Age appropriate colour options for older students including: leather look, gold and silver. Include black and white version to print on colour card.