I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
This Christmas crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your Christmas - or Elf - themed topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where an elf has been frozen! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects.
This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels.
This crime scene includes the following activities;
• Time/Clock Recognition
Students need to look at the CCTV images and match the time (clocks) to when the elf was frozen to give you the time frame. The suspects are then asked where they were at that time.
• Taste
Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Cookies) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it.
• Smell
Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Milk) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this.
• Addition/Subtraction
Laminate the sums and freeze them into ice cubes. Students have to work out how to get the clue out of the ice (melting it, cracking through it etc). They then work out the sum and match it to the suspect who has the same number as the answer to the sum.
• Clue Book
Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think froze the elf.
• Wanted Poster
Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead.
Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works.
This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc.
Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to cookies and milk for students to taste/smell.
This cvc word activity is a great way for you to combine some space and rocket fun into your cvc work. Students look at the image of the cvc word that they need to spell on the triangle (top of the rocket) then use the letters to spell out the cvc word. They build it down from the top of the triangle to make a rocket ship while also forming their cvc words. This is a great way to give your students the opportunity for some hands on work that is engaging and fun for them, while also working on their cvc words and spelling skills
The rockets come in both col. and b/w option for your printing preference. We printed onto bright color card to make them more fun and engaging.
Vocabulary included;
• car
• cat
• dam
• ham
• pan
• wag
• bed
• den
• hen
• net
• pen
• wet
• dig
• fin
• hit
• lid
• pig
• pit
• dog
• fox
• hop
• log
• mop
• top
• bun
• cub
• gum
• hut
• mud
• sun
This counting activity is a fun, interactive and engaging way for your students to work on their number recognition and counting skills during the run up to St David’s Day or Spring. Students have to count out white pom poms and put them onto the gaps on the sheep on each task card.
This activity is also a great way for students to work on their fine motor skills, picking up pom poms. You can also use giant tweezers to have your students pick the pom poms up with.
The task cards go from 1-10.
I recommend laminating all of the pieces included. This will make them stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future.
Instructions
Print out the task cards.
Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards.
Put them into a box with white pom poms.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
This resource includes 2 different styles of yoga movement breaks / brain breaks to be used for the classroom; flashcards or round toppers which can be put on top of pens/pencils/lollipop sticks etc.
Students can start to lose concentration if they are sat working at a desk/activity for a long period of time, so introduce some fun and jazz up your classroom with these fabulous yoga movement breaks to get your students engaged and focused again.
These can be introduced at whatever time interval you deem appropriate - either 10/15 minutes into a work session or first thing in the morning, after break, after lunch etc.You know your students best and you will be able to judge when is best for them.
You can either do all the movement breaks at once, or do one every so often throughout the day or even get students to come up the front and choose a movement break as a reward for good working etc.
Many researchers and education specialists have stated that movement breaks and physical activity are a great way to get children re-focused to sit back down for an activity.
These come in colour or black and white option.
Includes 40 different movement breaks.
These 3 Little Pigs ten frame task cards are a great way for students to work on their counting and ten frame skills. The task cards included in this pack include ten frames with answers from 0-10 for your students to work on.
Students have to count how many pigs are in the ten frame and then select the correct answer out of 3 choices on the bottom of the task card.
Come in color/colour and black and white option.
Instructions are included on the first page of PDF file.
2 task cards come on each page.
I recommend cutting and laminating each task card individually. By laminating the task cards you will find they are stronger and longer lasting. This means you can use them year in, year out for your students, just pulling them out and you can wipe them clean after your students have finished with them!
Great for number/counting work and for your 3 Little Pigs thematic unit.
This resource contains 22 different math worksheets linked to the theme of the 3 Little Pigs. The worksheets require no prep, simply print out and you’re ready to go. There is a variety of different worksheets meaning that numerous different skills can be targeted using this pack.
The worksheets included are;
♦ Addition worksheets (2 levels - up to 5 and up to 10)
♦ Subtraction worksheets (2 levels - from 5 and from 10)
♦ What comes next (2 levels - to 10 and to 20)
♦ Before and after (2 levels - to 10 and to 20)
♦ Fill in ten frames
♦ Tallying
♦ Col by number
Comes in US and UK/Can spelling options for your preference i.e color/colour, grey/gray.
These 3 Little Pigs themed task cards are a great way for students to work on their attention to detail skills by matching the shadows to their owners.
There are 15 different task cards included and they come in col option only - no b/w. There are 2 task cards per page.
Students have to choose 1 out of 3 possible answers to match the image to their shadow.
There are instructions included on the front page of the document. I recommend cutting them out individually and then laminating them, this will make them stronger and longer lasting - meaning you can use them over and over again.
All images related to 3 Little Pigs theme.
This resource contains 40 task cards related to the theme of UK money. These task cards are a great way for students to work on their money recognition skills.Please note that this resource only contains UK coins/money.
There are 4 task cards per page, I recommend cutting these out individually and laminating so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable throughout the School year.
This comes with instructions on the first page for you to be able to get the most out of this resource.
The task cards come in col and bw for your preference.
The task cards come in different ability levels enabling you to differentiate to individual abilities;
♦ individual coin recognition - choose correct answer from 3
♦ adding up 2 coins
♦ adding up 4 coins
♦ writing individual coin value
This resource contains 22 different task cards giving students the choice of two answers - yes or no - to the question at the top. Each task card contains 1 question, 1 image and 2 answers.
The task cards are all in the theme of St David’s Day. (The Welsh holiday on March 1st)
These task cards come in col and b/w option for your preference.
They are a great way to encourage students to pay attention to detail, the image that they are looking at and to answer appropriately.
I recommend cutting out each card individually and laminating so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. Students can complete with a dry wipe pen or a peg so that they can be used again.
The word to picture matching activities are a fantastic resource for any classroom, although especially with non-verbal students. It can help to encourage and promote reading and recognition of vocabulary related to the theme of sight words. This resource is a great strategy to encourage students to read the words that they can see, but also to be able to understand that they can link the word to an actual image,
Many students may learn to just read words but not understand the meaning behind them, this will help to work with students on working towards achieving this skill.
Instructions on first page of how you can use this resource to it's best potential within your classroom.
This resource will be great for group work, speech sessions, 1:1 activities. english/literacy sessions, vocabulary work and farm activities.
18 different activities boards in total.
The first page in the PDF is the instructions page to help you use these to their best potential.
Sight words include are:
♦ in
♦ find
♦ can
♦ down
♦ blue
♦ here
♦ run
♦ jump
♦ play
♦ red
♦ look
♦ little
♦ go
♦ up
♦ all
♦ small
♦ help
♦ yellow
♦ black
♦ where
♦ one
♦ I
♦ funny
♦ who
♦ you
♦ two
♦ away
♦ we
♦ three
♦ me
♦ ate
♦ no
♦ get
♦ good
♦ brown
♦ four
♦ he
♦ eat
♦ now
♦ like
♦ new
♦ warm
♦ on
♦ ran
♦ ride
♦ please
♦ say
♦ our
♦ under
♦ there
♦ white
♦ she
♦ want
♦ they
♦ yes
♦ after
♦ give
♦ ask
♦ fly
♦ ten
♦ her
♦ over
♦ open
♦ old
♦ stop
♦ him
♦ take
♦ before
♦ walk
♦ think
♦ buy
♦ thank
♦ call
♦ first
♦ found
♦ fast
♦ five
♦ cold
♦ green
♦ sing
♦ off
♦ pull
♦ sit
♦ read
♦ sleep
♦ work
♦ wash
♦ wish
♦ tell
♦ write
♦ your
♦ clean
♦ drink
♦ draw
♦ carry
♦ cut
♦ eight
♦ hurt
♦ hot
♦ grow
♦ fall
♦ laugh
♦ light
♦ show
♦ seven
♦ six
♦ together
♦ small
This pack includes 4 different sentence building books all related to Feelings / Emotions. All books come in b/w and col option.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism.
The books include;
♦ How does the boy feel? - 1 box answer
♦ How does the girl feel? - 1 box answer
♦ How do the children feel? - 2 box answer
♦ How do the children feel? - 4 box answer
Each book comes with instructions included on the first page on how you can put this book together to get the best possible use out of it.
The vocabulary is suitable for American and British/Canadian etc classrooms. Eg - colour and color.
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.
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Feelings/Emotions.
This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with going on a plane. A lot of children struggle with understanding the process of what is involved going on a plane, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand why they need to do the things asked of them. Hopefully, this social story will help encourage your child(ren)/students to get onto a plane, and also help promote independence.
Many students with autism are visual learners and like to learn through seeing something in action. This book comes complete with matching, simple yet engaging graphics to help describe what is being said on the page.
Comes in col option only - no b/w availability, however you can print in grayscale.
Pages included are;
♦ To go on an airplane, I have to go to the airport.
♦ Before we go to the airport, I have to pack my suitcase.
♦ I should pack my clothes, toothbrush and anything else I may need.
♦ There are lots of planes in the airport, so it can get busy.
♦ First, we have to go to the check in desk to check in for our flight.
♦ The lady will look at our passports and weigh our suitcases.
♦ Our suitcases will get put onto the plane by the airport staff.
♦ Next, we have to go through the scanners. I might have to take my shoes and coat off.
♦ I have to walk through a scanner, the staff will tell me where to go.
♦ Now, we can have a look in the shops or have something to eat.
♦ Next it’s time to board our plane, we must go to our gate and give the lady our tickets.
♦ On the plane, I have to sit on the seat that is shown on my ticket.
♦ When the plane takes off and lands, my ears might pop.
♦ There are lots of things for me to do on the plane, as well as lots of food to eat.
♦ When the plane lands, we have to stay sitting until told to take our seat belts off.
♦ We may have to show our passports again to airport staff.
♦ Then, we go and collect our suitcases off a conveyor belt.
♦ Now we can leave the airport!
I recommend printing out each of the individual pages, laminating them and then binding them into a book so it will be easier for students to read - or be read to, as well as being stronger and longer lasting. You can use only the pages that you feel most relevant.
Mini booklets for each of the vowels - a,e,i,o,u. Each medial vowel has their own mini booklet, containing 6 different images/words.
These mini booklets are a great way for your students to work on their CVC words, while making it more interactive and fun for them. Simply staple/put together the pages so that it makes a mini book, then have the students color/colour in the CVC images, read the words and then write them. There is a writing prompt on the bottom of each page for students to overwrite.
This is a great way to introduce CVC words to your students. Once the mini booklets are completed they can either be put on display, sent home or kept close for your students to look back on and use throughout the year when needed to look back over and use for different CVC activities.
Contains 10 pages - 4 mini pages to 1 standard page.
This resource contains 11 different CVC Read and Highlight no prep worksheets. These worksheets are a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, reading and attention to detail skills.
Students simply read through the passage and use the box on the bottom to see what CVC words they need to find and highlight them.
This is a great and different way to help students with their CVC/word recognition.
It comes with instructions on the first page and all pages come as black and white for ink friendly printing.
This is a no prep activity - just print and hand out!
You can either use these as paper worksheets to hand out to students or you can laminate them so that they can be re-used throughout the year.
Contains 11 pages.
This social story is a great read for children who may need some preparation for an upcoming visit to the zoo.
The animals included have been kept as generic as possible so that they will more than likely be seen in any zoo.
It is a generic story of two children who go to the zoo with their family. It's a great way to prepare children for what will happen, what they may see and what they may do at the zoo.
Comes in col option only - no b/w availability, however you can print in grayscale.
This download consists of 36 different Growth Mindset posters. These are great to have on display around your classroom/work area to promote and encourage students working to have Growth Mindset.
I highly recommend laminating each of the individual posters so that they will be stronger and longer lasting.
These posters will provide you with a great opportunity to encourage Growth Mindset within your classroom / work room.
This Halloween themed color / colouring sorting activity is a great, and interactive way for students to work on their color sorting skills while continuing the theme of Halloween.
This resource contains 10 different colours for students to match the correct images / colors into.
The colours / colors included are:
♦ Blue
♦ Brown
♦ Grey / Gray
♦ Green
♦ Orange
♦ Pink
♦ Purple
♦ Red
♦ White
♦ Yellow
This resource comes with both spelling options of grey/gray.
There are 6 items to match for each card. I recommend laminating each of the individual parts so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable.
This Bonfire Night themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Bonfire Night word searches and also 2 vocabulary posters that include all the vocabulary used through all the word searches.
This resource includes;
♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 11 (8 words)
♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 6 (16 words)
♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Bonfire Night theme word searches
♦ Vocabulary posters with all the words from the word searches
♦ Answer keys
These worksheets come in b/w for ink friendly printing and are appropriate for all spelling types - UK/US etc. The worksheets require no prep, simply print and hand out. These are great time fillers, literacy centres, or even to be left on sub days. They provide a different way for students to pay close attention to detail and encourages the recognition of letters and vocabulary.
This pumpkin themed 2D shape task card activity is a great way for your students to work on their shape recognition skills, while introducing the theme of autumn/fall/halloween into your learning environment.
This activity includes 9 different task cards. Each task card contains an image of a pumpkin in a different 2D shape. Then, there are simple 2D shapes for you to cut out, which students match to the pumpkin task cards- or you can use real shapes that you have already, in your classroom.
Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their ten frame counting skills. Comes in both b/w and col option for your printing preference.
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 clean their bedroom - 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 clean their bedroom and help to promote independence during this routine.
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.)