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.
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.
Compose sentences to say where the animals are using colourful semantics.
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.
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.
Learn numbers up to 10 with these fun interactive, symbol supported counting books.
Read and symbol supported sentence and put that number of items in the scene.
4 different books to use:
Superheroes In the City
Cookies in Jar
Flowers in Garden
Apples in the Tree
2 levels for each book
Level 1 - with dots to help beginner counters
Level 2 - no doubts
PLUS: Addition and subtraction word problem inserts.
36 addition and subtraction inserts for each book. Put the inserts over the pages of the answer. Read the word problem, create the scene and check your answer by lifting the insert away.
Work problem examples:
PLACE INSERT ON PAGE 5 "There are 7 cookies in the jar. 2 are eating"LIFT INSERT “There are 5 cookies in the jar”
PLACE INSERT ON PAGE 7 “There are 3 superheroes in the city. 4 more fly in.” LIFT INSERT “There are 7 superheroes”
Digital Interactive PowerPoint presentation.
Build Sentences using Colourful Semantics to say what the people are doing in each leisure time activity.
3 Key word sentences using “Who?” “is doing?” and “what?” questions to build the sentences.
Click on the correct answer to progress to the next slide. Click on the wrong answer and get taken to a try again screen.
Use on a desktop or download the PowerPoint app to use on a tablet.
*NOTE: This Powerpoint is READ ONLY and cannot be modified.
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.
INFORMATION PAGE ON HOW TO USE COLOURFUL SEMANTICS INCLUDED IN THE PACK
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
Develop writing and composition skills, by building sentences to say what people are feeling.
3 levels of worksheets:
Level 1: 1 key word sentence - What emotion? (e.g “sad”)
Level 2: 2 Key word sentence .- who? + what emotion? (e.g "the boy is sad"
Level 3: 3 Key work sentence - who? + what doing + what emotion? (e.g “The boy is feeling sad”
4 picture cards at each level
32 picture cards in total.
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.
Interactive PowerPoint
Read the clues to decide what job the description relates to.
Click and drag the correct person into the box.
Interactive book with easy to read clues.
10 Worksheets with diverse character cliparts for each job.
Fully symbol supported text.
JOB INCLUDES:
Builder
Chef
Dentist
Doctor
Farmer
Firefighter
Nurse
Pilot
Police
Postman
Widgit Symbols used with permission
Use colourful semantics to describe modes of transport and their movement style. 3 levels of sentence building. UK and US versions of colour/color included in folder
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?
BONUS:
Writing sheets with multi level writing options.
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Includes symbols with both full colour and white background with coloured borders.
Information page is provided on how to use the colourful semantics system.
*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.
Use colourful semantics to describe where the Easter Bunny is in relation to different objects.
Build you own sentence worksheets and NO PREP circle to answer worksheets.
PLUS Make a scene, reading comprehension.
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
Use colourful semantics to describe everyday objects, using size, colour/color and object.
NO PREP worksheets: Circle the correct word in each part of the sentence to build a sentence.
Each object comes in at least 3 colours and two sizes.
64 task cards cards for objects of different size and color
UK and US versions [colour/color] included in folder.
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.
Wigit Symbols used with permission
Use colourful semantics to describe types of transport and where they are.
2 Levels of worksheets
Level 1 : What and Where
Level 2: What, is doing, where
No prep - circle correct key words to compose sentences.
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.
“I have…who has…” loop cards of 6 categories. Fun and engaging speaking and listening activity. Great way of developing core vocabulary.
2 levels of cards
WITH WRITTEN NAMES OF OBJECTS- students read the sentence and use the picture to say what they have and ask the next question.
WITHOUT WRITTEN NAMES: Students develop vocabulary knowledge by having to fill in the end of the sentence using the picture cue.
5 categories
Transport
Sport
Fruit
Vegetables
Clothes
Animals
12 cards for each category. 144 cards in total
Develop writing and composition skills, by building sentences to say describe modes of transport, their action and place. UK and US spelling of colour/color included on separate worksheets.
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
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 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
A fun individual or group activity based on looking at items in a suitcase to decide where people are travelling to. Reading skills available with and without symbols. Colourful semantics approach for composing and building sentences.
3 levels of reading skills.
Level 1 - 2 key word sentences + symbols x 12 sentence strips.
Level 2 - 3 key word sentences + symbols x 48 sentence strips.
Level - 3 key word sentences, text only x 48 sentence strips.
2 levels of sentence building skills using colourful semantics
Level 1: individual key words + symbols
Level 2: individual key words, text only.
Make inferences based on suitcase items, or decide what items need to go in the suitcase based on the holiday destination.
Get students identifying different emotions and commenting on people’s emotions. This activity can be made into interactive books or used as task cards.
2 levels of sentence building:
LEVEL 1: emotion.
LEVEL 2: Person + emotions
8 emotions
-Happy
-Sad
-Angry
-Confused
-Excited
-Scared
-Bored
-Tired
4 pictures cards for each emotion. 32 pages per level.
Title pages supplied for each emotion, as well as general “My Emotions Books” title page.
Create different type of books.
Create each different emotion book with 4 pages per book. OR
Mix the emotions together in a book, to have students identifying different style.
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.
This tasty bundle is full of wonderful Easter egg related activities at a huge discount!
Includes:
No prep prepositions using colourful semantics.
Interactive Easter Egg counting book - numbers up to 10
Make a scene - reading comprehension
Easter Egg Hunt interactive flip and find board with 3 levels of comprehension reading pages.
Where are the Easter Eggs hiding? Interactive flip and find board and 2 levels of colourful semantics worksheets.
Describe the Easter Egg using colourful semantics.
worksheets include both UK and US spellings
Widgit Symbols used with permission
ead the clues to decide what job the description relates to.
Interactive book with easy to read clues.
10 Worksheets with 6 diverse character cliparts for each job.
Fully symbol supported text.
JOB INCLUDES:
Builder
Chef
Dentist
Doctor
Farmer
Firefighter
Nurse
Pilot
Police
Postman
Designed for students with special needs, these symbol supported Alphabet books contain a range of fun worksheets and activities to help learn and consolidate letter recognition. Little to no prep required.
26 workbooks
14 pages per book. Activities include:
Place in alphabet
Writing/tracing
Letter exploration
Initial sounds
Letter hunt in works
Cutting skills
Board game
Certificates for completing each workbook
Pages are un-numbered. Pick and choose the activities that are best for your students.
Can be printed as A4 or A5 size workbooks.
Widgit Symbols used with permission
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
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
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.