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Social Story Having My Nails Cut
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Social Story Having My Nails Cut

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This social story is a great read for students who may need some support and help to understand why they need to have their nails cut, and how this might make them feel. This social story will hopefully encourage them and help them to understand the process. 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; ♦ My fingernails grow everyday. ♦ When my fingernails get too long, I need to have them cut. ♦ If my fingernails are too long, they might snap or scratch me or someone else. ♦ My family will help me cut my nails. ♦ My teacher will help me cut my nails. ♦ I should sit really still when I’m having my nails cut. ♦ Sometimes, I might get scared of the nail clippers. This is ok. ♦ My family will be happy when my nails are cut. ♦ My teacher will be happy when my nails are cut. ♦ When my nails are cut, they won’t be as sharp. ♦ Once my nails are cut, I can go back to playing.
Individual Mini Visual Schedule for Special Education and Autism Classrooms
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Individual Mini Visual Schedule for Special Education and Autism Classrooms

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These mini symbol cards are perfect to use as a class timeline/schedule to improve your classroom management, organisation and help students to visually see what they will be doing throughout the day and preparing themselves. Please note that these symbols are small - and are designed to be used on individual schedule/timelines for your students. This resource will really help keep your students focused on their task at hand while helping them to transition to the next activity but also knowing what to expect throughout the day. By having a fixed timeline in front of them students will become more aware of what is expected of them through the day - this will especially help with students who may get anxious about the unknown. The symbols included so far; ♦ English ♦ Literacy ♦ Math ♦ Numeracy ♦ Geography ♦ History ♦ PE ♦ ICT ♦ IT ♦ Computers ♦ iPads ♦ Choice ♦ Assembly ♦ Music ♦ Outside ♦ Trip ♦ Park ♦ Walk ♦ Playtime ♦ Dinner ♦ Snack ♦ Home ♦ School ♦ Guided Reading ♦ Art ♦ Library ♦ Drama ♦ Party ♦ Birthday ♦ Celebration ♦ Science ♦ Colouring ♦ Coloring ♦ Writing ♦ Language Arts ♦ Field Trip ♦ French ♦ Bus ♦ Spelling ♦ Group Work ♦ Gym ♦ Lunch ♦ Reading ♦ Story ♦ Cookery ♦ Bathroom ♦ Playground ♦ Breakfast ♦ Swimming ♦ Horse Riding ♦ Science ♦ Fine Motor Skills ♦ Multi-sensory Room ♦ Speech Therapist ♦ Painting ♦ Brush Teeth ♦ Farm ♦ Beach ♦ Church ♦ Bible ♦ Religious Studies ♦ Field ♦ Sports Day ♦ Field Day ♦ Sensory ♦ Shopping ♦ Life Skills ♦ Work ♦ Drawing ♦ Play Dough ♦ Nurse ♦ Dentist ♦ Surprise ♦ Dance ♦ Museum ♦ Singing ♦ Choir ♦ Alphabet ♦ Arrive ♦ Book Fair ♦ Circle Time ♦ Zoo ♦ Fire Drill ♦ German ♦ Gifted ♦ Guidance Counselor ♦ Photos ♦ Go Home ♦ Morning Meeting ♦ Mystery Reader ♦ Phonics ♦ Physics ♦ Pledge ♦ Role Play ♦ Recess ♦ Playtime ♦ Science Fair ♦ Social Skills ♦ Spanish ♦ Task Boxes ♦ 1:1 Work ♦ Trampoline ♦ Disco ♦ Gardening ♦ Brain Break ♦ Yoga
Social Story A New Student in Class
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Social Story A New Student in Class

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This social story is a great read for students who may need some support and help to understand how to deal with their feelings when a new student joins their class, and how they can be welcoming and help the new student to settle into their classroom. 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; ♦ In our classroom, we do lots of learning together. ♦ We spend lots of time together in class with other students and our teachers. ♦ Sometimes, our classroom will have the same students all year. ♦ Sometimes, we may get a new student join our class. ♦ The new student may be new to the school. ♦ The new student may also be new to the area, and just moved here. ♦ Or, the new student may be moving from another class to our class. ♦ Sometimes, having a new student in class may make me anxious. ♦ I should remember, that the new student may feel anxious too. ♦ Going to a new class can be very scary. ♦ We should look after the new student and become their friend. ♦ We should find out their name, and more about them. ♦ We should also help them find things around the classroom, and school. ♦ By helping our new student, we are being a good friend and classmate. ♦ This helps our classroom be a nice place.
Social Story If I See a Fire
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Social Story If I See a Fire

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This social story is a great read for students who may need some support and help to understand what they should or shouldn’t do if they see a fire. It will also help to prepare them, should they ever find themselves in a situation with a fire. 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. This social story has been created to suit both UK/US audiences with the page regarding phoning the fire station - i.e 999 or 911. Pages included are; ♦ Sometimes, accidents happen and this might cause a fire. ♦ If I see a fire, I should not go near it - it is very hot and dangerous. ♦ If I see a fire, I should look for a fire alarm and set it off. ♦ If I see a fire, I should find a phone and call 999 for the fire department. ♦ If I see a fire, I should try to get away from it, and leave the building. ♦ If a fire happens in school, I should remember what happens in our fire drills. ♦ If I see a fire, I should be calm, leave the building and find our meeting spot. ♦ If there is a lot of smoke, I should crawl along the floor. ♦ If a fire happens at home, I should listen to my parents instructions. ♦ I should not go back into a fire to help anyone. ♦ I should not go back into a fire to get anything. ♦ Firefighters are the only people who should try and put the fire out. ♦ Firefighters are trained to deal with fire, and have lots of safety equipment.
Florence Nightingale Simplified Story
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Florence Nightingale Simplified Story

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This simplified story is based on the story of Florence Nightingale. It includes 20 pages and the story has been simplified to be more engaging for students and easier for them to understand and follow the story of Florence Nightingale and everything that she achieved throughout her life. Each mini-page, is half an actual page size, meaning you cut each page in half. I recommend laminating each page individually and then binding together to make a book - it’ll also make it stronger and longer lasting for you. You can use this resource as a whole class story which you can read to your students, or print numerous copies and have them readily available for your students to read in your classroom library. Another great way to use this resource is to introduce the book page by page each day/week and put together as a sequencing activity into student’s literacy books so that you can discuss each page more in-depth and have your students work on their sequencing skills. This resource comes in colour/color or black and white option for your preference. It is also suitable for both UK and US readers i.e colour/color.
Community Helpers Wh Questions Adapted Book
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Community Helpers Wh Questions Adapted Book

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This Community Helpers themed wh- question adapted book is a great way for students to work on their wh- questions in an adapted and suitable way. Students read the short sentence at the top of the page and find the appropriate and matching symbol to answer the comprehension question. This also provides your students with a great opportunity to further their understanding of community helpers, what they do and who they can go to for help in different situations. Comes in col and b/w option for your preference. This adapted book is a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols and start to build upon their language and vocabulary skills. The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.) All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Community Helpers.
Yoga Movement Breaks Brain Breaks Cards
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Yoga Movement Breaks Brain Breaks Cards

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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.
Yoga I Have, Who Has? Game
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Yoga I Have, Who Has? Game

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This I Have, Who Has Game, is a fun way for students to work on so many different skills, while also working on yoga skills. This will also double up as a fun, brain break/movement break where you can have your students to demonstrate the different yoga moves that they have on their cards. There are 39 different yoga movement cards included, and a total of 40 participation cards - meaning you could have up to 40 players taking part at once - or you can hand out more than 1 card to students - or get staff members involved in the fun! Yoga moves included are: ♦ Airplane ♦ Archer ♦ Balancing Table ♦ Boat ♦ Bow ♦ Bridge ♦ Butterfly ♦ Camel ♦ Cat ♦ Chair ♦ Child ♦ Child Forward ♦ Cobra ♦ Corpse ♦ Cow ♦ Crab ♦ Crescent Moon ♦ Dolphin ♦ Downward Dog ♦ Dragon ♦ Eagle ♦ Flower ♦ Frog ♦ Gate ♦ Happy Baby ♦ Lion ♦ Mountain ♦ Namaste Kneeling ♦ Namaste Sitting ♦ Rag Doll ♦ Reverse Table ♦ Shark ♦ Swan ♦ Table ♦ Tree ♦ Triangle ♦ Warrior 1 ♦ Warrior 2 ♦ Waterfall Instructions • Print out each of the pages included • Cut out and laminate each of the individual cards so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. • Hand out the cards to each of your students - you can have up to 40 players. If you have less players than this, some students can have more than 1 card (or staff members can get included). • Start with the ‘start here’ card and then have your students read out their cards. EG) I have the first card, who has airplane?" the next student who has the airplane card will respond with “I have airplane, (demonstrate the movement) who has archer?” etc. and this carries on throughout the whole game. This game is going to be lots of fun for your students to provide your students with a movement break / brain break to get them back on track with their work, while having fun and working together as a class. Appropriate for American and British/Canadian etc. classrooms.
Community Helper I Have, Who Has? Game
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Community Helper I Have, Who Has? Game

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This I Have, Who Has Game, is a fun way for students to work on so many different skills, while continuously learning about the different Community Helpers. There are 37 different community helpers included in this pack, which come in both col and b/w option for your printing preferences. The cards come in random order to ensure that students are constantly paying attention and engaged in the activity. Community Helpers included are: ♦ Judge ♦ Fisherman ♦ Air Hostess ♦ Farmer ♦ Cleaner ♦ Crossing Guard ♦ Dentist ♦ Garbage Collector ♦ Detective ♦ Forest Ranger ♦ Hairdresser ♦ Businesswoman ♦ Construction Work ♦ Firefighter ♦ Lifeguard ♦ Mechanic ♦ Plumber ♦ Bell Boy ♦ Doctor ♦ Nurse ♦ Chef ♦ Pilot ♦ News Reporter ♦ Mailman ♦ Oil Worker ♦ Astronaut ♦ Policeman ♦ Soldier ♦ Businessman ♦ Ski Guide ♦ Teacher ♦ Policewoman ♦ Vet ♦ Zookeeper ♦ Waiter ♦ Tour Guide ♦ Waitress Instructions • Print out each of the pages included • Cut out and laminate each of the individual cards so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. • Hand out the cards to each of your students - you can have up to 38 players. If you have less players than this, some students can have more than 1 card (or staff members can get included). • Start with the ‘start here’ card and then have your students read out their cards. EG) I have the first card, who has a judge?" the next student who has the judge card will respond with “I have a judge, who has a fisherman?” etc. and this carries on throughout the whole game. This game is going to be lots of fun for your students to get involved with while working on their community helpers skills. Appropriate for American and British/Canadian etc. classrooms.
Halloween Instruction Activity
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Halloween Instruction Activity

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This Halloween activity is a great way for your students to work on their reading, recognition and instruction following skills. Students have to read the instructions on each of the task cards included, and find/point to the matching items on the Halloween scene. This is a great way for students to pay close attention to detail and start to work on their symbol > image matching/recognition skills. The theme is linked to Halloween and is a great way for you to introduce some Halloween fun into your classroom while continuing your students work on these important skills. Instructions are also included on first page of the PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual pieces so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
Word Association Puzzles for Speech Therapy
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Word Association Puzzles for Speech Therapy

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These word association puzzles are a great way for your students to work on these vital skills in a functional way. The puzzles contain real life photographs for each of the words included, providing your students with a visual cue of each of the words. Students have to match the puzzle pieces together, putting the word associations together. This is a great way for students to work on their language and vocabulary skills in a fun and engaging way. It will also allow conversation to flow where you can discuss which words go together - and why do they go together? There are 38 different puzzles included, providing your students with plenty of opportunities to work on these skills. Instructions • Print out the puzzles • Cut the puzzles out individually • I recommend laminating each piece of the puzzles so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable in the future • Have your students match the pieces of the puzzles together to match the words.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Bible Story
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Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Bible Story

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This simplified story is based on the bible story Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand. It includes 13 pages and the story has been simplified to be more engaging for students and easier for them to understand and follow the story. Each mini-page, is half an actual page size, meaning you cut each page in half. I recommend laminating each page individually and then binding together to make a book - it’ll also make it stronger and longer lasting for you. This is a fun, and simple way to introduce a Bible story into your classroom and Religious Education lessons. You can use this resource as a whole class story which you can read to your students, or print numerous copies and have them readily available for your students to read in your classroom library. Another great way to use this resource is to introduce the book page by page each day/week and put together as a sequencing activity into student’s literacy books so that you can discuss each page more in-depth and have your students work on their sequencing skills. This resource comes in colour/color or black and white option for your preference.
The Princess and the Pea Write the Room
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The Princess and the Pea Write the Room

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This The Princess and the Pea 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 1-8 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 The Princess and the Pea and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your The Princess and the Pea 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.
The Little Mermaid Write the Room
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The Little Mermaid Write the Room

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This The Little Mermaid 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 The Little Mermaid and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your The Little Mermaid 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.
Sleeping Beauty Write the Room
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Sleeping Beauty Write the Room

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This Sleeping Beauty 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 Sleeping Beauty and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Sleeping Beauty 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.
Rapunzel Write the Room
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Rapunzel Write the Room

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This Rapunzel 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 1-8 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 Rapunzel and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Rapunzel 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.
Community Helpers Emergent Reader Books
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Community Helpers Emergent Reader Books

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These Community Helper themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their community helper 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 books included are; • Community Helpers - ‘I see a firefighter’ ‘I see a chef’ ‘I see a forest ranger’ etc. • Bakery - ‘I see a chef’ ‘I see a cake’ ‘I see a spoon’ etc. • Dentist - ‘I see a dentist’ ‘I see a toothbrush’ etc. • Farmer - ‘I see a farmer’ ‘I see a barn’ etc. • Fire Station - ‘I see a firefighter’ ‘I see a fire engine’ etc. • Forest Ranger - ‘I see a forest’ ‘I see a car’ ‘I see a flashlight’ etc. • Hospital - ‘I see a doctor’ ‘I see a hospital’ etc. • Life Guard - ‘I see a life guard’ ‘I see a life preserver’ etc. • Police - ‘I see a policeman’ ‘I see a policewoman’ ‘I see a car’ etc. • Post Office - comes in two variations - mailman/postman etc. - ‘I see a letter’ ‘I see a box’ ‘I see a mailman’ ‘I see a postman’ etc. • Restaurant - ‘I see a chef’ ‘I see a waiter’ ‘I see a menu’ etc. • Vets - ‘I see a vet’ ‘I see a bandage’ etc. These emergent reader books will be a great addition to your community helpers unit and a great way to encourage your students to work on their vital reading and vocabulary skills.
The 7 Days of Creation Bible Story
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The 7 Days of Creation Bible Story

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This simplified story is based on the bible story The 7 Days of Creation. It includes 11 pages and the story has been simplified to be more engaging for students and easier for them to understand and follow the story. Each mini-page, is half an actual page size, meaning you cut each page in half. I recommend laminating each page individually and then binding together to make a book - it’ll also make it stronger and longer lasting for you. This is a fun, and simple way to introduce a Bible story into your classroom and Religious Education lessons. You can use this resource as a whole class story which you can read to your students, or print numerous copies and have them readily available for your students to read in your classroom library. Another great way to use this resource is to introduce the book page by page each day/week and put together as a sequencing activity into student’s literacy books so that you can discuss each page more in-depth and have your students work on their sequencing skills. This resource comes in colour/color or black and white option for your preference.
The Good Samaritan Bible Story
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The Good Samaritan Bible Story

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This simplified story is based on the bible story The Good Samaritan. It includes 15 pages and the story has been simplified to be more engaging for students and easier for them to understand and follow the story. Each mini-page, is half an actual page size, meaning you cut each page in half. I recommend laminating each page individually and then binding together to make a book - it’ll also make it stronger and longer lasting for you. This is a fun, and simple way to introduce a Bible story into your classroom and Religious Education lessons. You can use this resource as a whole class story which you can read to your students, or print numerous copies and have them readily available for your students to read in your classroom library. Another great way to use this resource is to introduce the book page by page each day/week and put together as a sequencing activity into student’s literacy books so that you can discuss each page more in-depth and have your students work on their sequencing skills. This resource comes in colour/color or black and white option for your preference.
Weather Spelling Activity
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Weather Spelling Activity

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This spelling activity is a great way for your students to work on their spelling skills in a fun and engaging way with the theme of the weather. Students have to look at the image of the type of weather at the top of the page, then the word underneath, and then either using a dry wipe pen or the spelling letters included, spell the word that they can see. This resource includes 5 different cards, each containing a different image that is linked to theme of the weather. This activity will also provide a great language activity, encouraging students to sound out the letters that they are using to spell with, and discuss the images that they can see. I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the pieces individually to make them stronger and prolong the use of them. These are an excellent addition to your classroom to see if students are able to recognise, match and spell