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Halloween Sequencing, What Comes Next Task Cards
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Halloween Sequencing, What Comes Next Task Cards

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These Halloween sequencing task cards are a great way to have students working on their sequencing and attention to detail skills. These task cards encourage students to look and recognise the pattern/sequence of the images then figure out what comes next in the sequence / pattern. These task cards come in a variety of different difficulty levels so you are able to differentiate for your students. 45 different task cards included. The cards come in both col and b/w option for your preference.
Halloween Subtraction Task Cards
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Halloween Subtraction Task Cards

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This activity includes 20 different subtraction flashcards. All images and vocabulary are linked to the theme of Halloween. This come with 2 levels of difficulty. Students can either use flashcards 1-10 or 1-20, depending upon which you think is most suitable to your students. There are 2 different recording sheets to accommodate the 2 different levels. One uses 1-10 and one uses 1-20. All flashcards are ready numbered. Each flashcard contains a subtraction sum with room for the students to write their answer underneath. An answer key is provided on the bottom two pages of the recording sheet PDF file. Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. This download includes two PDF documents - one for the flashcards and one for the recording sheets. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual flashcards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting. 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 addition to 10 and addition to 20 skills.
Guy Fawkes Fact Flip Book, Bonfire Night
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Guy Fawkes Fact Flip Book, Bonfire Night

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This fact, flip book comes with 2 pages of reading passage for you to use for students if they are unsure of the facts, it comes in two difficulty levels depending on student's individual abilities. Once they have read the passages, they then complete the flip book. This is an interactive book where students can cut, stick and colour/color the different pieces for each page. Guy Fawkes (Bonfire Night) is a celebration that takes place every year on the 5th November in the UK. This is a great way to introduce a British celebration into your classroom with lots of great activities to take part in. There are two options for the cover page; color/colour or black&white. Each page has two options for students to choose the answer from. They cut out the correct answers and stick them onto the page. Put it together and make a flip book!! There are instructions included on the first page of the document There are also small instructions included on the bottom of each of the pages, as well as photos of the finished style on the last page for you to see it finished. This resource works great in both British & American classrooms i.e color/colour.
Guy Fawkes Write the Room, Bonfire Night
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Guy Fawkes Write the Room, Bonfire Night

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This Guy Fawkes 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 2 different options of numbers 1-10 and 1-20 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 Guy Fawkes and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Bonfire Night 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.
Halloween Activities - Ten Frame Task Cards
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Halloween Activities - Ten Frame Task Cards

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Halloween Task Cards, Counting, Ten Frames This download includes task cards with ten frames 0 - 10. Students have to count how many pumpkins 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 or 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 of the cupboard and you can wipe them clean after your students have finished with them! Great for number/counting practice especially for Halloween.
Shark Count the Room, Shark Week
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Shark Count the Room, Shark Week

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his shark themed count the room activity contains 10 different count the room flashcards. All images and vocabulary are linked to the theme of sharks. The flashcards come with numbers/ten frames 1-10 with a matching recording sheet. All flashcards are ready numbered. An answer key is provided on the bottom page of the recording sheet PDF file. Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. This download includes two PDF documents - one for the count the room flashcards and one for the recording sheets. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual flashcards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting. 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 counting skills.
Shark Alphabet Recognition Game, Shark Week
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Shark Alphabet Recognition Game, Shark Week

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This shark themed alphabet game is a great way for students to work on their instructional skills, listening skills, and letter recognition skills. This shark game will be a great way for you to celebrate shark week in your setting. Instructions: ♦ Print out the pages that you wish to use ♦ Cut out the mouth of the shark and laminate the shark page so students can post through his mouth. Or cut out the shark on his own, cut out his mouth and then put onto a box so that students post the letter through his mouth into the box. ♦ Cut out and laminate each of the challenge cards and letter cards. ♦ Read the challenge cards to the students i.e 'Feed the shark the letter a’ ♦ Student finds the matching letter and feeds it to the shark. Included: ♦ Shark page - see instructions above on how to use. ♦ Lower case letter flashcards ♦ Upper case letter flashcards ♦ Lower case challenge cards ♦ Upper case challenge cards
Woodland Forest Lesson Plan and Resources
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Woodland Forest Lesson Plan and Resources

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This woodland forest themed lesson plan and pack of resources is perfect for your woodland forest theme and gives you a variety of different areas of learning, subjects and skills to cover. In this pack you will find; ♦ Woodland Forest themed lesson plan ideas sheet. Giving ideas of what lessons to teach for each subject including what books to read, math activities, geography activities, science activities, sensory activities, english activities and art/design activities. ♦ Geography Resource Mini beast hunt worksheets x2 ♦ English/Literacy Activities Capital letters and lower case letters worksheets - find twigs and leaves outside and use them to build the letters. Mini beast fact file - with a blank page for you to make your own mini beast as well as 10 ready made mini beasts for students to colour/color in and write about. Spelling cards - for students to work on their spelling skills either by writing the name of the animal or by using the letter cards to spell with. ♦ Math Activities 2D shape jigsaws - match the 2D shape to the 2D shaped leaf. Add and subtract frogs on a log - use real frogs or the printable ones included. Count the spiders leg - use black pipe cleaners to make legs on the spider or draw them on. Put the amount of hedgehogs on the log - counting activity to either use toys on or the printable hedgehogs included. Counting ladybirds on the leaf - either use toys or the printable ladybirds to count with. Number puzzles - put the numbers in the correct order on the bottom of the puzzles to build the woodland animal image. Sequencing jigsaw - read the story of growing a plant and match the pictures into the correct order. ♦ Role Play Area Includes bunting, footprint posters, movement posters, vocabulary posters, word cards and signs. ♦ Science Activities Animal habitat puzzles - match the animals to their habitat. Design the perfect habitat worksheet. Life cycle puzzles - follows he sequence of the life cycle for the animals included. ♦ Sensory Session Ideas on how you can make a woodland forest themed sensory session. ♦ Sensory Stories Ideas on how you can make some stories more sensory for the woodland forest theme.
Cinco de Mayo Emergent Reader Book
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Cinco de Mayo Emergent Reader Book

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This Cinco De Mayo themed emergent reader book is a great way for students to work on their object 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 book includes; I see a cactus. I see a chilli. I see chips. I see a donkey. I see a flag. I see a girl. I see a guitar. I see a maraca. I see a dancer. (boy) I see a dancer. (girl) I see a hat. I see Mexico. I see salsa.
Turkey Adapted Books, Colour Recognition, Color Recognition
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Turkey Adapted Books, Colour Recognition, Color Recognition

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These turkey themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills. There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs. The levels included are; ♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc. ♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red turkey” “yellow turkey” etc ♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “turkey is red” “turkey is yellow” etc. ♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the turkey is red” “the turkey is yellow” etc. The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.) 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. Instructions • Print out the level books that you want to use • Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book. • Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book. • Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate. • Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes. • The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
Fox Adapted Books, Colour Recognition, Color Recognition
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Fox Adapted Books, Colour Recognition, Color Recognition

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These fox themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills. There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs. The levels included are; ♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc. ♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red fox” “yellow fox” etc ♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “fox is red” “fox is yellow” etc. ♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the fox is red” “the fox is yellow” etc. The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.) 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. Instructions • Print out the level books that you want to use • Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book. • Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book. • Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate. • Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes. • The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
Shark Adapted Books, Shark Week
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Shark Adapted Books, Shark Week

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These Shark themed adapted books are a great way to introduce ‘Shark Week’ into your learning environment in an adapted and more suitable way for your students. This adapted book is a great way to encourage learners to pay close attention to detail, recognise and understand the images they are seeing, linking this to vocabulary and being able to start building sentences. This resource contains 2 adapted books which comes in colour/color option only. The books included are; ♦ Level 1 Color/Colour Recognition - “blue”, “red”, “yellow” etc. ♦ Level 2 Color/Colour Recognition - “blue shark”, “red shark” etc. 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, Grey/Gray etc.)
Winter Emergent Reader Books
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Winter Emergent Reader Books

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These Winter themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their object recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills. There are 3 books included; • Book 1 - ‘I see a blanket.’ • Book 2 - ‘His feet are cold.’ • Book 3 - ‘She is coughing.’ The variety of books allows students to experience different types of vocabulary. The books 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. Book 1 I see an avalanche. I see a blanket. I see a coat. I see a lodge. I see a mitten. I see a mug. I see a skate. I see a ski. I see a snow cloud. I see snowballs. I see a snowman. I see a snowsuit. Book 2 The tree is bare. His feet are cold. The girl is cozy. The mittens are fluffy. The polar bear is frozen. The snow is cold. Her cheeks are rosy. The icicles are sharp. The girl is stuck. The fire is warm. The snow is white. Book 3 She is building. She is coughing. The penguin is diving. He is drinking. The raccoon is hibernating. The snowman is melting. She is shivering. He is shovelling. She is shuffling. He is skating. He is skiing. He is sneezing. He is throwing.
Dog Adapted Books Colour Recognition Color Recognition
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Dog Adapted Books Colour Recognition Color Recognition

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These dog themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills. There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs. The levels included are; ♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc. ♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red dog” “yellow dog” etc ♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “dog is red” “dog is yellow” etc. ♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the dog is red” “the dog is yellow” etc. The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.) 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. Instructions • Print out the level books that you want to use • Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book. • Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book. • Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate. • Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes. • The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
Fish Adapted Books Colour Recognition Color Recognition
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Fish Adapted Books Colour Recognition Color Recognition

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These fish themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills. There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs. The levels included are; ♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc. ♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red fish” “yellow fish” etc ♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “fish is red” “fish is yellow” etc. ♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the fish is red” “the fish is yellow” etc. The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.) 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. Instructions • Print out the level books that you want to use • Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book. • Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book. • Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate. • Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes. • The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
Halloween Activities - Count the Room
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Halloween Activities - Count the Room

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This activity includes 20 different count the room flashcards. All images and vocabulary are linked to the theme of Halloween. This come with 2 levels of difficulty. Students can either use flashcards 1-10 or 1-20, depending upon which you think is most suitable to your students. There are 2 different recording sheets to accommodate the 2 different levels. One uses 1-10 and one uses 1-20. All flashcards are ready numbered. Each flashcard contains ten frames up to 20 with Halloween images. An answer key is provided on the bottom two pages of the recording sheet PDF file. Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. This download includes two PDF documents - one for the flashcards and one for the recording sheets. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual flashcards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting. 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 practising their vocabulary and counting skills.
Guy Fawkes Activity Bundle
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Guy Fawkes Activity Bundle

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This Guy Fawkes activity bundle is packed full of different activities that are a great way to introduce the theme of Bonfire Night into your classroom while continuing learning. The following activities are included in this pack; ♦ Flashcard Story ♦ Word to Picture Matching ♦ Flashcard Prompts ♦ Fact Flip Book ♦ Word Search ♦ Ten Frame Counting Task Cards ♦ Shadow Matching Task Cards ♦ Write the Room ♦ Comprehension Worksheets All activities in this pack are linked to the theme of Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes.
Halloween Number Puzzles, Counting to 10
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Halloween Number Puzzles, Counting to 10

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This Halloween themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will provide your students with the opportunity to look at images of Halloween and use these as a talking point. The puzzles come in 3 different difficulty levels; • Level 1 - 0-3 • Level 2 - 0-5 • Level 3 - 0-10 There is a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as; • Print out the b/w puzzles, cut them up and hand them out to your students. Have your students put the puzzles together, sticking them onto a piece of paper/into their work book, then colour them in. • Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle. • Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (i recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling. 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.
Halloween Adapted Work Folder
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Halloween Adapted Work Folder

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This adapted Halloween work book contains a variety of different activities for students to work on a variety of skills such as counting, colour / color recognition, shapes, vocabulary and so much more. ★ 42 activities included. ★ Comes with both spelling options - color/colour. The activities included; • Matching identical images • Matching b/w to colour images • Matching words to pictures • Matching symbols to pictures • Matching numbers • Counting candy in a jar and matching numbers • Match feelings • Match symbols to feelings • Match words (emotion names) to feelings • Matching colour Frankensteins • Matching colour pumpkins • Match colour Frankensteins to colour splats • Match colour pumpkins to colour splats • Sequence matching • Visual discrimination matching - different directions • Point to vocabulary (“point to the witch” etc.) • Shopping list - shop for Halloween items - 2 different levels • Match basic 2d shape outlines to pumpkin shapes • Match 2d shape names to pumpkin shapes ★ Also comes with a recording sheet for you to be able to record and track student progress as they complete the different activities included in this resource. ★
Seal Adapted Books, Colour Recognition, Color Recognition
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Seal Adapted Books, Colour Recognition, Color Recognition

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These seal themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills. There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs. The levels included are; ♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc. ♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red seal” “yellow seal” etc ♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “seal is red” “seal is yellow” etc. ♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the seal is red” “the seal is yellow” etc. The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.) 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. Instructions • Print out the level books that you want to use • Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book. • Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book. • Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate. • Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes. • The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.