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 resource contains 14 different, no prep writing prompt worksheets linked to the month of March. These worksheets are great time fillers and a great way to encourage students to use their imagination and work on their creative writing skills.
All the worksheets comes in b/w option and are no prep - simply print and go.
The worksheets contain an image with the start of a sentence at the top of the worksheet with writing lines underneath for students to finish the sentence.
This resource contains 7 different, short story, sequencing jigsaws. Students simply read the short story then use the information that they have read to figure out which order to place the image into the jigsaw.
All the jigsaws comes in b/w option and col option for your preference.
The stories are;
* St David's Day (Welsh celebration 1st March)
* St Patrick's Day
* The Ugly Duckling
* Barry the Bug (and his Spring walk)
* Life cycle of a caterpillar
This resource includes jigsaw puzzles and no prep worksheets where students have to recognise and find the matching items that go together and practise their fine motor skills by drawing over the lines. These activities are a great way for students to work on understanding life skills and working on what goes together.
The jigsaws involve students matching two puzzle pieces together with the correct matching image.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
There are 44 mini jigsaw puzzles included in this resource, 11 matching worksheets and 11 fine motor worksheets.
This is a Good Morning greeting book, used every morning with individual students, but you can also change this to use it as class/group activities if that is what suits you more.
This resource is great to get students settled in the morning, into a routine and ready to work! It comes differentiated to suit different abilities.
It covers;
♦ Name
♦ Day
♦ Feeling
♦ School
♦ Weather
♦ What to wear
These are great life skills to practice on a daily basis to get your students becoming more and more independent. It also encourages them to pay close attention to current events i.e - what day is it, how are they feeling, how's the weather, what should they wear in this weather.
This is also a great way for students to work on their feelings, helping them to understand how they are feeling. It will also enable students to understand what clothes are appropriate to wear in different types of weather.
There are brief instructions on each page as well as an instruction page at the start of the document to help you set this up and use to it's best potential in your classroom.
★ This has been updated on 26/10/15. The file now comes in 2 parts - a new updated version which is a powerpoint & keynote file. ★
This is a bundle of autism / spec ed resources from my store that will be great to help you set up your new autism / special education classroom or just to update it and introduce some new strategies. Each resource comes with instructions so you are able to implement them and use them in the best possible way in your classroom!
We use these within our classroom every year and they work wonders with our students, so I am able to personally recommend you these resources and know that you will find them just as helpful in your classroom!
This bundle includes;
♦ I Am Working For Board
This reward system is a great way to keep students focused and engaged on their task, they'll have a visual to show what they are working for and also how much more they have to do to achieve it!
♦ Good Morning Greeting Book
Have you ever found it so hard to get students ready in the mornings to start their work day? These Good Morning books are a great way to fix a morning routine to help ease your students into their day.
♦ Good Afternoon Greeting Book
Afternoons can be so crazy busy, especially if your students have been outside running around! Settling back down to do work can be a really difficult task, so these Good Afternoon books are a great way to help your students regain their focus and settle back into their work routine. Having this take place every afternoon will introduce a solid routine for your students and they will know what to expect.
♦ Year Round Editable Newsletters
If your classroom is as busy as any other Spec Ed class, then you'll find having time to keep families up to date with all the goings on can be really hard work! These editable newsletters are themed year round and can be so quick to put together. It also means that you can email AND print to send home to families just in case! It's a great way to add in little reminders too!
♦ Conversation Prompt Cards
It can be really hard for students to try and build conversations and relationships with others in their class. These conversation prompt cards are a great way to encourage students and help them think up new conversation ideas to help improve their social skills.
♦ Communication Book
If you have students who are non verbal or have limited speech then these communication books will be a great asset in your class. Once put together, they can be hung up or stored away in a place where the student is able to learn to independently get their book when needed. Having difficulties communicating can be a huge trigger for some students, so having this communication aide set up for them will be a huge help to them and can also help to improve their independence!
♦ Behavior/Behaviour Story
A lot of students learn best through visuals and stories. This visual story book is a great way to help students think about their behaviour/behavior and how it will affect others around them.
♦ Class Timeline/Schedule Cards
Transition and wondering what is coming next can be a huge burden for some students and get them very anxious. By providing a timeline of the day, students are able to visually see what is happening that day, what's coming next and what they can expect. It will reduce the 'unknown' for them and also the fear that comes with that.
♦ Supporting Autism & Spec Ed Walkthrough
This 66 page walkthrough is packed full of literally everything you can imagine to help make your class more suitable for the students. There are so many great ideas including visuals, reward systems, symbols, sensory toys, behaviour/behavior management, iPad apps and so much more.
♦ Home to School Liaison Book
The contact between Home/School is vital to help your students with their day to day life. It will keep both of you informed with how the student is doing and if there are any major things going on in their life at the moment. It will also help you to build a stronger relationship with those involved with the home life of the student. This will help you all work together to help the student get the most out of their life and to really help push and motivate them to achieve their best.
♦ Traffic Light Behaviour/Behavior Posters
This traffic light system has proved to be a big hit in many classrooms. You can set it up whichever way you like - it could be for behaviours/behaviors or noise levels etc. It's a great way for students to visually see what you are thinking and how the classroom/student are doing right now.
♦ First, Then Visual Boards & Symbols
This pack comes with a variety of different boards in 2 different levels as well as over 60 symbol cards! This is a great resource to help your students cope and to provide them with a visual of what is expected over a short period of time - also to encourage them should a 'choice' or 'reward' activity be coming up.
♦ Hitting / My Hands Social Story
This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with hitting. A lot of children hit others as a sign of frustration, anxiety, pain etc. - sometimes we may even find no explanation for why they are hitting but hopefully this social story will help reduce hitting behaviours.
♦ Biting / My Mouth Social Story
This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with biting. A lot of children bite others as a sign of frustration, anxiety, pain etc. - sometimes we may even find no explanation for why they are biting but hopefully this social story will help reduce biting behaviours.
This is a great visual resource to support and encourage students when taking part in different activities throughout the day. It comes with a variety of different 'boards' for your preference on which to use as well as 68 symbols to accompany the resource.
The boards included come in both b/w and col option. There is a contents page included so you are aware of what you are printing in the PDF document.
Included are:
First, Then board b/w
Now, Next board b/w
First, Next, Then board b/w
Now, Next, Then board b/w
First, Then, Last board b/w
First, Then board col
Now, Next board col
First, Next, Then board col
Now, Next, Then board col
First, Then Last board col
Visuals/Symbols
I highly recommend cutting out and laminating the individual pieces so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. There are also brief instructions included on the first page of the PDF, however this is a quick and simple resource to put together that will work wonders with you and your students throughout the year.
This resource comes with some choice symbols, if you feel there is something that you desperately need please feel free to contact me through the 'Ask a question' tab as a request and I will try my best to add it.
Contains 16 pages.
This download includes an editable version of the traffic light behaviour system. This system is a great way for behaviour / behavior management in your classroom and giving students a visual.
Simply print out, laminate and put on display.
This download comes with 3 options; powerpoint editable, keynote editable and PDF non-editable for those who just want to print what is already available.
As well as coming with an editable option, there are also pre made versions of this included which you can just print.
There are instructions on the first page included on how you can put together and use this resource in your classroom.
This is an editable communication book (although you can not edit/extract clipart - these are protected to reserve the rights of the fantastic clip artists), for you to be able to communicate with students families/carers back and fore School and home, keeping everyone up to date on student(s) individual progress, behaviors/behaviours, moods etc. You can add text and change text for different parts of the home/school book. It comes in PDF (non editable), Keynote (editable) and Powerpoint (editable) options for your preference.
It comes with British & American spellings.
This is especially great for a special education class, the pages come as the following;
♦ choice of covers
♦ staff in class, students in class
♦ weekly planner
♦ daily conversation page
The daily conversation page is laid out with different boxes and two comment boxes; one for school to fill in and one for parents to fill in.
This training pack is a great resource for you to use to gain new ideas and strategies to use within your classroom for your Autism and Special Education students. There are over 80 pages included and all are packed with information, strategies and programmes that you can use within your classroom.
Just some of the pages included are;
♦ Autism - Be Aware
♦ What is Autism?
♦ What is Fragile X?
♦ How is Autism Diagnosed?
♦ What Should I Look For?
♦ I Need Help!
♦ Transition
♦ Visuals
♦ Behaviour Management
♦ Toileting
♦ Eating
♦ What Can You Put Into Place?
♦ Training to Attend
♦ Social Stories
♦ Incorporating Sensory
♦ Music Therapy
♦ Using Your 5 Senses
♦ Sensory Stories
♦ Sensory Breaks
♦ Sensory Toys
♦ Cooking
♦ Parental Communication
♦ iPad Apps
♦ Reinforcers - When and What to Use.
♦ Work Stations
♦ Communicating
♦ Adapted Work Activities
♦ On a Budget
♦ Famous Faces
♦ Helpful Links
This resource is perfect for any professional who is working with students diagnosed with Autism or with Special Needs. The pack is full of different activities, strategies, information and programs that you can introduce into your learning environment and provide a positive learning approach for your student(s).
These 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.
There is a wide range of different symbol cards available, if you require something that is not included please contact me and I will add this.
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
All children, regardless of differing needs, can have huge benefit from having a class timeline/schedule.
This is a growing bundle and as requests are made, more symbols will be added to this pack that are appropriate for timeline/schedule use.
This resource contains a behaviour / behavior management symbol support story that is a great resource to introduce and encourage behavior / behaviour management with yours students.
This social story is 22 page story on behaviour/behaviors.
It comes with a choice of 3 different covers (my helping story, behaviour management, behavior management).
The story is a walkthrough of different things that students may do if they get angry/sad and how you/they can help calm.
Each page comes with a descriptive image/symbol.
I recommend printing each page individually, laminating and then binding together a book so that it can be used for future/prolonged use.
The pages included are as follows;
♦ I am happy when I get to do things I like
♦ I get sad if I have to do things I don't like
♦ Sometimes, I get angry if I have to do something I hate
♦ I may get angry if something doesn't go my way
♦ When I'm angry I don't understand how to cope
♦ I might cry
♦ I may have a tantrum
♦ I may throw things across the room
♦ I may scream really, really loud
♦ I may make a mess
♦ I may hurt myself
♦ If I hurt myself I can get more upset
♦ I may hurt someone
♦ I must remember to be kind to others
♦ If I hurt someone else, they may get upset
♦ My teacher can help me if I am angry or upset
♦ I can go to a quiet area to help me relax
♦ I can blow 5 big, deep breaths
♦ I can go for a walk
♦ It is OK to ask for help
♦ Soon, I will be happy again!
This is a communication book, created with symbols to provide students with an extra aide to communicate their needs and wishes with those around them.
Every day we look around for different visual prompts i.e road signs, shopping lists. These help us to go through our daily lives. Many people diagnosed with autism are thought to learn best visually. By providing this communication book you are providing your student(s) with a visual aide.
This communication book will also help your students to work on their vocabulary, language development and ability to process information. Most importantly, this resource is fantastic for promoting yours students independence and life skills.
Anyone can benefit potentially from using a communication book or similar visual aide, regardless of age or ability.
Each communication book can be personalised and differentiated to suit individual needs.
It has different pages for different categories including;
♦ snack
♦ choice
♦ people
♦ colors
♦ colours
♦ numbers.
More pages can be added to suit you and your student(s) individual needs and levels of communication.
This pack also includes numerous symbols for you to use in the book.
Included is also a walkthrough PDF directing you on how to use the book, what way to put it together etc.
This download comes as a PDF file.
It comes with an option of 4 different covers to choose from.
Each page also comes in 2 different options for you to choose from;
• border
• full colour/color.
There are 2 spellings of the 'colours/color' page to suit different spelling i.e American/UK etc. Contains 26 pages.
Keep families and carers up to date with your classroom with these editable newsletters that can be used all year long. Coming in a range of different styles, your families will love how engaging and informative these newsletters are.
Editing
These newsletters can be edited in PowerPoint or Keynote.
The editable parts are where you can add edit text, photos, shapes etc. onto the templates.
You will not be able to lift any images. This is to protect my work as a teacher-author and the work of fantastic clip artists.
How to Use
Edit using PowerPoint or Keynote - the newsletters are separated into different files to make them easier to use.
Print out the newsletters to send home with students.
Or, save the newsletter as a JPEG or PDF and then email home to your students families/carers. This will save on your ink and can make communicating with home easier.
Newsletters are a great way for you to stay in touch with families of the students in your class as well as being able to share what you have been doing in class, what is coming up and any important reminders.
Includes all months of the year and an End of Year/Graduation special.
This resource contains a Good Afternoon Work Book / Greeting Book that is a great activity to use on a daily basis with your student(s). This book will help students to settle down and get ready to focus for their afternoon work. Many students may struggle with the transition in the afternoons, especially after playtimes, so by providing this work book as anchor in their daily afternoon routine, it will help them to settle quicker.
It is individualised so each student can have their own copy.
The document comes as a keynote or powerpoint file.
You can add on different wording and add pictures of your student etc. but please note you will not be able to add/change/extract any form of clipart/imagery/text from this document. This is to protect our fabulous clip artists and myself as a teacher-seller.
This is a harder, newer version of my Good Afternoon greeting book. This one encourages students to be able to write their answers (you can also add text to it for them to overwrite if they are not yet at the level of independent writing) but continue to also choose symbols for the answer.
All symbols are also included at the back of the page, you will need to add some of your own, i.e pictures of staff etc
A walkthrough is also included to explain how to use the greeting book to it's best potential.
The questions that this greeting book ask are;
♦ my name
♦ how do I feel?
♦ where do I live?
♦ when is my birthday?
♦ how's the weather?
♦ what should I wear?
This adapted morning work binder is an engaging and hands-on way to start each morning with your autistic students. Using the morning binder each day will help your students get into a routine where they come in, settle down and they are ready to work.
Many of our students may struggle with transition in the mornings, so by providing this work book as a consistent routine in their daily morning routine, it will help them to settle quicker and be prepared to work.
The books are editable so each student can have their own personalized morning binder.
The document comes as a Keynote and PowerPoint file. You can add on different wording and add pictures of your student etc. but please note you will not be able to add/change/extract any form of clipart/imagery/text from this document. This is to protect our fabulous clip artists and myself as a teacher-author.
This book comes in 2 levels;
Level 1 - Students match images or symbols to each of the pages.
Level 2 - Students match images or symbols and words to the pages. They can also use a dry-wipe pen and write their answers to make it harder again.
What’s Included?
Level 1 Morning Work Binder
Accompanying Walkthrough to Put Together the Level 1 Morning Work Binder
Level 2 Morning Work Binder
Accompanying Walkthrough to Put Together the Level 2 Morning Work Binder
What’s Included in the Books?
The books include;
Front Cover
Me and My Name
How Do I Feel?
My School
What Day Is It?
What Months Is It?
What Season Is It?
How’s the Weather?
What Should I Wear?
Finished
Front Cover
You can either add your students name using a text box and then print out, or have students write their name once printed.
You can also put a white shape square over the image on the front cover and then insert an image of your student if you want their photo on the front cover.
What Should I Wear
This comes with 4 different options. You only need to print one per book used. 2 boy options, and 2 girl options are included.
Students use the clothing pieces included to dress the person appropriately for how the weather is outside.
Build Up
If you feel there are too many pages to start for your students, use less pages to start.
First, just use ‘Me and My Name’ ‘What Day Is It?’ ‘How’s the Weather?’ and 'Finished’
Then, as students progress with this, start adding more of the pages in.
Finished
My students love these books - but they love the finished page too.
Having the finished page is a visual way to show your students that they have completed the activity. And that’s the end of the book.
All symbols are included in this resource. You can also add your own too.
This is a huge $$ saving bundle consisting of a variety of different CVC activities and worksheets, including some no prep worksheets. This CVC pack will keep your students engaged and learning for a very long time with over 200 pages included!
These activities/worksheets are great to introduce to your literacy sessions or even in small group sessions.
The activities included are;
♦ CVC Gum Ball Sorting
Students have to match the medial sound of the CVC word on the gum ball into the correct/matching gum ball machine.
♦ CVC Shadow Matching Task Cards
Students have to match the correct image to the shadow of the image shown from a choice of 3 options.
♦ CVC Medial Sound Task Cards
Students have to find the correct medial sound for the image shown on the task card out of a choice of 3 options.
♦ CVC Write the Room
Hide the cards around the room or in sensory bins etc. and have students hunt them out and then record them on their sheet!
♦ CVC Spelling Frame Task Cards
Students fill in the spelling frames to spell the CVC word of the image on the task card. Laminate them to make them re-usable!
♦ CVC Spelling Jigsaws
Students look at the image and word on to of the puzzle then find the matching pieces to spell it.
♦ CVC Read and Find
Students read through the passage and have to find and highlight the CVC words included in the box at the bottom of the page.
♦ CVC Bingo
Enough for up to 5 players to play at once/in small groups etc.
♦ CVC Word Search Activities
Differentiated into two different levels of difficulty.
♦ CVC Word to Picture Matching
Students match the word cards to picture cards.
♦ CVC Handwriting Practice Worksheets
6 worksheets included on each vowel so 30 pages in total. A great way for students to practice their handwriting while learning CVC words.
♦ CVC Missing Letters Worksheets
Students have to work out what is the missing letter in these CVC themed worksheets.
♦ CVC Scrambled Letters Worksheets
Students have to unscramble the letters given to them to make a CVC word.
♦ CVC Code Word Cracker
Students have to follow the code to see if they can break it and make CVC words!
♦ CVC Word to Picture Worksheets
Students draw a line to match the word to picture of CVC words.
♦ CVC Magnetic/Foam Letter Spelling Task Cards
Students can use magnetic or foam letters to spell the CVC words in the image shown on the task card in the gaps at the bottom. 30 task cards in total.
♦ CVC Fly Swat Game
Students have to swat the corresponding fly to the image/cvc word that they are given.
♦ Fishing for CVC Words
Students have to go fishing for the fish with their corresponding CVC word on.
♦ CVC Mini Work Books
These mini work books are a great way for students to read and write some CVC words.
This CVC Worksheet pack consists of 88 no prep printable worksheets. There are a wide range of different no prep worksheets included in this pack all related to the theme of CVC while working on different skills.
It includes:
♦ CVC handwriting practice - 25 pages
♦ Missing letters worksheet - 5 pages
♦ Scrambled letters worksheet - 5 pages
♦ Word to picture matching worksheet - 11 pages
♦ Code Word Cracker - 5 pages
♦ Word Search - 27 pages
♦ Read & Highlight - 10 pages
Contains 88 pages of activities in total.
This CVC themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own CVCword searches and also a vocabulary poster that includes all the vocabulary used through all the word searches.
This resource includes;
♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 13 (8 words)
♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 5 (16 words)
♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own CVC theme word searches
♦ Vocabulary poster 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.
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 CVC 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.
CVC Words included are;
♦ a - car, cat, dam, ham, pan, wag
♦ e - bed, den, hen, net, pen, wet
♦ i - dig, fin, hit, lid, pig, pit
♦ o - dog, fox, hop, log, mop, top
♦ u - bun, cub, gum, hut, mud, sun
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
Contains 15 pages.
CVC Spelling Frame Task Cards
This download includes spelling frame task cards related to CVC words.
There is a total of 30 different task cards included and they come in col and b/w option.
I recommend cutting out each of the task cards individually and then laminating them so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. This will also mean you can use them over and over with students using a dry wipe pen.
The CVC words included are:
♦ 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
Contains 30 task cards, 15 pages.