A Love for Special Learning
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I create age-appropriate resources for High School & Transition Special Education teachers that get students asking questions, foster excitement for learning, and provide practical, real-world skills for today's students, specifically functional math and life skills.
Drawing from 15 years of experience as a special education teacher at the high school and transition levels, I use this expertise to inform both the design and content of the resources I create.
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Functional Math Worksheet Life Skills Money Math Telling Time Clock
Practice money math, telling time on an analog clock, and counting in increments all on 1 worksheet! These functional life skills are important to learn and review at any age. With 36 pages, this resource will last you 1 full school year if used once a week! Design and graphics are appropriate for all ages. This resource is ideal for gathering IEP goal data around functional math skills! Want the Canadian version? Click HERE! Want the Australian version? Click HERE!Read about why I created
3rd - 12th
Applied Math
Life Skills Daily Warm Up Activity. Special Education High School & Transition
Need to beef up your morning meeting with a 5 life skill question worksheet? This is the resource YOU would create if you only had the time! With 925 unique questions covering all things life skill related, this resource is guaranteed to hit all those important questions. This NO-PREP resource is the PERFECT way for busy teachers who want to review a wide variety of important life skills EVERY. SINGLE. DAY! And for 20 cents per page, it's worth every penny! Try 2 pages for FREE he
8th - 12th
Functional Math Curriculum. Life Skills Math Special Ed High School Transition
The Functional Math FULL YEAR CURRICULUM! Designed to meet the specific functional math needs of modern-day teens and young adults. Specifically, those with low-level reading skills who need the financial and math skills to live and function in today’s world (like using digital payment apps, shopping online, ordering food for delivery, and more). Functional Math Curriculum is the one and only full year curriculum for teens and young adults that addresses real-world math skills , so you c
8th - 12th, Adult Education
Applied Math
Calculating Income to Pay Bills Budget Activity. Math Worksheet & Boom Cards
Do your students need help understanding how their hourly wage job will (or will not) be able to cover their monthly expenses? Stretch the budgeting skill beyond restaurant orders and shopping costs to real-life situations, monthly bills! Have students calculate their monthly income and decide if it’s enough to cover their bills with this worksheet practice activity (and Boom Cards). Also check out this resource- Calculate how many hours to work to afford something!About the resource:Stud
3rd - 12th
Applied Math
Life Skills Lesson Bundle Full Year Curriculum. High School & Transition
A comprehensive FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS full-year curriculum for special education !Use this 1,800+ page resource of 37 functional LIFE SKILL lesson units to introduce, practice, assess, and reward students as they learn this valuable functional daily living skill. This lesson resource goes BEYOND the worksheets, it includes everything you need to teach Life Skills from videos to games to Boom cards and MORE! Read more about this curriculum and if it would be right for your students!Topics co
8th - 12th
Functional Reading Comprehension Passages. Special Ed High School Transition
Looking for functional reading passages for an IEP reading comprehension goal that students will actually use in real life?!? Nothing is worse (or completely irrelevant) than assessing a student’s reading comprehension using examples that don’t mimic real life. Use this resource to collect quality IEP goal data to functional reading comprehension. Use 1 page per week for the whole school year to keep comprehension skills strong. Preview 1 page for FREE here! This is PERFECT for high sc
8th - 12th
Reading
Kitchen Safety Lesson Functional Life Skills Special Education
It’s time to explicitly teach the important life skill of KITCHEN SAFETY! Use this comprehensive resource to introduce, practice, assess, and reward students as they learn this valuable functional skill. This print and go lesson resource includes everything you need to teach the daily living skills- how to safely handle sharp tools (like knives), how to prevent fires and burns, and how to wash hands to stop the spread of germs. Interested in a FREE sneak peek into this lesson unit? This
8th - 12th
Budget Worksheet and Activity Unit Consumer Math Life Skills Special Education
A budget is an important life concept, big or small! This best selling bundle includes ALL of the print materials for a low/no prep Budget Lesson Unit designed for a high school self-contained level consumer math class. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Create a budget plan for spending that is within a set amount of money. Read about how I teach Budgeting and ideas for how to use this resource and materials in new ways!Materials include: Five day lesson plansTopic flow chartBrain teaserStudent notes cover pa
6th - 12th
Applied Math
Morning Meeting Work. Daily & Weekly Resources. High School Transition SpecialEd
Ready to streamline your morning meeting? Are you sick of using that same generic morning sheet from last year? Do you need to increase your class structure without increasing your to-do list? Well, this bundle includes all of your FAVORITE THINGS to get the day (or class period) started! There are 2 resources you can use every day! Question of the Day (General)Life Skills 5 Question Warm Up (Take 5) These two resources feature NEW questions Every. Single. Day! No repetition here!
8th - 12th
Ready for Work - Employability Lesson & Review Games. SpEd Vocational Skills
From slide deck reviews of all things ‘ work ready’ to fun and engaging review games with a variety of employability topics, this resource bundle has it all! If your students are at the career exploration, career research, or career readiness stage, you can set them up for career success through a whole-employee lesson focused on vocational and employability skills. About the resource:Students will identify the clothing and tools of a work uniformStudents will identify the importance of persona
8th - 12th, Adult Education
Life Skills Rubric and Checklist Bundle. Special Education
Find out how strong your student’s cooking, community access, home responsibilities, safety, and vocational skills are with these functional life skill rubrics and checklists! These checklists and rubrics are comprehensive and cover it all. Fill these out to help you quickly see a student’s strengths and weaknesses at a glance. Watch a video of the checklists and rubrics included in this bundle on IGTV! Features:Ideal for high school and transition age students Font, descriptions, and skills
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Vocational Skills Weekly Workbook. Special Ed High School Transition
Do you want to help students learn about their vocational preferences while also addressing key skills with them? Do you want them to reflect, learn, and build upon skills in a safe classroom environment? Do you want to support learners who are just starting on their vocational journey at the same time as those who have vocational experience? Do you want that all in 1 worksheet resource that you can add to your routine week after week? Great! This weekly vocational skills worksh
8th - 12th
Also included in: Vocational Skills Bundle: Ready for Work Lesson Unit, Games, & Workbook
Functional Math Daily Worksheet Warm Up Activity: Special Education
Daily worksheet of functional math skills. A NO-PREP resource complete with 200 pages and 1,000 questions! Functional Math Concepts Included: Functional Math- TimeFunctional Math- ShoppingFunctional Math- Vocational SkillsFunctional Math- BudgetFunctional Math- Banking and Money ManagementCreated for high school and transition-age students with special needs, these daily functional math worksheet workbooks engage students in learning about, practicing, and reviewing the functional math skills
6th - 12th
Applied Math
Creating a Budget Lesson Unit. Functional Math Special Ed High School Transition
Budgeting is a skill students need to practice on a big scale (monthly budget) and small scale (lunch budget). Understanding and sticking to a budget is a part of real life and requires an understanding for how smaller budgets are created from balancing income and expenses. This 12-day lesson unit focuses on creating a budget, whether students need to improve their awareness of adult expenses by engaging in a budgeting activity with surprise bills or prioritizing bills, then needs, and wa
6th - 12th
Applied Math
Calculating Income to Pay Bills & Afford Wants Budget Activity. Functional Math
Do your students need help with functional math skills like understanding how their hourly wage job will (or will not) be able to cover their monthly expenses AND how many hours they will need to work at their hourly wage job to afford a new phone, new pair of shoes, or concert tickets? Stretch the budgeting skill and income skills beyond restaurant orders and shopping trip costs to real-life situations, monthly bills and calculating gross and net income versus the cost of a want, and add
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Applied Math
Kitchen and Cooking Skills Weekly Worksheet. Special Ed High School Transition
Cooking skills practice that doesn't require a kitchen, but includes all those important kitchen and cooking skills in one easy-to-use resource! Kitchen and Cooking Skills includes reading recipes, identify cooking utensils, determine where to store food, and so much more! If you want to make cooking a weekly topic of conversation in your classroom, then this resource will help you achieve that goal. This resource is the perfect way to start your cooking class each week. Kick off the
8th - 12th
Checking Account Lesson Consumer Math Life Skills Special Education
A checking account is a great way for beginners to learn the terms and functions of a bank and methods for managing money. This lesson unit includes all of the print materials for a Checking Account Unit designed for a high school self-contained consumer math class. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Given a specific purchase amount, write a check and record the purchase in the check register. Read about how I teach about Checking Accounts and ideas for how to use this resource and materials in new ways!Materi
6th - 12th
Applied Math
CCSS
6.NS.C.5
Special Education IEP Transition Plan Assessment Survey - Parent and Student
Tired of searching for parent and student transition assessments and surveys that actually give you worthwhile feedback? Do you hate giving standardized assessments that are way TOO long, horribly outdated, or not targeted to your student’s desires and abilities? Ready for assessments and surveys parents and families will actually complete and return? Interested in transition assessments and workbooks that get your students thinking about their future instead of rushing to get it d
8th - 12th
Basic Skills Assessment Functional Life Skills Special Education
The functional Present Level of Performance section of the IEP now has real life skills data! Use this list of functional life skills to assess where each student is and then use the information to guide instruction, for a baseline for IEP goals, and more. This resource includes: PDF & Google Sheets versions33 item life skills assessment that identify 3 levels of mastery (formatted for easy printing)Life skill areas include- cooking, personal information, independent living, functional, communit
6th - 12th
Consumer Math Curriculum Bundle + 4 Projects - Special Education Life Skills
Special Education teachers rejoice- your consumer math curriculum is right HERE! This bundle ( 1,150+ pages) includes all of the lesson units you need. If you are building a curriculum for a self-contained consumer course, this is the best way to get several 5 and 4 day lessons at a GREAT discounted price! *FOUR Differentiated Projects are also included in this packet. They pair PERFECTLY with the lessons! Watch an overview of a typical consumer math lesson unit on IGTV!>>>Read more ab
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Applied Math
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About the store
Experience
I create age-appropriate resources for High School & Transition Special Education teachers that get students asking questions, foster excitement for learning, and provide practical, real-world skills for today's students, specifically functional math and life skills.
Drawing from 15 years of experience as a special education teacher at the high school and transition levels, I use this expertise to inform both the design and content of the resources I create.
Teaching style
The skill I work to teach my students is to be independent problem solvers. I have created my lessons and shaped my teaching methods to encourage students to use their resources (materials from class) and their peers to get their questions answered. When developing my lesson materials I try to keep everything simple with minimal text directions and low level vocabulary with corresponding and supportive pictures. It is so important that students can easily navigate the resources to find their answer in order to feel independent and successful.
My own education history
Bachelor of Science in Special Education and Elementary Education from Bradley University
Masters of Advanced Special Education (LBS II) with certifications in Multiple Disabilities and Assistive Technology from the University of Illinois at Chicago
30 graduate hours in Assistive Technology
Additional biographical information
To learn more about me and my teaching adventures visit-
www.aloveforspeciallearning.com
Instagram: @aloveforspeciallearning
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