Creative Materials

Can be printed and put on the wall in the classroom. Also, a great way a fellow teacher at my school does with anchor charts is also give the students a copy that they can put in their notebooks, just fold in half and tape it in to where it can be unfolded.

Directions: Color the following words above according to the Zone they belong: Blue- sad, sick, tired, bored, moving slowly Green- happy, calm, feeling okay, focused, ready to learn Yellow- frustrated, worried, silly, wiggly, excited, loss of some control Red- mad, angry, terrified, yelling, hitting, elated, out of control

Get your students moving as they go down the hallway. Many schools have started making sensory pathways for walking on but they do not have the students use their upper body. To help get the whole body moving use this visuals to create a sensory wall. This is much cheaper than your 3-D sensory walls and easier to have throughout your school.

You can use the basket for a mini Easter basket or a paper flower basket. My class will be coloring plaster eggs and placing their egg inside. The basket is perfect for one normal size egg.

Have your students color each pendant. Once each pendant is colored cut out the shape. Then fold the tab hanging off the pendant in half. Take a ribbon or string between the fold and staple. It works best if you put two staples on the sides and one staple in the middle. These pendants are great to decorate a classroom or dance or home. My students are in 6-12 grade in my class, we did it with our Unified PE class as a Unified Art Project and they loved it!

These are a great way to provide reminders throughout your classroom. I posted signs on doors and some on the floor. Use them how you see fit in your classroom. I laminated all of mine and used various colored paper to print them.

I am using the one I printed for my student in black and white. I will be laminating the pages and turning it into a binder book. My student loves my 1st 100 word books so I decided to created a book that is a similar concept for his school day. I hope you can use this item with your students too. It has a mixture of actual photos and clipart.

This Thanksgiving activity takes being thankful to a new level. We all have done the turkey with the things we are thankful for which is fun way to make a turkey. I decided that to really show others what you are thankful for you shouldn't just do something for yourself. Actions speak louder than words! Gobble, gobble! Help everyone stuff their Thanksgiving turkey with more than just food this year stuff it with love! Stuff everyone's turkey with compliments!

My Unified PE class is doing a card exchange (6th-12th grade). These would be great for students who can't afford to buy cards or just for all the students. Also these could be cute for a candy grams fundraiser.

A 3-D dimensional egg design that is able to be used as just a fun paper egg in a basket or an ornament. You decide! My kids decided to put them in their baskets we made, see Spring Weaved Basket for my basket design.

Build a model mailbox with students. Then help students decorate their mailbox template. Make sure they use the box on the side template and door template to write their name. They will fold the tabs and glue the mailbox together. You may prefer printing this in card stock to make the mailbox more sturdy.

A nice decoration for having a Friendsgiving Party.

I created this letter format for writing to Santa that also was something a student who doesn't celebrate Christmas could also be included.

Print out the writing prompt. This recipe card can be utilized for a variety of learners. It can be used as a step by step writing prompt. It can also be utilized as a way to gain prior knowledge before having your life skills class read a recipe and make a pie. I used it as a way for my students to share what their favorite pie was and to see if they know what sort of ingredients it takes to make a pie. We were unable to make the pie but we used it as a way to practice writing and continue buil