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Grab this FREE resource to help you prepare for an upcoming IEP meeting! This template will make sure you are on top of all pre meeting paperwork and all team members are invited to collaborate in a timely manner! This checklist is NOT a resource to help develop an IEP, but is a planning resource to record all contacts with parents and the team before the meeting. I hope it's helpful to you :)

This FREE pack includes resources for syllable work in the form of Interactive PDF's, Boom Cards, Printable Worksheets, Task Cards and more! There are over 50 slides included in ALL 3 of the formats! This pack is a FREE sample for syllable word work. If you love this resource you need to checkout my MEGA 600+ Slide Bundle of NO PREP Print and Digital Resources for 10 basic phonics skills. Check out the bundle here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MEGA-BUNDLE-480-Slides-Print-and-D

This includes a simple writing exercise (differentiated for all levels, including pre-writers) and an easy art craft for the book "There was an old lady who swallowed some books!". An easy resource to print and have EVERYTHING you need for a writing and craft activity with the old lady book. Perfect for sped classrooms and back to school themes!

This FREE resource is a digital companion with simple questions for the story "Shante Keys and the New Years Peas". It's perfect for Special Education teachers looking to make read alouds engaging, interactive and accessible for all learners! This resource is free, but it you're looking for similar resources for other holidays and books throughout the year check out my seasonal Digital Book Companion Bundle! There are 4 books included for 4 different seasons ( Back to School, Fall, Winter

This FREEBIE is a perfect February/Valentines Day/Love themed sensory bin or game to play in your special education or early childhood classroom! This resource comes with heart pieces with numbers 1-99 and all upper and lowercase letters! The pieces can be "fed" to the ladybug. A ladybug can be created by cutting the head and body apart and gluing them separately on a paper bag, or you can just cut a whole on one of the lady-bugs spots to fit the pieces through! You can use this to create a fun

FREEBIE!!! This pack contains 5 different types of extension activities for a FREE Food and Restaurant Unit! These extension activities are perfect for independent work or different thematic centers in a classroom. This package is the perfect resource to supplement the core content resources you use for the corresponding theme in a sped or early childhood classroom. These activities are interactive, hands on and engaging! They can be used in conjunction with core classroom curriculum and used to

A perfect poster or bulletin board set to remind you and your students that your room is a safe place where they are deeply loved and taken care of. Print out the poster in a small size for your own desk or use this as a classroom or school wide bulletin board.

This resource is an printable worksheet that will help you think through all the components of implementing a new goal or strategy in your classroom! Using this template to plan will ensure that your resolutions will actually lead to lasting changes in your room, instead of just remaining as good intentions in your head. It lays out everything you need to plan for changes in your room for the upcoming semester and is specifically designed with special education teachers in mind. This includes p

Students read a sentence with the stem I see ________ and then cut and paste the matching pictures! All the pictures to match are CVC Words!

This is a guide for any and all special education teachers looking to improve their classrooms and teaching techniques in the new year! This is a list of 9 goals, all based on current special education research, that when implemented have been proven to help students with moderate to severe disabilities learn! Also included are links to resources for help implementing all goals, as well as research articles with more in-depth information! Download now to prepare for the upcoming semester!

This is a VERY simple and versatile template students can use to go on a letter scavenger hunt! They can color in the boxes when they find the letters (around the house, in the cupboard, in a sensory bin, anything!)

a free google slides resource that lets students type and build FRY First 100 sight words! They click and drag a box at the top to reveal the word to do this independently! If they are doing it with a teacher or parent you can keep the word 'hidden' and have the teacher or parent read from the FRY list!

We all give Valentines to our students BUT what about your teacher-besties? They deserve some love this Valentines' Day too! This cute and simple freebie is the perfect Valentines Day Card you can give your fellow teacher friends to let them know how much you love them and love being on their team! It's simple, easy to use and I already did most of the writing for you! Print it today and get ready to share the love this Valentines Day!

THREE free different pumpkin activities for your SPED classroom! Includes a pumpkin prediction writing activity, a pumpkin measurement worksheet AND a pumpkin investigation activity.

a free google slides resource that lets students type and build PCI level 1 words! They click and drag a box at the top to reveal the word to do this independently! If they are doing it with a teacher or parent you can keep the word 'hidden' and have the teacher or parent read from the PCI word list!

a free google slides resource that lets students type and build Dolch Primer words! They click and drag a box at the top to reveal the word to do this independently! If they are doing it with a teacher or parent you can keep the word 'hidden' and have the teacher or parent read from the Dolch Primer word list.

These are FREEBIE tags for you for a gift for back to school night! Perfect to add to bubbles for students (or balloons if you want!).

a free cut and paste activity for students to match uppercase and lowercase letters!

A simple cut and paste worksheet to practice beginning sounds! Students match letters to pictures based on beginning sounds.

A simple rainbow writing exercise for students to practice letter formation!