FUNctional Special Ed

These task cards are a perfect tool to accompany a unit or project in which photography or creating a video is involved. These task cards give students a subject to video or focus on so that they can independently work on their video and photography skills.

This Weekend Update Worksheet is great for Monday morning work. It is a great way to get their brains going, see what they were up to, and also it provides material for them to speak on during morning meeting. These can be customized to have your own instructions or greetings for your students, shoot me a message and I can make that for you!

Students work on graphing with a very loved topic...pizza! This resource allows students to practice interpreting data and making graphs. This product includes set and editable versions as well as picture supported (with Smarty Symbols) and not picture supported versions. I use the picture supported version in my transition aged special education classroom and we all love it! **Note: I will update this soon with a version with multiple choice options.

In this pack I have included materials multiple fraction activities that would be great for small group fraction stations, an independent activity, or a whole group activity if the worksheets can be shown on the board with a projector or Smart Board. This pack includes two fraction spinners (one filled in, one blank), two fraction strip sheets (one filled in, one blank), a Fraction Spin and Shade worksheet, and a Fraction Strip worksheet. For special education teachers in Massachusetts, I used

This is a step-by-step guide to help students to be able to tip appropriately. This is a great resource to use when practicing life skills or embarking on a community trip to a restaurant. Math is all around us, a lesson on tipping will help students realize this!

This is a PowerPoint template for an Animal Research project. To use this resource, students would pick an animal and then works thought the slides and use the questions to guide their research. This is a great way for students to practice their PowerPoint skills while still completing a project on something that is motivating or interesting to them.

This is an everyday resource for my class! Students use this "How To" guide to assist them in independently calming themselves down. This resource includes five steps for calming down: stop, breathe, think, plan, and re-think. Each step has a short open-ended description so you can easily apply your own class procedures and calm down tools/strategies. I'm excited to share this resource because it is one that has worked wonders for me and my students. I have one student who really enjoys and be

This Worry Slip is a great resource for all students to have. This allows students to advocate for themselves and to get help with resolving their worries in a low stress manner. Have all students keep a couple in their desk and they can use them whenever they feel they need help with a worry.

This is a great resource for students to use when reading non-fiction texts. While reading they complete the form focusing on some of the key components of non-fiction texts like the title, author, topic, and the non-fiction text features. This is great practice for identifying non-fiction text features. Would work great for independent work with a non-fiction text at the student's independent reading level.

This game can be played with a whole group or small groups. It includes all first grade Dolch sight words. The game is played by passing out the cut out cards to students. The first person will begin by reading their card saying, "I have after. Who has has?" The student who has has will read their card and say, "I have has. Who has over?" This will continue until the last student asks who has the first word that was read. This is a great way to practice sight words in a fun and low risk manner.

This product includes a variety of editable blank checks! There are perfect for classroom economies!

This is a simple blank journal page students can use to write about an assigned topic and draw a picture to support their writing.

Teaching is about caring about your students and letting them know that! These praise cards are just little notes to let your students know you care and to commend them on a job well done. I have included cards to praise students for a good effort, being a good helper, having a helpful idea, or to just let them know you are proud of them. They include a nice message and a silly picture. The first page is the note. The second page is intended to be the back of each card. You can write who the

This Lesson Plan Form is a quick and easy way to get started writing a lesson plan or putting together a unit. The sections are designed to ensure a thorough and effective lesson plan.

This is a behavior plan for a student that may experience anxiety, anger, or frustration, but who is able to work through their feelings independently. This chart will help the student to calm down, to think about what they are feeling and why, and to use strategies to help them feel better and be able to re-enter the learning environment. For this to be a safe and effective tool, you must introduce the concept of a "safe person," or someone that the student can come to for help when they feel