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Use these interactive matching boards for independent practice reading CVC words! These work great as a small group lesson or as an independent work task. Students match the picture to the word, showing they are able to decode AND comprehend the meaning of the word. These matching boards use real pictures, making the activity age appropriate for older students. This download includes 6 interactive matching boards - one board for each vowel and one board with a mix of vowels. The boards are the

Friend Files is a great way to facilitate conversational skills. Often students with Autism or other social language deficits have difficulty holding conversations and interacting with peers. The 'File' acronym gives concrete topics to talk about: F - Friends/Family I - Interests L - Likes/Dislikes E- Experiences This kit includes a cover page, a friend file overview, and 5 interview worksheets. Each of the 5 interview worksheets has 2 levels: a multiple choice option and a fill in the blank o

Straight-forward, practical ways to help students decode nonverbal communication. The clipart used targets older children, making this a great resource for Middle and High School special ed classrooms. Included in this product: - Body Language Components overview - Facial Expression Match (2 pages) - Understanding Eye Gaze (3 levels) - Eye gaze in expressions - Understanding Arm Position - Open/Closed Posture explanation - Open/Closed Posture sort - Judging the appropriate distance - Body La

This color matching activity is perfect for your students who are working on gaining independence while still learning to master basic skills. Students match REAL pictures to the corresponding color. Real pictures = age appropriate for older students! There is an errorless version for each color. In these, all the cards target the same color. Each answer choice is a different picture, but each picture is the correct color. There is also a mixed color version. In the mixed color version, students

This comprehensive novel study for The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies makes the story accessible to our students who might otherwise struggle with upper elementary reading material. Integrate math, social skills, comprehension, and language with this book designed to introduce children to basic economic principles. Expose your students to age appropriate reading material while keeping the information simple and within their abilities. I use this novel study with my students in an substantial

Differentiated Tier 2 Vocabulary program. Tier 2 Vocabulary words are words that cross domains and are necessary for understanding academic concepts, but they are not words that are found in everyday social language. This makes them especially tricky for our ELL/ESL students or students with language disorders! These words often show up on end of year testing. Understanding these words can help our students feel more confident when reading the test questions. This program has one word a week fo

Teach emotions to individual students, small groups, or the whole class. Students will learn to: - recognize emotions in themselves and in others - understand the way emotions impact their behaviors - understand how their reactions can be helpful or hurtful The content targets upper elementary to middle school. The clip-art is designed to be age appropriate for older students. This packet includes: - an Emotional Intelligence "Self Check" quiz - "Shades of Emotions" visual (in color and in blac

Daily Work for the entire school year! This Differentiated Daily Work set has four levels so that all your students can work on the same activity at the same time. Each level uses the same "prompt sheet", so all the students are looking at the same main prompt but complete the activity based on their own ability level. You can print out the prompt sheets and display one sheet each day, or you can save ink by using your computer to project the sheet on to the screen. The worksheets are the

Make phonics practice fun and interactive with these clip cards. These are great for small group lessons or independent practice! The cards feature real pictures, making this activity age appropriate for a wide range of grades. There are 16 clip cards for each vowel. Each vowel features 2 levels of difficulty. Level 1: The initial sound is different. Level 2: The initial sound is the same; words vary by final sound. Level 1 and Level 2 are color coded to make it easy to identify which set is wh

Make a healthy snack with your class! This differentiated lesson allows all your students to participate in following a recipe. Cutting with a knife can be an intimidating skill to target with students, but using a butter knife to cut up soft fruits is a great way to get practice! This is a great recipe for introducing cutting and slicing with your students. Included: 4 Levels of Recipe Cardsalready filled incopy the recipematch picture to recipe stepmatch picture to pictureRecipe Reflection W

Reinforce academic concepts and promote independents with Work Task Boxes! These Work Task Box Activities are dinosaur themed. Activities included: 10 Frames 0 - 1010 Frames 10 - 20Number Sense (2 Levels)Multiplication Cards (2 x 1 digit)Addition Cards (2 digit)Number SequencingColor Words (2 Levels)Alphabet Matching Capital to LowercaseContractions (2 Levels)Fill in the Blank Sentences (is/are/has/have)

Reinforce reading comprehension skills with these interactive work task boxes. These are perfect for independent work, a small group station, or work task boxes. Often students can decode words at a higher level than they can comprehend. These activities are designed for students who are able to decode/read but still need to work on comprehension skills. Tasks included in this resource: WH Questions: Picture answer choicesWH Questions: Word answer choicesWH Questions: Underline the answer in the

This interactive recipe book and worksheets help facilitate an engaging cooking lesson in your classroom! Included: -- Step-by-step visual recipe flip-book -- 3 Levels of a student recipe card (copy the recipe, match picture to recipe step, match picture to picture) -- 3 Levels of recipe reflection worksheets (open ended, multiple choice, picture choices) Students can fill in their recipe card while you go through the flip-book as a class, or they can fill in the recipe after as a review. ***

Perfect for the planning stage of a CBI grocery store trip! This worksheet helps students create a grocery list step-by-step. Each worksheet prompts the student to write the ingredients from the recipe and cross off items already in the pantry/fridge/classroom. Three levels are included: Level 1: Student determines which ingredients are needed and writes them on the grocery list. Level 2: Includes space for the student to write the price of each item and calculate the total cost. Level 3:

Detective themed cooking activity! Students choose 4 ingredients and write their own trail mix recipe. Includes two differentiated levels: Level one: Fill in the blank Level two: Write each step independently Each level includes a word bank with sequencing words. Students can create a recipe to take home and try (so no cooking in the classroom) or you can fill out the recipe card as you make trail mix as a class. Enjoy!

Use this song choice visual set to make song/music time more interactive! Students are able to choose the song they want to sing from the choices on the choice board. The visual also gives them a prompt to be able to request the song they want to sing. Visual choices for 60 songs, nursery rhymes, and finger plays are included.

Perfect for a back to school activity! Your classroom is so much more than a place to learn academics. Your students are building friendships, learning how to cope with emotions, and discovering their personalities. It is so important that students feel safe and secure at school! This packet includes activities that will help your students recognize their personal strengths and build confidence. The activities also help build community and trust in your classroom by highlighting strengths

Perfect for Back to School! On sale for #ChristmasinJuly18 and #HotDealsinJuly Gain an understanding of your students' learning styles, motivations, and language abilities. Use these surveys as a back-to-school activity to get an initial understanding of your students at the beginning of the year OR use them periodically throughout the year to check in on your students. Depending on the activity, you may want to allow your students to fill in the forms anonymously. These also work well in a one-

This interactive recipe book and worksheets help facilitate an engaging cooking lesson in your classroom! Included: -- Step-by-step visual recipe flip-book -- 3 Levels of a student recipe card (copy the recipe, match picture to recipe step, match picture to picture) -- 3 Levels of recipe reflection worksheets (open ended, multiple choice, picture choices) **** See a Video Preview Here**** Students can fill in their recipe card while you go through the flip-book as a class, or they can fill in th

Using descriptions is a foundational skill in communication. You must be able to describe in order to make comparisons, explain concepts to others, or do creative writing projects.This graphic organizer helps students brainstorms ways to describe! On sale to celebrate #summer2018 Included in this product: - Ideas for extension activities - 5 "How to Describe" Graphic Organizers - Generic "How to Describe" - How to Describe a Person - How to Describe a Place - How to Des