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Many of us avoid making phone calls, but it is an important skill to develop. In this unit, learners will study vocabulary, read and discuss a comic strip modeling the process, play vocabulary games, and address higher level thinking skills. Data collection ideas are provided. Goal Statement: Given a scenario, make a mock phone call, scoring 8/8 on an observation form over 3 trials. Overview: Warm Up activity: Informally assess the group. Introduce vocabulary list (Grade 2 or Grade 5) Read an

This is a succinct set of charts and forms that you can use over and over to: Write IEP goals using the sample goals or a mix-and-match chart of phrases. Measure IEP goals10 point Vocational Skills Rubric Work Task Checklist form (with a sample In-Building Job Checklist)Workbox Tracking Form for beginners Bonus Materials: How to Task AnalyzeSample Task Analysis for doing laundryVisual Prompting Tool (laundry template; add photos for your setting)This is provided as a .doc file so that you can ed

This is an 8 day unit (1 day for presentation; 5 activity days; 1 day to discuss actual bus trip; 1 day for the bus trip). It includes lesson plans, worksheets, and checklists for planning and conducting this community based instructional activity. Since the worksheets and lessons are designed to preteach in the classroom, it can be used even if you are not able to actually practice using the public bus. Skills: Compare and contrast school bus with public busLocate information using internet

These are a few tools that I routinely use to organize myself in my roles as Case Manager and Co-Teacher. Includes: Time-saving tips and ways to use the forms. IEP Checklist IEP Goal Summary ChartIEP Accommodations At a Glance TemplateTest Tracking SheetClass Participation Points Sign Out SheetI'm providing this as a Word document so that you can edit forms to meet your needs.

Expiration dates are important at home and on some jobs. Stockers at grocery stores and drug stores often sort out expired products as they are facing the shelves. Food safety is also an important life skill. Goals: Look at a date and tell whether it is expired. Compare the current date with a given date and tell how they are related (past or future). Explain how to tell whether food should be thrown away. Lesson: Using the slides provided: -Use our senses to tell whether food has spoiled

This started as a file with wallet-sized, EDITABLE emergency phone cards. Students need these in case they are on their own without a phone. Staff can carry a master copy during field trips. I added an 8-step lesson plan including the following activities: Sequencing cards (with suggestions for modification)Phone call script (carefully formatted for easy reading)Phone call scenarios for group and individual practice Data sheet, great for IEP data collectionThis is a .doc file so that you can

Do you need some ideas for IEP Goals and Data Collection? Do you want to work on meaningful skills in an inclusive classrooms? Are you looking for ideas to apply functional skills? This is a set of 14 rubrics: Math (counting, fractions, time and calendar, money, community application)Language Arts (basic reading, comprehension, writing, community application)Health and GroomingSafetyCooking and CleaningCommunity Participation, Self Advocacy and EtiquetteI've used these extensively and find that

Students need to know some personal information. What they don’t have memorized, they need to be able to locate using their student ID, a personal data card, a pocket resume, the internet, and so on. That’s what this unit is all about. In addition to a data collection form with questions that a student might need to know on an everyday basis (and a blank version for you to customize), additional activities in this packet require other types of practical reading and writing: Some require that th

I taught 18-21 year olds for several years, and we spent a lot of time in the community. Community-based instruction is valuable for generalizing academic skills, and it also offers gifts of unplanned, unexpected teaching moments, too, doesn't it? A weekly activity was to plan a menu, go grocery shopping, make lunch, and clean up. Other days, we practiced shopping or price checking at drug stores, party supply stores, and discount stores. We went out for lunch at a variety of restaurants and ex

Do you need a data sheet for tracking money skills? Do you need a lesson plan that paraprofessionals can use? Packet Includes: Data Sheet for sorting bills, counting bills, sorting coins, counting quartersLesson Plan including Error Correction Procedure and Alternate Activities Bill and Coin Cards If you are interested in extending this activity for students who need practice or scaffolding for independent work, a partial decision tree is included for the customizable Smart Steps Mobile app.