I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
This Christmas crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your Christmas - or Elf - themed topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where an elf has been frozen! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects.
This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels.
This crime scene includes the following activities;
• Time/Clock Recognition
Students need to look at the CCTV images and match the time (clocks) to when the elf was frozen to give you the time frame. The suspects are then asked where they were at that time.
• Taste
Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Cookies) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it.
• Smell
Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Milk) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this.
• Addition/Subtraction
Laminate the sums and freeze them into ice cubes. Students have to work out how to get the clue out of the ice (melting it, cracking through it etc). They then work out the sum and match it to the suspect who has the same number as the answer to the sum.
• Clue Book
Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think froze the elf.
• Wanted Poster
Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead.
Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works.
This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc.
Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to cookies and milk for students to taste/smell.
This cvc word activity is a great way for you to combine some space and rocket fun into your cvc work. Students look at the image of the cvc word that they need to spell on the triangle (top of the rocket) then use the letters to spell out the cvc word. They build it down from the top of the triangle to make a rocket ship while also forming their cvc words. This is a great way to give your students the opportunity for some hands on work that is engaging and fun for them, while also working on their cvc words and spelling skills
The rockets come in both col. and b/w option for your printing preference. We printed onto bright color card to make them more fun and engaging.
Vocabulary included;
• car
• cat
• dam
• ham
• pan
• wag
• bed
• den
• hen
• net
• pen
• wet
• dig
• fin
• hit
• lid
• pig
• pit
• dog
• fox
• hop
• log
• mop
• top
• bun
• cub
• gum
• hut
• mud
• sun
Your students will love working on their attention to detail skills with these Spring themed ‘Same or Different?’ task cards. These task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to pay close attention to detail and look for similarities and differences in different images.
Each task card contains 2 images and students then need to decide whether these images are the same as each other, or different. They then choose their answer out of the 2 choices - ‘same’ or ‘different’ on the right hand side of the task card.
Students can either use a dry-wipe pen or clothing peg to choose their answers. I highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future.
This activity will be a great addition to your Spring centers. There are 28 different task cards included in this pack.
Instructions
Print out the task cards.
Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards.
Have your students use a dry wipe pen or clothing peg to choose their answer.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
These animal fact themed comprehension worksheets are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their comprehension, reading and writing skills. There are 18 different comprehension activities included and all are based on facts of different animals. Each activity consists of 2 pages - a reading passage page and an accompanying questions page.
The worksheets contain a photograph of an animal with an accompanying passage that includes facts about the animals, then a matching question page for students to recall details they have just read.
This is great for students to be able to read a passage and recall details from it, answering relevant questions. All pages come in black and white for ink friendly printing.
The images are eye catching and appropriate for young students who will find them engaging. This resource comes in both spelling options for UK/US etc. For example colour/color, favourite/favorite etc.
The animals included are:
• Blue Poison Dart Frog
• Bottlenose Dolphin
• Cow
• Duck
• Elephant
• Giraffe
• Great White Shark
• Horse
• Humpback Whale
• Killer Whale
• Meerkat
• Monkey
• Pig
• Rattlesnake
• Sheep
• Starfish
• Turtle
• Zebra
This Halloween themed color / colouring sorting activity is a great, and interactive way for students to work on their color sorting skills while continuing the theme of Halloween.
This resource contains 10 different colours for students to match the correct images / colors into.
The colours / colors included are:
♦ Blue
♦ Brown
♦ Grey / Gray
♦ Green
♦ Orange
♦ Pink
♦ Purple
♦ Red
♦ White
♦ Yellow
This resource comes with both spelling options of grey/gray.
There are 6 items to match for each card. I recommend laminating each of the individual parts so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable.
This Bonfire Night themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Bonfire Night word searches and also 2 vocabulary posters that include all the vocabulary used through all the word searches.
This resource includes;
♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 11 (8 words)
♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 6 (16 words)
♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Bonfire Night theme word searches
♦ Vocabulary posters with all the words from the word searches
♦ Answer keys
These worksheets come in b/w for ink friendly printing and are appropriate for all spelling types - UK/US etc. The worksheets require no prep, simply print and hand out. These are great time fillers, literacy centres, or even to be left on sub days. They provide a different way for students to pay close attention to detail and encourages the recognition of letters and vocabulary.
This pumpkin themed 2D shape task card activity is a great way for your students to work on their shape recognition skills, while introducing the theme of autumn/fall/halloween into your learning environment.
This activity includes 9 different task cards. Each task card contains an image of a pumpkin in a different 2D shape. Then, there are simple 2D shapes for you to cut out, which students match to the pumpkin task cards- or you can use real shapes that you have already, in your classroom.
Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their ten frame counting skills. Comes in both b/w and col option for your printing preference.
This space themed wh- question resource contains 6 different space themed scenery images accompanied with two different types of recording sheets/questions.
Each scenery image comes with:
♦ non-verbal question/recording cards
♦ verbal question/recording cards
to suit individual student needs. The question/recording cards also come with space to record two different dates to track student progress.
The wh- questions are; who, what, where.
10 questions included for each scene = 60 questions in total.
A great way to improve student understanding, attention to detail and question/answering techniques.
This resources comes in col option only - no b/w option.
This body parts adapted book is a great way for students to work on learning about different parts of their body and being able to match the image symbol to the correct page.
This adapted book comes in both col and b/w option for your printing preference. This adapted book will be a great addition to your body unit.
This is a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail and to become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The images included are;
• arm
• eye
• leg
• foot
• nose
• lips
• ear
• finger
• hand
Instructions
• Cut out, laminate and bind each of the pages together to make this into a book.
• Cut out and laminate each of the individual symbols.
• Print and laminate the base board (last page in PDF file)
• Put velcro onto the blank boxes on the pages in the adapted book and onto the back of the symbols. Also put velcro onto the base board.
• Store symbols on the base board. When students work their way through the book they will choose the symbol that they need from the base board and then put it onto the page in the adapted book.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
This resource contains 7 different comprehension activities linked to the celebration on Diwali. Each activity comes with 1 x story page and 1 x questions page.
There is a short amount of information provided on each page and then 4 questions on another page - you can see examples in preview/thumbnail pictures.
This is great for students to be able to read a passage and recall details from it, answering relevant questions while working on their reading and writing skills.
It is related to Diwali to give a twist on the usual comprehension activities. The pages come in black and white for ink friendly printing.
The images are eye catching and appropriate for young students who will find them engaging.
This resource contains 47 different task cards where students have to follow the instructions at the top of the task card to complete the action. Comes in 2 different types; find the food to feed the monkey and feed the food to a colour/color monkey. Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
These task cards are a fun way to have your students work on a variety of different skills such as; reading and following instructions, colour/color recognition, food recognition etc.
The best part about these task cards are that students can self-correct or change their answer without worrying about the answer they previously chose.
Appropriate for American and British/Canadian etc. classrooms - color/colour.
This pack includes 9 different sentence building / adapted books all related to Christmas theme. All books come in b/w and col option but 2. The books come in different levels of sentence building to suit individual learners.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It's a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The books include;
♦ What? Object - one symbol
♦ How many objects? - two symbols
♦ What col - two symbols col only
♦ Easy prepositions - one symbol
♦ Harder prepositions - three symbols
♦ Full sentence prepositions - six symbols
♦ Col & Counting book - five symbols col only
♦ Elf Feeling - two symbols
♦ Santa Feeling - three symbols
Each book comes with instructions included on the first page on how you can put this book together to get the best possible use out of it.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Christmas.
This resource contains 10 different community helpers jigsaws, each one comes in b/w and col option for your preference.
Instructions are included on the first page to provide you with the best way to set this resource up in your classroom. In the preview of this resource you can see what the jigsaws look like when they have been put together.
The idea behind the resource is for students to be able to recognize/recognise and match different objects/buildings to the relevant community helper.
This is a fun resource and once set up can be stored away and re-used through relevant times of the year in your classroom. It's also a great resource to stash away ready for those sub days and to keep your students motivated and engaged!
This Summer themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Summer word searches and also a vocabulary poster that includes all the vocabulary used through all the word searches.
This resource includes;
♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 11 (8 words)
♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 6 (16 words)
♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Summer theme word searches
♦ Vocabulary poster with all the words from the word searches
♦ Answer keys
These worksheets come in b/w for ink friendly printing and are appropriate for all spelling types - UK/US etc. The worksheets require no prep, simply print and hand out. These are great time fillers, literacy centres, or even to be left on sub days. They provide a different way for students to pay close attention to detail and encourages the recognition of letters and vocabulary.
This resource contains 273 different literacy worksheets related to the theme of Community Helpers. These worksheets are easy to print with no prep required, and a great way to introduce the theme of Community Helpers into your teaching.
The activity includes the following community helpers;
♦ Chef
♦ Crossing guard
♦ Detective
♦ Doctor
♦ Farmer
♦ Firefighter
♦ Fisherman
♦ Forest ranger
♦ Lifeguard
♦ Mail man
♦ Mechanic
♦ Miner
♦ Nurse
♦ Policeman
♦ Ski guide
♦ Teacher
♦ Tour guide
♦ Trash collector
♦ Vet
♦ Waiter
♦ Waitress.
The worksheets that are included in this pack are;
• when i grow up
• talk about/draw people (jennifer the chef, joe the detective etc)
• writing prompts/discussion
• describing 'what am i'
• describing 'what am i' easier version - handwriting practice
• coloring pages with handwriting practice
• fine motor skills
• letter/name jigsaws
• color/spell the word
• color the letters
• research activity
• labelling
• a to z community helpers
• matching tools to career
• wanted posters
• missing letters
• practising handwriting letters
• matching lower case to upper case
• your spelling is on fire! (Fireman)
• animal overload! (Vet)
• taking temperature (Nurse)
• can i take your order please? (Waiter/Waitress)
• chef, we need more pizza! (Chef)
• posting letters (Mail Man)
• take the trash out (Trash collector)
• down in the forest (Forest ranger)
• grab your ski's! (Ski Guide)
• where's the tour guide? (Tour Guide)
• rate your teacher! (Teacher)
• vehicle patterns (Mechanic)
• fishing for -an words (Fisherman)
• beginning sound match (Farmer)
• detecting mistakes (Detective)
• crossing guard rhyming (Crossing Guard)
• lifeguard costume design (Lifeguard)
• scrambled letters
• missing letters
As you can see there are a HUGE amount of worksheets/resources included in this bundle.
All require no prep, print and hand out!
A fun activity with a choice of different Halloween theme pictures for students to follow instructions to color / colour in.
This activity comes in both American and British/Canadian spellings.
Comes with 6 different Halloween pictures.
A great no prep activity, just print and hand out to students and enjoy as part of your Halloween celebration.
This Ramadan themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Ramadan word searches and also 1 vocabulary poster that includes all the vocabulary used through all the word searches.
This resource includes;
♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 9 (8 words)
♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 4 (16 words)
♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Ramadan theme word searches
♦ Vocabulary poster with all the words from the word searches
♦ Answer keys
These worksheets come in b/w for ink friendly printing and are appropriate for all spelling types - UK/US etc. The worksheets require no prep, simply print and hand out. These are great time fillers, literacy centres, or even to be left on sub days. They provide a different way for students to pay close attention to detail and encourages the recognition of letters and vocabulary.
This resource contains 25 different animal matching poke cards. Students have to match the skin of the animal to the correct animal out of a choice of 3 below. Simply put an object/coffee stirrer etc. through the hole to select the answer. Students can self check their answers and also record their answers on a recording sheet.
Instructions
1. Print out the cards onto card stock - 4 per page.
2. Laminate each of the cards.
3. Hole punch each of the cards on the + sign with a single-hole puncher.
4. Turn each card over and use a marker to circle the hole that corresponds with the correct answer.
5. (Optional) Hole punch each card in the upper left hand corner so that you can keep them altogether with a keyring.
6. Find coffee stirrers or cupcake picks for your students to use as ‘safe pokers’
An answer key is included for you to be able to check students answers quickly.
This resource contains 10 different 'Halloween' themed scenery images accompanied with two different types of recording sheets/questions.
Each scenery image comes with:
♦ non-verbal question/recording cards
♦ verbal question/recording cards
to suit individual student needs. The question/recording cards also come with space to record two different dates to track student progress.
The wh- questions are; who, what, where.
10 questions included for each scene = 90 questions in total.
A great way to improve student understanding, attention to detail and question/answering techniques.
This resources comes in col option only - no b/w option.
Christmas themed conversation prompt cards to encourage your students to work on their communication, social and conversation skills in a fun and engaging way this Christmas. This resource includes 72 different prompt cards to help and encourage students to make conversation.
Conversation is a hard skill for our students to master, especially when trying to start one. These prompt cards help to break the ice and encourage your students to feel more supported and confident when starting a conversation. A conversation helps to build relationships between students or even staff. It's also a great way for you to find out more about your students in class - especially if you have many shy students who usually struggle to keep a conversation flowing.
The cards are bright and fun to keep students engaged throughout the activity.
The prompt cards come in b/w and col. option as well as with UK and US spelling options.
These are fantastic for prompting students to start conversations with each other, especially for morning work, social skills groups etc.