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.
These shark themed ten frame task cards are a great way for your students to work on their ten frame and counting skills. Each task card contains a shark with a ten frame for his teeth and circles in each. Students have to count how many circle are in the ten frame (sharkâs teeth) and then choose the correct answer out of 3 options below.
Instructions:
⌠Print out the task cards that you wish to use.
⌠Laminate them so they will be stronger and longer lasting.
⌠Have dry wipe pens or pegs to use for students to choose their answer.
Included:
⌠Colour option shark themed ten frame task cards
⌠Black and white option shark themed ten frame task cards
Spelling is suitable for all i.e color/colour.
This shark themed activity contains 12 different task cards where students have to match the shape that the shark is to the 2D shape underneath out of 2 choices.
This resource comes in both col and b/w option for your preference and comes at 2 task cards per page.
There are instructions included on the front page of the document. I recommend cutting them out individually and then laminating them, this will make them stronger and longer lasting - meaning you can use them over and over again.
This is a great addition to your shark week unit, as well as being a different way for students to work on their 2D shape skills.
2d shapes included are;
⢠circle
⢠square
⢠triangle
⢠trapezoid
⢠oval
⢠pentagon
⢠hexagon
⢠octagon
⢠rectangle
⢠diamond
⢠star
⢠heart
his shark themed count the room activity contains 10 different count the room flashcards. All images and vocabulary are linked to the theme of sharks.
The flashcards come with numbers/ten frames 1-10 with a matching recording sheet. All flashcards are ready numbered.
An answer key is provided on the bottom page of the recording sheet PDF file.
Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. This download includes two PDF documents - one for the count the room flashcards and one for the recording sheets.
I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual flashcards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
⌠Around the classroom
⌠Outdoor play area
⌠In a tough tray
⌠In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their counting skills.
This shark themed, write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets.
The recording sheets come in numbers 1-10 as well as in 2 different ability levels - plain boxes to write the answers in or boxes with handwriting lines for students to write in.
Each image is linked to the theme of shark species and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your âShark Weekâ topic and expand your students knowledge while allowing them to move around.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
⌠Around the classroom
⌠Outdoor play area
⌠In a tough tray
⌠In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their vocabulary and spelling skills.
This resource comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
These animal themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included for each animal and all vocabulary/images are of different color animals.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred parrotâ âyellow parrotâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âparrot is redâ âparrot is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe parrot is redâ âthe parrot is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These dog themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred dogâ âyellow dogâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âdog is redâ âdog is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe dog is redâ âthe dog is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These fish themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred fishâ âyellow fishâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âfish is redâ âfish is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe fish is redâ âthe fish is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These flamingo themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred flamingoâ âyellow flamingoâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âflamingo is redâ âflamingo is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe flamingo is redâ âthe flamingo is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These fox themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred foxâ âyellow foxâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âfox is redâ âfox is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe fox is redâ âthe fox is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These gorilla themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred gorillaâ âyellow gorillaâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âgorilla is redâ âgorilla is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe gorilla is redâ âthe gorilla is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These jellyfish themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred jellyfishâ âyellow jellyfishâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âjellyfish is redâ âjellyfish is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe jellyfish is redâ âthe jellyfish is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These octopus themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred octopusâ âyellow octopusâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âoctopus is redâ âoctopus is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe octopus is redâ âthe octopus is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These parrot themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred parrotâ âyellow parrotâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âparrot is redâ âparrot is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe parrot is redâ âthe parrot is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These seal themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred sealâ âyellow sealâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âseal is redâ âseal is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe seal is redâ âthe seal is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These turkey themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred turkeyâ âyellow turkeyâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âturkey is redâ âturkey is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe turkey is redâ âthe turkey is yellowâ etc.
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.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
This frog themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their colour sorting / color sorting skills. This resource can either be used as a simple colour matching activity where students have to match the same colour frog to the lily pad, or you can use the instruction task cards included. The instruction task cards contain a small instruction (with symbol support) for students to read/listen to and then follow. For example âput 3 blue frogs on the green lily pad.â The task cards are a great way to see if your students are not only able to read the instruction, but to also take meaning and understanding from it and know what to do next.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
Instructions
⢠Print out the lily pad pages and laminate them.
⢠Print out the frogs, cut them out individually and laminate them.
⢠Print out the task cards if using and laminate them.
⢠Students can then either match the colour frogs to the matching lily pad or use the instruction task cards to complete the activity.
This umbrella and rain drop themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their colour sorting / color sorting skills. Students have to find the rain drops (you can either have these out or hidden in a messy tray for them to find) and then match them to the same colour umbrella.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
Instructions
⢠Print out the umbrella pages and laminate them.
⢠Print out the raindrops, cut them out individually and laminate them.
⢠Students can then match the colour raindrops to the matching umbrella.
This Christmas themed wh- question adapted book is a great way for students to work on their wh- questions in an adapted and suitable way. Students read the short sentence at the top of the page and find the appropriate and matching symbol to answer the comprehension question.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. Itâs a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Christmas.
This Halloween themed wh- question adapted book is a great way for students to work on their wh- questions in an adapted and suitable way. Students read the short sentence at the top of the page and find the appropriate and matching symbol to answer the comprehension question.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. Itâs a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Halloween.
This adapted Halloween work book contains a variety of different activities for students to work on a variety of skills such as counting, colour / color recognition, shapes, vocabulary and so much more.
â 42 activities included. â
Comes with both spelling options - color/colour.
The activities included;
⢠Matching identical images
⢠Matching b/w to colour images
⢠Matching words to pictures
⢠Matching symbols to pictures
⢠Matching numbers
⢠Counting candy in a jar and matching numbers
⢠Match feelings
⢠Match symbols to feelings
⢠Match words (emotion names) to feelings
⢠Matching colour Frankensteins
⢠Matching colour pumpkins
⢠Match colour Frankensteins to colour splats
⢠Match colour pumpkins to colour splats
⢠Sequence matching
⢠Visual discrimination matching - different directions
⢠Point to vocabulary (âpoint to the witchâ etc.)
⢠Shopping list - shop for Halloween items - 2 different levels
⢠Match basic 2d shape outlines to pumpkin shapes
⢠Match 2d shape names to pumpkin shapes
â Also comes with a recording sheet for you to be able to record and track student progress as they complete the different activities included in this resource. â