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 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 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 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
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 weather themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will provide your students with the opportunity to look at different types of weather and use this as a talking point.
The puzzles come in 3 different difficulty levels;
⢠Level 1 - 0-3
⢠Level 2 - 0-5
⢠Level 3 - 0-10
There is a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as;
⢠Print out the b/w puzzles, cut them up and hand them out to your students. Have your students put the puzzles together, sticking them onto a piece of paper/into their work book, then colour them in.
⢠Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle.
⢠Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (i recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling.
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 Christmas themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will provide your students with the opportunity to look at images of Christmas and use these as a talking point.
The puzzles come in 3 different difficulty levels;
⢠Level 1 - 0-3
⢠Level 2 - 0-5
⢠Level 3 - 0-10
There is a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as;
⢠Print out the b/w puzzles, cut them up and hand them out to your students. Have your students put the puzzles together, sticking them onto a piece of paper/into their work book, then colour them in.
⢠Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle.
⢠Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (i recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling.
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 Halloween themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will provide your students with the opportunity to look at images of Halloween and use these as a talking point.
The puzzles come in 3 different difficulty levels;
⢠Level 1 - 0-3
⢠Level 2 - 0-5
⢠Level 3 - 0-10
There is a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as;
⢠Print out the b/w puzzles, cut them up and hand them out to your students. Have your students put the puzzles together, sticking them onto a piece of paper/into their work book, then colour them in.
⢠Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle.
⢠Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (i recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling.
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 Diwali themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Diwali word searches and also vocabulary posters that include all the vocabulary used through all the word searches.
This resource includes;
⌠Level 1 word search worksheets x 8 (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 Diwali 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 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.