I Am Working For Boards | NEUTRALS Color Edition is a MUST HAVE for any Autism, Special Education or Speech Therapy Room!! I Am Working For Boards assist with creating a positive environment and work to reduce maladaptive behaviors! These newly updated I Am Working For Boards now include a Core Vocabulary option!! You can select from a variety of colors, printing options, and symbols, and now with or without Core Vocabulary symbols. These boards will add an additional layer of Core Vocabulary exposure for AAC/Core Vocabulary users and create an immersive AAC/Core Vocabulary Classroom!! ❤ Included in this Set ❤ 8 FULL COLOR Working For Boards | Core Vocabulary Symbols 8 LIGHT INK Working For Boards | Core Vocabulary Symbols 2 LOW INK Working For Boards | Core Vocabulary Symbols (best results print on colored paper) 8 FULL COLOR Working For Boards | Text ONLY 8 LIGHT INK Working For Boards | Text ONLY 2 LOW INK Working For Boards | Text ONLY (best results print on colored paper) All Working For Boards have a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Task | Token Option 178 Picture Cards: 144 Working FOR items | 34 Working ON items Color-coordinated Tokens: Splats | Circles | Check Marks Picture Card Template to add additional cards using EASEL by TPT To begin incorporating ‘working for’ boards in a student’s routine begin with motivating and positive opportunities. For example: Working For: Computer – Student completes a preferred task (e.g., puzzle) or an easy academic task, token is given and student receives positive reward of computer. Introducing the boards in a positive manner will ease frustrations and improve overall generalization skills. ❤PLEASE NOTE: PICTURE CARDS are the SAME as in my FIRST/THEN Boards ❤ ❤ I truly appreciate you stopping by my store! ❤ Please ask any questions prior to purchase.
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Yesterday, I wrote about planning my BBQ unit. Today, I will share pictures from my students completing this unit. All the resources showed in today's post are available on TPT (click here for the link). This unit comes with: * 19 vocabulary flash cards * An adapted book * An "I have, who has" card game * 11 worksheets We started the unit by reviewing the vocabulary words and reading an adapted book. Here is a picture of some of the vocabulary flash cards. The words covered in this unit are Strawberry, Grapes, Hamburger, Salad, Lemonade, Soda Pop, Juice Box, Apple, Kebob, Ketchup, Mustard, Chips, Picnic Table, Basket, Grill, Oven Mitt, Tongs, Napkin, and Plate. The adapted book I made as a part of this unit involves counting different BBQ foods. For each page, the kids match the correct number and food to the page. For my higher functioning kids, I made a mad-libs style book (check back tomorrow for details and a FREEBIE). We also played "I have, who has" card game to practice the vocabulary words. Some of my students played the game with their cards spread out on the table while my more advanced students practiced holding their cards in their hands (so their friends can't see them....we have struggled with this in the past!). Now that my students had a pretty good grasp on the vocabulary words, we started working on some of the worksheets. We spent 2 days (15 minutes a day), working on the 5 sentence writing worksheets. I adapted these a variety of ways depending on the learner. Some students worked on only copying the word, some dictated a sentence to me (I wrote it, they copied it), some came up with and wrote their own sentence, and my most advanced were responsible for coming up with 3 sentences for each vocabulary word. Next, we complete a following directions/coloring worksheet, matching words to pictures, and menu math. To wrap up the unit we did 2 cut/paste sorting activities. One involved sorting foods vs. drinks and the other involved sorting foods vs. not foods. The last day of the unit, my students finished any leftover work and we re-visited our game and adapted book. I loved this unit, because I was desperate for a little change in pace the last month of school...and, more importantly, my kids loved this topic as well. It was definitely motivating for them, which allowed them to learn a variety of skills in a fun, engaging way!
Are you working with Students with Autism? Tough transitions triggering tantrums? You must read this list of transition strategies to stop meltdowns!
Scheduling for special education is a DAUNTING task. Just like our kids we THRIVE on schedules (( and pretty much need them to survive)). One tip that I’m going to drive home throughout this post is that we HAVE TO be ok with CHANGE. Why? Because change is completely inevitable. It WILL happen. and […]
We’ve got a Runner! A closer look at elopement and wandering for students with Autism with strategies, tips and tricks to help you in the classroom.
Looking for fun Color Worksheets for preschool? You've found them and a bunch of fun, hands-on, play-based learning centers as well. Recognition, sorting and more.
2nd Grade Math Worksheets can help your little thinkers build their math skills. Love for math is a joy that not every child understands. Math is in everything that we do. Build their confidence and fire their passion with our fun and free worksheets. Today’s learners are tomorrow’s world. You can help build a brighter […]
Hi everyone! I hope you are enjoying your weekend! Here in Texas, the weather has been CRAZYYYY!!! Temperature has dropped below the 50F,...
I love Kindergarten. Everyday I find something new and exciting to support my thought that, "Kindergarten is for ME". Yesterday was not one ...
I know I seem to say this about every math concept I blog about but I LOVE FRACTIONS. Well, the first grade version of fractions :) ...
Get some measurement practice by inching along with some familiar sights. Download to complete online or as a printable!
Learn how I run differentiated literacy centers with student choice in kindergarten and how you can easily begin this system yourself!
Teaching states of matter in kindergarten can be a tricky! Here are some resources to help students gain a solid understanding of the topic!
With this page, your child can count his way to a completed picture.
Help celebrate neurodiversity and promote inclusion in the classroom and beyond with this collection of autism awareness crafts, projects, and activities!
Learn about prepositions for kids with these fun and free printable Preposition Worksheets. No-prep exercise for grade 1, 2, and 3.
When I looked at my last post and realized it was Christmas themed, I realized I was long overdo for a blog post. This new year has brought...
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! I am coming to you from our fabulous new house! The kids are playing {so sweetly} in the playroom, hubs is working on the thermostat that we can't figure out ;) and I finally have a little time to sit down and blog! Whew! I thought it might never happen. We've been working on patterns this week in math. Did you know with our new Texas standards patterning is taken out!? Like, good 'ol AB, ABC, AAB etc.... instead, they're supposed to create patterns IN NUMBERS! But...to get there, we have to teach the basics first. First I get the good 'ol rhythm sticks out and we rat-a-tat-tap different combinations of patterns. Then I build patterns with my students {boy boy girl..} and finally we get to play! I found THESE unifix cube pattern sheets for free from Heidi Songs! To check for understanding after the first day of introducing patterns, I did a quick formative assessment of my students learning. The only directions I gave were to draw a patten- I gave them free reign on which type and what they wanted to draw for their pattern. I cut all the names out so no one knew who drew what. Almost all of my students could create their own pattern! And the ones who didn't... were off by JUST a teeny bit. I love sorting examples and non-examples like this to post while we're working on the topic. This week in stations we're going to be adding some more pattern cards to our rotations. This time, I want my students to create their own of a specific type of pattern. Snag these freebie cards up HERE. Happy patterning!
Use these four great classroom time savers to help you stay on track with your schedule, teach more efficiently, and save your sanity.
Are you looking for engaging fraction activities, games and read alouds for 1st and 2nd grade? This blog post shares 13 fraction activities and games to teach identifying fractions, comparing fractions, and partitioning shapes to create fractions.
Stop taking away recess and using other punishments to control your students. Find success with 10 powerful classroom management strategies!
Find creative 2D and 3D shapes activities that will send your engagement factor soaring! 1st and 2nd grade students love these activities based on the viral video, "What Does the Fox Say?".
Help your students understand the different characteristics and rules of quadrilaterals with this FREE quadrilateral bingo game.
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Using a picture as a clue, kids put two words together to make a compound word for each item on this reading worksheet.
By the end of this year, after changing our math rotations around about a bazillion times, I FINALLY feel like I figured out the perfect combo of stations to help my students learn, practice, and master skills. My favorite part of this system is that it worked seamlessly without me killing myself over prep
