Career clusters exploration poster set for each of the 16 career clusters + an additional optional 17th poster for the newly added energy cluster. This resource is perfect for allowing your students to explore each career cluster and make real world connections between their own inventory of skills and traits. Each poster contains: ✏ Career Cluster Title ✏ A simple, minimal graphic that represents each cluster. ✏ Career examples of careers that fall within each cluster. ✏ A list of personality traits, characteristics, and skills that make an individual a good match for each career cluster. ✏ Simple, attractive design choices that engage your students and spark their curiosity! NOTE: This purchase includes a PDF download for all clusters! If you do not need the new energy cluster (#17), I have placed it at the end. Simply print pages 1 - 16! A preview of all posters is included in one of the thumbnails so you can be sure of exactly what you will receive! THIS RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE IN 4 COLOR SCHEMES! YOU MAY ALSO LIKE ⭐ CAREER EXPLORATION - COMPLETE 1 WEEK MINI UNIT - CAREER CLUSTERS ⭐ Career Exploration - Career Clusters GROWING MEGA BUNDLE! ⭐ Career Exploration Game - Career Clusters - PowerPoint or Google Slides! ⭐ Career Exploration | 16 Career Clusters Presentation Slides - Google ⭐ Career Exploration and Work Skills Bell Ringer Set - Lasts 9 Weeks! ⭐ Life Skills Digital Activities Time Management - No Prep Independent Work I’m so glad you stopped by my store and checked out this resource! Follow my store to be updated about new products and sales. Don’t forget to leave feedback to earn credits toward future purchase by heading to MY PURCHASES in your Teachers Pay Teachers account. Have questions or find an error? Send me an email at [email protected] and I’m happy to correct it immediately! ❤️ Ashlyn, The Confidence Classroom
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These Career Clusters Posters are great for high school students in career readiness, life skills, vocational, and career exploration classes. Perfect for guidance counselors.
Bestselling Articulation Notebooks Bundle for Mixed Articulation Groups When I discovered the concept of interactive notebooks or journals, I just knew it could work so well for articulation therapy! I have tweaked the concept to make sure that busy SLPs can use these materials to help overcome the challenge of mixed articulation groups (students working on varied targets or even different grades). This blog post provides a detailed overview of the articulation notebooks in use with plenty of photographs for you to see the detail. I love that students can create a week by week project to be proud of yet at the same time, have plenty of opportunity for drilling their target words or phrases. The design of the activities means that you can use the notebook right from non-readers working at word level all the way up through sentence level as your students talk about the pictures they have created in their notebooks. The activity is low prep for the busy SLP as the notebook activity is completed by the student during their session. Just copy the required number of pages and you are done! ******************************************************************** The 24 packets included in this value bundle are for the following sounds - /s/, /z/, /l/, /r/ (pre-vocalic), /r/ (vocalic), /s/ blends, /l/ blends, /r/ blends, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /J/, /k/, /g/, /f/, /v/, /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /m/, /n/, /h/ & /w/. Also includes complex / 3 element clusters! ******************************************************************** Each of the 24 packets included contains: ★ a set of articulation cards in full color and black and white All sets have 30 cards representing initial, medial, and final word positions. Print and laminate the full color set for your speech room and the black line version for each student. ★ A selection of printable "pockets" to stick inside the notebook cover to store cards ★ “I can…” statements for each sound. ★ 24 Themed Notebook Pages (Year Round) 14 of the pages can be used at any time of year, 4 are seasonal and the remainder depicts the most popular holiday themes. ★ 24 matching "target word" pages of mini images. The mini images match those provided on the articulation cards so that students can drill a consistent set of words to achieve mastery ★ A blank sheet for each theme to allow you to add your own words or pictures should you wish to customize. ★ Articulation Notebooks Templates - open-ended pages to extend your notebooks for higher-level carryover and language tasks. ******************************************************************** What Buyers are Saying About this 24 Sound Value Bundle... "All I can say is INCREDIBLE!!! The flexibility is built in for diverse groups - working on multiple sounds at multiple levels, keeping students engaged while another student practices, you can even incorporate some basic concepts depending on where you paste the pictures (e.g., under, next to, on top). I LOVE the variety of pictures - seasonal and general. My students will be developing a tool for practice at home that THEY CREATE is also powerful and motivating!" "I waited to leave feedback until I actually started using this product. So yesterday, while working with a group setting up our notebooks, one little girl said "I'm so glad I haven't graduated from speech yet!" Another one commented "I can't wait till the next speech session!" All in all, I had nine kids setting up their interactive notebooks. Each one of them absolutely loved it - boys and girls alike! This product is so versatile and allows for continuous work and carryover on each child's target sound. I must admit, I was hesitant to purchase based on the price. However, I'm so glad I did! This product is so easy to use and the prep time is minimal. Based on the comments above, you can see how much my students love this! Thanks for such a great product! I couldn't be happier." "The reviews are in!! I loved this treasure trove the minute I saw it and printed several packets last weekend to begin using Monday morning! Everything is so organized it was a snap to prepare. The activities were immediately a hit with students! They loved filling their pockets with their sounds. I LOVE the section for "notes home"! I've received very positive feedback from parents already ("My daughter was proud to show me her new notebook tonight!" "It was fun doing speech homework and I hope to see more activities like this in the future."). I really appreciate the blank templates to target additional artic words. In addition to organizing my therapy, this packet will make prep for RtI groups a breeze. I also plan to use those templates for a variety of language concepts (categories, synonyms/antonyms, multiple-meaning words). I can't recommend this product highly enough!!" ******************************************************************** Products Included in this Bundle: ★ Articulation Notebooks for K-G-F-V ★ Articulation Notebooks for P-B-T-D-M-N-H-W ★ Articulation Notebooks for S-L-R-Blends and Clusters ★ Articulation Notebooks for S-Z-L-R ★ Articulation Notebooks for SH-CH-TH-J ★ Articulation Notebook Templates
Music in the classroom is a powerful tool and it should be more than just having music as a special once a week. Learn why music is important and different ways you can integrate music into your lesson plans seamlessly. Blog post at Mrs. D's Corner.
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Explore the lives of owls, hawks, eagles, falcons, ospreys, and vultures with this unit study! You will receive a collection of printable educational resources covering topics including raptor anatomy, bird life cycles, bird watching, and common raptor identification!
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Throughout my postings, I'm often asked "How do you have the time to teach all these book series" (and such)... "Do you have reading series that you have to teach from?" I'm very fortunate that at my last school and my new school, all of my principals have let me teach through whatever I want/need to as long as I'm teaching the standards. Yes, our district does have an adopted series (we're now using the Journeys series), but even our district has said that it's just a resource. You don't teach straight from it...if you don't want to. They give us a pacing guide with what skills and standards we need to make sure we hit in that 9 weeks, and we go off of that. I usually choose not to teach from the series. There are times when I do like to teach from the book because I like those stories. But most of the time, I like teaching out of the book, and it lets me integrate my Science and Social Studies so much easier! I just use it as a guide to make sure I hit what I need to, and sometimes I even get ideas from it that I can incorporate into my lessons. Last year, I posted my year in themes for 2nd grade. But, I wanted to see if there were any other fun 1st grade themes that I could add/change in my plans, so I did a search. I came across Deanna's and I liked how she had hers set up...so I decided to do mine like that too! SO, here is my plan for this year (and hopefully I can stick with it!) I might be slightly biased on doing Firefighters...and have my husband come in and do a little demonstration during Fire Fighter week - ha! October MIGHT be my favorite month to teach! I just love the spiders and bats and pumpkins!! I really want to add in owls, but I haven't had time to do that yet :-/ Maybe next year! Robert Munsch might be one of my most favorite authors. Ever. And I just love Knuffle Bunny. I've always done it at the end-ish of 2nd grade because I did it with Easter and Silent Letters in our phonics continuum...so that's why I'm still doing it here. My teammate is doing Knuffle Bunny this week, and I was SO tempted to follow her lead...but I moved from one cat (Pete the Cat) to another (Splat the Cat). Ok, I lied. I really like teaching in May too... Oceans!! and Fairy Tales! Some of my favorite themes! I have a lot of packs for the themes I listed...some work for 1st and 2nd and some of them are more for 2nd than 1st, so I'll probably be adding to or making new ones as the year goes. And there are some that I've never done, that I plan to do...but we'll see how this year goes! New school, new grade, new baby! Oy! I also added in my 2nd grade version, just so you could see it if you want to. If you would like the PDF version for you to keep in your files, click HERE. Did I miss any themes that you do through the year? Go ahead... tell me what they are. Make me change my plans! I know you will.
Hi friends! I have been working hard all day on this blog post and I hope it helps you in your support of GT kiddos in your classroom! As the […]
source The book club at school this past month read, Teach like a Champion by Doug Lemov. Our principal selected the book for us and my son said it was because he (the principal) did not want us to teach like a bunch of losers. Thanks Mike for the vote of confidence. Teach like a Champion is a wonderful book with great techniques to engage students in discussions. The book is focused on setting the children on the right path to college. Many of the techniques are not new techniques, however it is nice to refresh your thinking once in a while. After teaching for a million years you tend to do the same thing over and over. The book is a gentle reminder that they’re other techniques to use to engage the students and get them excited about learning. Here are a couple of techniques I want to make sure I incorporate in my teaching right away: 1. No Opt Out—A sequence that begins with a student unable to answer a question should end with the student answering that question as often as possible. (Yes! How many times do you hear---Oh! I forgot!) 2. The Hook-a short introduction that captures what is interesting or engaging about the material 3. Name the Steps—teach the process slowly so the children understand what to do next 4. Exit Ticket—a single question or problem to solve at the end of class. I have seen teachers create something on Pinterest for this: source source source 5. Cold Call—call on students regardless of whether they have raised their hands Other Good Points from the Book: “Students who know more words learn more words.” Teach lots of vocabulary! “Read aloud to your student regularly.” It will teach more vocabulary and expressive language. In my opinion, I think all teachers should read this book. It is very valuable to refresh your teaching style or if you are just beginning, this is perfect to get you started.
We have been learning about Matariki and the constellation. Matariki is a small cluster of stars and it is also known as Plieades. There are several hundred stars but only seven of them can be seen. Matariki is a traditional Maori New Year. Matariki is celebrated with education and sharing ideas. Matariki is a time for remembering people you've lost.
Teaching self contained is a challenging but very important job! Are you up to it? Most of the time, and especially in my program, special education courses are all lumped together. They rarely focus on self contained, or more severe students. This usually leaves teachers scouring the internet or coming up with everything from scratch! […]
This resource covers activities for auditory learners, including strategies to support students who learn best through the auditory sense.
I think all special education teachers struggle with meeting the sensory needs of some of our students. I am not always lucky enough to have a separate sensory room at my school. However, you can easily and cheaply create a sensory wall for your students! Below is a list of items you can add to […]
In today’s FAQ Friday post, I’m hoping to give you a couple of easy ideas and a few research links that could help my fellow SLP and teacher friends. It’s that time of year! Summertime is just around the corner. State testing is over. It didn’t help that there was a full moon last night. […]
Welcome students back to school with this bright classroom door design featuring a pencil made of 2D polygons! This decoration is perfect for August or September and can help with your students polygon shape recognition! The kit includes everything you need to print, cut, and hang! Everything in the kit prints on regular 8.5 x 11 paper. You can choose to print in color or print the black ink version on any color paper you like! Letters are included to spell, "Math makes us sharp!" along with polygons to create the pencil. The pencil is made of the following polygons (with labels): Square Rectangle Parallelogram Rhombus Kite Trapezoid Equilateral Triangle Isosceles Triangle Scalene Triangle Pentagon Hexagon Heptagon Octagon Decagon The download also includes the extras: An "S" if you need to spell "MATHS" Alternate spelling of trapezium Guide to help with assembly Check out the preview for more details. Save big when you purchase my bundle of math doors & bulletin boards here.
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Practice articulation of S blends while feeding hungry kitties with this interactive Feed Me Cats for Google Slides™ digital activity. To play, your students will name a pictured target word with the blend SM, SN, SW, or SL in word initial position, then "feed" the kitty by dragging and dropping the picture into its mouth. Targeted blends are true cluster S blends that facilitate broader generalization to untreated sounds, applying the intervention principles of the Complexity Approach. Click here and SAVE 20% by buying this and 2 other resources in the R, S, and L Blends Feed Me BUNDLE! Click the PREVIEW button for more details about this resource! This resource includes: S blend word initial targets for SM, SN, SW, SL 4 pages for each target blend Word List Digital for Google Slides™ You may be interested in these resources: Articulation Cut and Glue S and S Blends Winter Snowballs Articulation Later Developing Sounds Ladybugs BOOM ™ Cards Winter S Blends Articulation Snowflakes Cut and Glue CLICK HERE to follow my store for new products and sales. Follow me on Pinterest After you have tried this product, please rate it with feedback to earn TpT credits for future purchases. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me through Product Q & A and I’ll get back to you! Thank you!
One of the most frequent questions I have been asked is how I use Unique in my classroom and how I plan! I have to admit, I am an avid fan of Unique Learning System, however, I do not use ALL components of the unit. I have been using ULS for about 5 years now, enough to have figured out which pieces of the unit fit best with my students. One of the good things about Unique is that they provide you with an abundance of materials. I have not met one teacher yet that is able to use ALL of the plans from the unit (and if you are one of those teachers more power to ya!). For me, the key is to find what works best for your students! Monthly Mapping The first thing I do is grab a monthly calendar and my blank planning template (I will post the link to this free resource below). I mark all the days that we will be off and out of school. Once I have those days crossed off I start my planning. I print the first page from the unit that lists all the lessons. I plan when I will give my pre-assessment and then when I want my students to have their post assessment. If you do not use the Unique GPS, I highly recommend it! You can see student weak areas, what they need to focus on and you can see their growth over the month. I love it! Next, I choose the activities that I feel best introduce the topics to my students and highlight them. After I have all the activities chosen, I add them into my calendar. Unique GPS data FREE Blank Template Download Template Here Selecting the Activities I have used Unique long enough to discover what works best for me and my students. It has changed yearly. This year, I used the following activities consistently every month: Leveled Book (Lesson 1) and corresponding activity Leveled Book Comprehension (Lesson 2) Easy Read Book (Lesson 3) and corresponding activity Easy Read Book Comprehension (Lesson 4) Vocabulary (Lesson 12) Literary Experience (Lessons 15 and 16) Vocabulary Sort (Lesson 18) Science Experiment (Lesson 28) History Timeline (Lesson 29) Supplemental Activities I use: Adapted Book Packs (samples of the packs in the picks below!) I created these book packs to help me supplement the curriculum because I needed more books! I started creating differentiated activities to go along with the books. Each adapted book set comes with at least 3 adpated books each book with 3 differentiated corresponding comprehension activities. 1 file folder game to cover vocabulary, 2 differentiated levels of vocabulary task boxes, and 1 counting card activity directly related to the monthly theme. Some packs include bonus materials! Science Adapted Book Packs I currently have 11 science themed activities listed and 5 science themed adapted book packs available. You can find the link to them above. I also have them available in a BUNDLE. Social Studies Adapted Book Packs I currently have 6 adapted book packs available. I also have these bundled for convenience. You can find the bundle here. Craft Activities related to topic Extension Activities from higher level unit N2Y activities Summer Themes: Summer Camp Theme Amusement Park Theme Planning the Lessons I don't have a ton of time in my classroom to teach science and social studies content. On top of all the IEP work, speech, occupational therapy, physical therapy, specials, and getting them out to gen ed, I needed to integrate my lessons. So, my planning had to be simplified and integrated. During my small group/morning meeting I decided that when I was reading books, they needed to be adapted and content related. So my first step in my planning is mapping out my literacy activities. You can see those in the picture below color-coded in purple. After I have those planned, I go back and plan on my specific content related activities, which are usually only 15 minutes long. Those are in the picture below color-coded in green. The best part about planning this way, is once I have one month planned, I can pretty much easily plug in the rest of the year's lesson plans! I just re-use the same format and timeline from the first month. Some adjustments might need to be made based on days off, special activities, but for the most part, it's quick and easy to plug in my plans for the month! Ideas for Lessons Vocabulary I always like to introduce the topics from the unit by introducing the new vocabulary. Some things that I have done in the past to make these activities fun and engaging: Mystery Box- add items to a box and have the students feel items and take guesses on what the new unit is going to be about. Example: for the light and sound unit I put a light bulb and a tamborine in the box and had students feel and guess what the items were. Play Hide and Seek- Hide new vocabulary words around the room and have students find them. When they find a vocabulary word have them read it to you. Mystery Word- Put vocabulary words in a brown paper bag and have students choose a word from the bag and tell class and hang up the word Put students in charge of changing the words- Our words are hanging on the wall next to our white board, I like to lay all the vocab words on the table and ask the student to find ______ and hang it on the wall. After I have introduced the vocabulary we play the corresponding match game the next day. I like to incorporate the leveled books during my literacy lessons. Typically, I will introduce the first book, and have students find the vocabulary words and highlight them. For my lower level students, the adapted book packs I use incorporate the vocabulary making it quick and easy for you to assess using the books. I typically read the book and have my students make selections from the icons from a field of 2 or 3 depending on the student. I make sure to emphasize the unit vocabulary words during the story and direct instruction. We do the vocabulary sort around three weeks into instruction so that I know the students have a had good quality time to absorb the content. I usually use this as an assessment, and students complete either individually or with some physical assistance. For my higher level students they complete independently and have very little accommodations. For my lower level students they complete with some assistance (for physical needs) but I color code their sorts to make it more independent for them. Color-Coded Vocabulary Sort (Not from Unique, but strategy I use for differentiation) Adapted Books/Literacy I use both of the leveled books provided in the unit. I adapt them so they are interactive and the students can use icons to engage in the story. If the book warrants, I will use props to keep the kids excited about the story. I use these books to cover content, otherwise I would not have time! My typical routine for literacy is: Introduce the book Read and emphasize vocabulary Have students match icons to story from a field of 2 or 3 Complete literacy activity and discuss vocabulary Re-read book focusing on content Comprehension assessment I repeat these steps for the five books that I use during the unit. I created my adapted book packs so that I would always have a content related book to read and an activity to correlate! It makes my literacy planning so much easier! I love using the literary experience. I use these monthly but pick and choose upon availability of the books that correspond with that lesson. Adapted Books for "Plants Can Grow" Unit Adapted Book Packs Props for acting out story "Bunny in the Garden" Science Experiment I love doing the science experiments with the kids! I love getting them excited about them! I typically do my science experiment the third week of instruction however in this example (May) I needed to do it sooner due to the nature of the experiment (keeping plants healthy). I break my experiments down into smaller sections to increase engagement. Here is my typical routine for science experiments: Day 1- Introduce experiment- show items used in experiment, pass out experiment packet, look through experiment and discuss our steps. Day 2- Re-read experiment, discuss and make hypothesis, "check off" materials to make sure we are ready to go! Day 3- Conduct Experiment - following steps of experiment Day 4- Review our experiment, complete conclusion I try to do experiments on Thursdays because we have extra time on this day because we have no specials! One fun way I like to get them excited is to purposely leave materials for the experiment out around the classroom. When they find them, I say, "I guess you'll have to wait and see for experiment day!" Science Experiment "Keeping Plants Healthy" Crafts I like to do crafts related to the topics of our units. I usually just pinterest or try to think of my own. Also, if you have access to the intermediate level of the unit, they have crafts as part of their lessons! I usually pull from that unit as well. Craft for "Our Impact on the Environment" Unit Craft for "Plants Can Grow" Unit How do you plan your units? I would love to hear new tips and tricks! Drop a comment below if you have any suggestions for me! Follow my classroom journey on instagram for more ideas, tips, and fun!
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Practice articulation of L blend sounds while feeding hungry monsters with this interactive Feed Me Monsters for Google Slides™ digital activity. To play, your students will name a pictured target word with PL, BL, FL, KL, or GL in word initial position, then "feed" the monster by dragging and dropping the picture into its mouth. Click here and SAVE 20% by buying this and 2 other resources in the R, S, and L Blends Feed Me BUNDLE! Click the PREVIEW button for more details about this resource! This resource includes: L blends: word initial targets for PL, BL, FL, KL, GL 4 pages for each target blend Word List Digital for Google Slides™ You may be interested in these resources: Articulation Cut and Glue L and L Blends Winter Snowballs Pirate Treasure Articulation Cut and Glue Late Sounds L Sounds Articulation in Categories Feed the Jellyfish BOOM ™ Cards CLICK HERE to follow my store for new products and sales. Follow me on Pinterest After you have tried this product, please rate it with feedback to earn TpT credits for future purchases. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me through Product Q & A and I’ll get back to you! Thank you!
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Print these free symmetry worksheets and activity pages to use with your students. Learn about the line of symmetry with these fun pattern challenge worksheets. Students must use logic, reasoning, and spatial skills to draw the reflected pattern across the line of symmetry.
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Explore the 5 senses with a cool candy! This fun and simple to set up Pop Rocks experiment is sure to be a hit with kids.
