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'What Is Happening At the Park?' is an adapted and interactive book , which targets the action verbs swinging, crawling, digging, climbing, riding, flying, sliding, blowing, looking and jumping . Students can also determine the pronoun and object within each image. Students will learn to label actions, verbalise SVO sentences and extend their sentences. Designed for Special education, Students with Autism, Speech Therapy, Early Intervention or Early Childhood Classrooms. The book features 10 pages , each with its own real life photograph of a child completing an action at the park. Underneath the image is the corresponding sentence segments with spaces for the student to select the correct visuals for 'who' (Pronoun), 'doing' (action verb) and 'what' (noun). Each section of the sentence is colour coded to allow the student to identify which visuals go where e.g. verbs are blue and are placed in the blue 'doing' box (see preview). Students select the correct visuals from an array determined by the teacher/therapist and placed on page 9 using Velcro. This page is to remain at full size while other pages are trimmed in half. This will allow the visuals to be visible as the student works. Visuals on page 9 will need to be changed every few pages. Only a small array should be visible at one time to avoid overwhelming the student with choices. Visuals have been created using Smarty Symbols . Smarty Symbols are specifically designed to be easily interpreted and used by students with special needs such as autism. To prepare the book simply trim pages 1-8 in half and laminate. Place soft Velcro on the who/doing/what boxes on each page and the Velcro here strips on pages 7-8. Laminate page 9 whole and place soft Velcro on the strips. Bind Pages 1-9 together on the top edge (page 9 should be visible at all times). Cut and laminate the visuals on pages 10-11 and place hard Velcro on the back of them. These can now be stored on pages 7-8 and placed on page 9 when in use. Please see preview and video for clarification. Video Music by Ben Sound ***************************************************************************** Related Products Action Verbs Adapted Book for Special Education (School Theme) Wh Questions Adapted Books BUNDLE ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ ***************************************************************************** Click here to Follow me and be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches. *****************************************************************************

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Adapted books are engaging and fun. Students WANT to interact with them, so we need to make sure we are integrating them into IEP goals. Here are 6 goals that you can address through adapted books. Attending & Interacting With Text First and foremost, for students to make good progress in reading they need to […]

Creating adapted books is a lot of work. I found this wonderful website with over 400 free printable adapted books you can download. Read more...

DIGITAL + PRINTABLE | August is a month that has no holidays, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything to learn! Use this bundled set of leveled, adapted readers to teach your students about the following topics. What adapted books are included in this bundle? • Going to School • Grandparent's Day • School Safety • Parts of a School • First Day of a School • Life Cycle of a Watermelon • Going on a Picnic • Healthy Eyes • How to Make an Ice Cream Sundae Each adapted book now includes a digital adapted book in Google Drive/Google Slides. This adapted book bundle is included in Adapted Book Club. Get access to 600+ adapted books by joining Adapted Book Club, with new books added each month! Read this BLOG POST to see how I put my adapted books together, picture by picture... from printing it to using it in a lesson! Want to see a PREVIEW? Grab a set of leveled, adapted readers for FREE here. Connect with me: • Newsletter • Blog • Facebook • Instagram • Pinterest • Don't forget about the green ★ to follow my store to get notifications of new resources and freebies! Thanks for Looking and Happy Teaching!

Adapted books are one of my favorite ways to teach new skills. They are fun and interactive. During the session they keep my students focused and engaged. I love using them with my students to teach them how to answer who and what questions. I am going to go through how I use my adaptive who and what books with my students. To get you started I have made my Adapted Family Book FREE. Sign up below for your free copy as well as additional ideas and tips. Success! Check your email for your FREE Adapted Family Book. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. Email Address I'd like to receive the free email course. Subscribe Vocabulary The first skill I use these book to teach is vocabulary. I go through the book with both who and what questions, labeling each pictures. I have my students repeat the names or point to the picture. The small choice pictures can be used to match with the larger pictures in the book. Sorting people vs Things After reviewing the vocabulary we sort the small choice pictures into people and things. I have them velcro the people on the who grid and the things on the what grid. Answering Questions I start my students using the what book that has no people in it. I read the question “What is next to the house?” The student finds the answer and places it on the sentence below the picture. I then read the answer. When my students are able to read the sentences and respond verbally they are encouraged to do this. As my student become proficient in answering what questions, I introduce the who book. We continue to sort people and things each session to help the students differentiate between who and what questions. As my students master this skill I introduce the book with both who and what questions. For students that struggle with the transition to this book I will limit their choices to only people when a who question is presented. Themes Each month I switch to a different set of who and what books, so my students do not memorize the books without truly learning the skills. This BUNDLE of adapted books includes the following: Adapted Family who and what questions Adaptive Fall who and what questions Adapted Halloween who and what questions Adapted Thanksgiving who and what questions Adapted Christmas who and what questions Adapted Snowman who and what questions Adapted Valentine’s Day who and what questions Adapted Leprechaun who and what questions Adapted Spring who and what questions Adapted Beach who and what questions Click HERE to check out the entire BUNDLE. I hope this helps you use these books to improve your students vocabulary skills and ability to answer who and what questions.

Learn how easy it is to prep my life cycle adapted books / adaptive books for your prek, kindergarten, grade 1, special education or autism classroom. My bundle includes 7 life cycle adaptive books about the butterfly life cycle, the plant life cycle, the bee life cycle, the frog life cycle, the chi

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I have gotten SO many questions about my binding machine that I am finally giving you all the info in ONE PLACE! I bought my coil binding machine 5 years ago. Why? I was creating my own adapted books and visual pieces for my students and binding them using a comb binder at my school. […]

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Adapted books are engaging and fun. Students WANT to interact with them, so we need to make sure we are integrating them into IEP goals. Here are 6 goals that you can address through adapted books. Attending & Interacting With Text First and foremost, for students to make good progress in reading they need to ... Read More about 6 IEP Goals To Target With Adapted Books

I have been creating tons of adapted books this year! Some of them I have written myself, such as my environmental print Fast Food book or the Shark Hygiene book. Other books I have taken apart, added symbols from Writing with Symbols or Board Maker, laminated, and added adapted pieces. I love making book interactive as it checks for comprehension and gives the student a clearer purpose for each page.

These food themed interactive / adapted books are perfect for sneaking in some left / right and top / bottom direction skills. Students can follow directions to set the table, make a pizza, scoop ice cream, and make a sub sandwich. Print and prep yourself! Prep options include: putting velcro on both spots (left and right) on each page so that students aren't just following the velcro, but will really have to think about following the direction! For students who are just learning, you might find you just want to put the velcro in the correct spot. Ways to Use this Interactive Book with Multiple Levels: Interactive Pieces Level 1: Students match the picture from each page to the end choice page while they read. Level 2: Students take off the picture from the choice page and match to the page to follow the direction (directions include picture visuals so student know what option to use.  Prep these books using lamination and velcro! This resource is perfect for special education and autism classrooms, and even early childhood education! ☆☆Check out more Adapted Books HERE!☆☆  Want a prepped and shipped version? Grab it here!

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It was a three day weekend, so I got busy finishing up two projects for working on answering “where” questions with my preschoolers with autism. I find that many of my preschoolers who …

These adapted books can help your special education students recognize and identify shapes. The simple, repetitive format of this resource makes it perfect for independent work stations or math centers in your special education classroom.Includes 8 Adapted Books Errorless Identical Match Happy Shapes Shapes Friends Cupcake Shapes Pepperoni Pizza Shapes Shapes in Real Life Tracing Shapes There are 3 answer format options – shape and word, shape only, or word only - perfect for differentiation, generalization and task variety. Please note: This is a digital download.  You will download, print, and prep as needed. No physical items will be sent to you.

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A while back, I wrote this post about how to adapt books for students with special education. I've had some requests lately to share some symbols with you so you can create your own, and of course I will!! I have linked the book to Amazon (using affiliate links), sometimes you can find great deals online, especially used, but of course, it's better if you already have it or can find it at a thrift store of something!

Let’s face it, in our job as Special Educators we wear many hats. Some of those are more fun than others. I love spending time with my students and watching them learn and grow. As for paperwork and IEP meetings…not as much fun, but it’s part of our job and it guides those moments of ... Read More about Writing Stellar IEP Goals

**IF YOU ALREADY PURCHASED PLEASE RE-DOWNLOAD FOR GOOGLE SLIDES LINK**Adapted Book Resource! Perfect for Special Education classrooms, students with Autism, early learners, or any students practicing simple sight words, sentences and answering 'WH' questions. Students will identify and complete the ...