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Life Skills File Folders Prepare Your Students for the Daily Challenges of Life...  Life Skills Categories:  Community Signs Hygiene  Independent Living Skills Household Skills Seasons/Weather  Basic Kitchen Skills Grocery Store Aisles  Who is it for? 100+ Life Skills is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to learn essential life skills. This 523-page bundle comes with visual supports to help teach daily living skills. Making it easier for people with special needs to be more independent. With this set, you'll give your loved ones/ students the tools they need for a happier, more independent life.   You can order this set now and start using it today!   📸 This set includes real photographs and is appropriate for all ages.  What's Included Printable 7 PDFS (materials are sorted into categories)  Standard printer friendly prints 8.5x11 sheets Instant Access 523 Printable Pages  DOES NOT INCLUDE READY MADE FILE FOLDERS Digital  Ready to go- no need to print or prep Drag and drop features  118 Digital File Folders

Trash or Recycling? That is the question! Make sure your students are equipped with the knowledge they need to make responsible decisions when it comes to sorting their trash and recycling. This free file folder printable is the perfect resource for special education classrooms. It includes clear photographs and helps teach about what can be recycled, what goes in the trash, and how to properly sort items. Most importantly, it's a fun and interactive way for students to learn about these important life skills! If you like this activity, you can check out the full set here.

Practice identifying likes and dislikes while working on beginning writing skills and sentences structure.  The book has 14 pages, and the student will match the corresponding pictures to the sentence strip, creating opinion sentences with ease. (Ex: I don't like to eat broccoli.)  File Folder Companion- has the same 14 food choices + 6 other food options, your students will match the foods to the page (like or don't like)  Included 10 MB PDF  |  20 pages 14-page book + Digital Drag and Drop Version Picture and word pieces for writing sentences Writing worksheet to copy down the sentences they've created File Folder Companion Set  Instructions of set up and all picture pieces are included!  After students finish writing the book I like to have them practice copying down the sentences they have made.  This is a great way to have students work on forming their own opinions, especially for students with minimal verbal skills, as well as getting students to use proper sentence structure. 

PDF | 3.4 MB | 49 Pages | 9 Hands On File Folders  Grocery Shopping is an important life skill that needs to be systematically taught to many special education students. This set of file folder activities will provide your students with much-needed hands-on practice sorting food into the different sections of the grocery store. Once your students master these file folder activities, they'll be well on their way to being able to follow a grocery store list and determining where the items are located in the store. This file folder set is a great way to get your students engaged in important life skills training with little prep work for you. Grocery Store Sorts - students sort the food into appropriate categories.  File Folder Sets Included: Fruits or Vegetables Meat or Dairy Produce or Meat Frozen or Bakery Bakery or Dairy Bakery or Deli Deli or Cleaning BONUS 2 Healthy/ Unhealthy Foods Sort 

Simple Way to Teach Science Skills...  Engage your students with these interactive file folders.  Both digital and printable file folder sorts are included with this set.  This set will continue to grow and you'll receive email updates anytime new materials become available.  Topics Covered:  States of Matter: Solid, Liquid, Gas Animal Classification Simple Science Sorts: Day vs. Night, Hot vs. Cold, Time etc.  Space/ Planets  5 Senses  Weather  Natural Disasters  Descriptive Word Sorting  Life Cycles  Plant Parts Currently includes 216 digital sorts...  This set will continue to grow, and we're taking requests! If you have a specific topic you'd like covered please reach out to krystie@adapted4specialed.com with the subject line "Request" and we'll do our best to add it in! 

What do you like about Thanksgiving? I love spending time with my family and apple pie, but pumpkin pie makes me gag!  This book is designed to help little ones or kids with limited verbal skills to share what they love about Thanksgiving while giving them a way to say what they don't like as well.  8.6 MB PDF  |  25 pages 19-page book + Worksheets to send home Picture/ word pieces with a sentence strip makes this book interactive.  Set up instructions, picture pieces and sentence strip are included!   

Reading and understand utility bills is a skill your students will need to have an independent life. This resource was designed to introduce and help students practice the important life skill of reading utility bills. With this download, students will be exposed to a variety of common utility bills and be asked to answer a variety of questions relating to accounts, costs, dates, previous balances, etc. This resource comes with 24 Level 1 Cut & Paste Worksheets (3 questions per page) and 12 Level 2 Write-in Worksheets (11 questions per page). The worksheets cover electricity and gas bills and can be printed in both black and white and color. These worksheets are a fun, engaging, and visual way to practice reading different variations of commonly seen utility bills or invoices. Why Teach Students How to Read Utility Bills? Reading utility bills is an important life skill because almost every household receives at least one type of utility bill each month. Understanding how to read a utility bill can help students budget their money, avoid late payment fees, and understand their consumption patterns. Teaching your students how to read utility bills is an important step in preparing them for success in adulthood. How to Use This Resource in Your Classroom This resource was designed to be used in a special education or autism classroom, but can also be used with English language learners or any other student who could benefit from extra practice reading environmental print. To use this resource, simply print out the desired number of worksheets and have students complete them individually or in small groups. These worksheets are a great way to introduce environmental print reading comprehension to your students or as a review for students who have already been introduced to this skill. These worksheets can also be used as part of a larger lesson on budgeting or household expenses. Teaching your students how to read environmental print is an important step in preparing them for success in adulthood. This resource was designed to help you introduce this skill in a fun and engaging way. If you have any questions about how to use this resource in your classroom, please don't hesitate to contact us at krystie@adapted4specialed.com. We're always happy to help!

10 Color Hunt Worksheets These Color Hunt Worksheets are perfect for students who want to improve their identification skills. Students will have to mark all of the objects on the sheet that are the color in order to complete the worksheet. With 10 different sheets, students will have plenty of practice. 20 Read and Color Worksheets  Develop your child's reading comprehension and fine motor skills with these fun and educational color word worksheets! Featuring 20 engaging pictures, this set provides plenty of practice for youngsters as they learn to read and identify different colors. Plus, the engaging designs will keep them entertained while they improve their skills! 10 Colors in the Real World Books:  All pictures are real photographs in order to encourage generalization.  Colors sorts are a great way to teach colors, and these books give learners real images to help them describe everyday items.  44 Colors File Folder Sorts: (Printable and Digital Interactive)  PRINTABLE: PDF | ZIP FILE | 10 BOOKS: 20 PAGES EACH BOOK | 44 PRINTALBE FILE FOLDERS DIGITAL INTERACTIVE:  SAVED ON GOOGLE SLIDES |  44 DIGITAL FILE FOLDERS  Australian Spelling Version  10 Colour Hunt Worksheets 20 Read and Colour Worksheets  44 Colors File Folder Sorts: (Printable and Digital Interactive)  10 Colours in the Real World Books:  All pictures are real photographs in order to encourage generalization.  Colors sorts are a great way to teach colors, and these books give learners real images to help them describe everyday items. 

Simple Way to Teach Science Skills...  States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gasses.  Both digital and printable file folder sorts are included with this set.  File Folders Set: 6 Printable + 6 Digital Drag and Drop Included  Solid vs. Non-Solid Liquid vs. Non-Liquid  Gas vs. Non-Gas Solid vs. Liquid Liquid vs. Gas Gas vs. Solid  Digital Setup  Digital Versions are saved on Google Slides™  

Practice identifying likes and dislikes while working on beginning writing skills and sentences structure.  The bundle includes 5 books with 19 opinion pages each.  The student will match the corresponding pictures to the sentence strip, creating opinion sentences with ease. (Ex: I don't like to eat broccoli.)  Included 10 MB PDF  |  110 pages I like... I Don't Like to Eat...  5 Book Bundle  Breakfast Foods Fruits and Vegetables Snack Foods Dinner Foods Desserts  Each Book Includes 22-pages + No PREP Digital Version Writing worksheet to copy down the sentences they've created Instructions of set up and all picture pieces are included!  After students finish writing the book I like to have them practice copying down the sentences they have made.  This is a great way to have students work on forming their own opinions, especially for students with minimal verbal skills, as well as getting students to use proper sentence structure. 

Many students with intellectual disabilities struggle to understand the basics of financial literacy, and yet it is an essential skill they need in order to live independently. This includes being able to read and comprehend receipts in order to understand where their money is going. This resource was designed to introduce and help students practice the important life skill of reading and understand receipts they get when out and about. With this download, students will be exposed to a set of receipts and be asked to answer a variety of questions relating to cost, date, time of transaction, tax rate, etc. This resource comes with 156 page: and includes 4 differentiated levels and sorting tasks.   Why Teach Students How to Read Utility Bills? Teaching students with intellectual disabilities how to read and comprehend receipts equips them with a practical knowledge that can be applied on a daily basis. Not only does it help them become financially literate but also provides invaluable life skills for independent living. It helps give them confidence in their ability to make decisions independently, instead of relying on others for assistance. Moreover, by learning how to navigate finances on their own terms, it empowers those with intellectual disabilities to take control over their own lives and make smart choices that suit them best. How to Use This Resource in Your Classroom This resource was designed to be used in a special education or autism classroom, but can also be used with English language learners or any other student who could benefit from extra practice reading environmental print. To use this resource, simply print out the desired number of worksheets and have students complete them individually or in small groups. These worksheets are a great way to introduce environmental print reading comprehension to your students or as a review for students who have already been introduced to this skill. These worksheets can also be used as part of a larger lesson on budgeting or household expenses. Teaching your students how to read environmental print is an important step in preparing them for success in adulthood. This resource was designed to help you introduce this skill in a fun and engaging way. If you have any questions about how to use this resource in your classroom, please don't hesitate to contact us at krystie@adapted4specialed.com. We're always happy to help!

Quick and Interactive Way to Teach Sorting...  17 Holiday Printable File Folder Sorts +30 Digital Sorting Activities  With each task successfully completed, students’ self-esteem rises as they experience the feeling of a job well done and revel in their increasing competence and independence. Holiday Sorts:  Tree Gingerbread Man  Snowman  Gifts Tree  Wreath  Stockings Ornaments Nutcracks Lights  Pie Menorah  Dreidel  Dragon  Candy Canes Cookies Santa Reindeer  Digital Setup  Digital Versions are saved on Google Slides™  

Set includes 6 Interactive File Folders–3 File Folders have students set the oven to multiples of 5. (only includes temperatures listed on the dial) 3 File Folders have students set the oven to a specific heat. (includes temperatures in between the ones listed on the dial i.e 325 degrees) + BONUS 6 File Folders using a different dial.* 12 total File Folders Included