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This book focuses on the core vocabulary targets “Who is it?” and “Come in/ Go Away.”  Your student will have fun practicing core vocabulary while knocking on the door and saying "open it." Full of friends faces/ monsters and zombies, it will keep your students guessing and engaged the entire time, while giving them plenty of opportunities to increase their language. Why Core? We hope you enjoy this CORE vocabulary book! This book is based on a selection of core vocabulary, or the highest frequency words in speech and writing. Remarkably, these seemingly simple words make up roughly 80% of what we say! They can be used and combined for a full variety of communicative functions (such as initiation, termination, commenting, requesting, asking, interjecting and directing others). Teaching core vocabulary allows students the chance to do more than just get their needs and wants met, but to develop authentic language skills!Modeling and repetition are important parts of core vocabulary learning and instruction. You may notice that some products contain repetitive refrains or frequent repetitions of the same core words. This is done with the intent of getting the most repetition and practice possible while still having fun!

Get Your Students in the Halloween Spirit with This Fun and Engaging Writing Activity! Adjective Monsters is a great way to teach your students to use adjectives and increase their use of descriptive words in their speak and writing. With 18 different monsters to choose from, each student can pick their favorite and write a simple poem about it. This activity is perfect for special education students of all ages and can be modified to meet the needs of your students. For example, if you have students who are working on improving their understanding of adjectives, you can provide them with a list of adjectives to choose from when describing each monster. No matter how you decide to do it, this is a surefire way to get your students engaged and excited about writing! And what's more, it's a great way to get them into the Halloween spirit!   How to Use It To get started, simply print out/project the Adjective Monster descriptive page. Then, have your students describe the monster favorite monster, helpful categories are provided to help students come up with words to describe each monster. Once they're finished, they can use the adjective to write a simple poem about their favorite monster. If you want to make this activity even more fun, you can turn it into a contest! The student who writes the best poem or illustrates the best monster will win a prize! Whatever you decide to do, your students are sure to have a blast with this activity! So what are you waiting for? Get your students in the Halloween spirit with this fun and engaging writing activity!

Introducing the Halloween Costume Opinion Adapted Book! This fun and interactive book is perfect for helping your students express their opinions and tell you what they like and don't like. With easy-to-follow instructions and printable masks, your students will have a blast practicing identifying their likes and dislikes while working on beginning writing skills, sight words, and sentence structure. After they've decided if they like or don't like each mask, they can pick their favorite and wear it proudly! Includes: 19 page book 19 printable masks Sentence strip Picture pieces for adapted book

Halloween Spider Color Sorts are a fun and interactive way to practice sorting colors this Halloween. If your students need to master their colors look no further than the Halloween Adapted Book! The 10-colored spider webs are perfect for helping kids practice sorting by color, while also improving their fine motor skills. To use, simply print the spider web and the accompanying colored spiders. For an errorless activity use only one mat, or increase the difficulty by using multiple mats. Not only is this activity great for learning, but it’s also super fun – perfect for getting into the Halloween spirit! So what are you waiting for? Pick up your very own Halloween Spider Web sorting mats today and watch your child's confidence soar!

Teach your students about the season of giving. Make it a focus in your classroom this year by “lighting up” your classroom with your student's random acts of kindness, ways they’ve paid it forward, and their personal belief statements. When lights are hanging around your room that say- "Sonia helped Carlos turn in his homework." "Stanley helped tie Colby's shoes.""I believe everyone has good in them.""Maya invited Carlos to the movies, then Carlos invited Gracie and Colby to come too." You can't help but be inspired by all the generosity and giving that is going on around you. Includes:  3 Full Page Lights- "I believe" "Random acts of Kindness" and "Pay it Forward"Smaller Lights (4 to a page) in color and blackline master- each with "I Believe" "Random Acts of Kindness" and "Pay it Forward" Plain Lights in color and Blackline Master A note on getting your students in the mindset of giving is better than receiving.  PDF | 17 Pages | 2 MB    

Our November Simple Task Bins provide the essential tools to increase visual memory and visual discrimination. (foundation for reading) Printable  Prints on regular sized paper. 8.5x11 Saved in PDF Files  6 Quick and Easy Task Bins: Matching Same  Shadow Matching  Memory Game Shadow Matching Memory Game  Straight Line Puzzles  Continue the Pattern  Saved in a 36 page PDF Matching Cards: Students use identical objects in their day-to-day lives to match, with increasing difficulty. Shadow Matching Cards: Shadow matching increases the complexity of this task by showing a different version of an object's shadow. This is going to demand a more sophisticated ability to follow patterns and distinguish differences from two very similar images. Matching Identical Images Memory Game: No one ever said that completing these tasks was going to be easy! In order be successful at match up pairs correctly players will need concentration, memory skills and visual discrimination abilities.Shadow Matching Memory Game: A third step advanced level for students who have mastered matching identical images.

Looking for a fun and engaging way to practice counting money and making purchasing decisions? Look no further than the Dollar Up Halloween Adapted Book! This great book features 15 different Halloween items, each with three possible price options. Students must choose the price that is one dollar more than the item's actual cost. They then read the sentence at the bottom of the page, using the visual supports on the sentence strip. The opposite page has visually supported counting and envelope for students to count the necessary dollar amounts and "pay" for the item. This is a great way to get students ready for community based instruction and real-world money management!   Get ready for community based instruction with this dollar up/ purchasing practice adapted book. Visual supports aide students in correctly counting the right amount of money and pay for the item. 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 money awareness and dollar up while encouraging students to read/ write and speak in complete sentences. These books are especially great for students with minimal verbal skills. Includes: 15 page book 15 visually supported bill counting/ purchasing pages to correspond with each item. "dollar bills" writing worksheet- to copy down the sentences they created.

This Halloween Adapted Book is a great tool for helping your students practice answering questions about attributes like What, How Many, and What Color. Each page features a different colored set of candy corns, along with corresponding pictures and space for your students to use the adapted pieces write an I see sentence. For example, on the page featuring 9 orange candy corns, students will match the pictures of 9 candy corns to the number 9, then write an I see sentence that says "I see 9 orange candy corns." Not only will this help your students with their communication and writing skills, but it will also give them a chance to work on their fine motor skills as they use the adapted pieces. This Candy Corn themed Halloween Adapted Book is a great way for your students to practice answering questions about What, How Many, and What Color while also working on beginning writing skills and sentence structure. Order your copy today and make sure to add it to your Halloween-themed lesson plans! Includes: Numbers 1-9 Colors: red, green, yellow, blue, grey, purple, orange, pink and white

Looking for a fun and educational way to keep your little ones busy this Halloween? Look no further than our Halloween Task Bins! These bins include 6 individual task stations 20 Halloween identical matching cards 20 shadow matching cards 9 straight line puzzles matching game (traditional) and shadow matching game. The individual task bins are designed to increase your student's visual memory and visual discrimination. The easiest activity includes matching identical objects, but increases in complexity with shadow matching, straight line puzzles and continuing the pattern. These tasks are perfect for preparing once and placing into individual work stations. Visual memory and visual discrimination activities are incredibly important for learning essential skills like sight words, letter/number recognition, copying from the board, paying attention to detail…and so much more! So grab a set of our Halloween Task Bins today and let the learning (and fun!) begin! Individual activities are described below: Matching Cards: Students use the full-color images to match identical objects. Shadow Matching Cards: Shadow matching increases the complexity of this task. Your student will need to match the full-color image with shadow version. Matching Identical Images Memory Game Shadow Matching Memory Game Memory is a great way to work on improving your student's visual memory in a fun and interactive way. Straight Line Puzzles: 6 and 9 piece puzzles challenge your students to pay attention to detail and carefully line up the colors and lines in order to build the school supplies. Increase the challenge by mixing 2 or more puzzles together. Continue the Pattern: Blank Template. After your students complete the matching card- challenge them to recreate the card by continuing the pattern.

Get your holiday season started with this fun and engaging introductory STEM-based project all about designing the North Pole!  This unit is a blast, and is a great way to get into the holiday spirit while still building skills!  With a wide variety of materials, your students will design and create the north pole. Project Specifics  Your class will receive a letter from Santa requesting their help to save Christmas for all of the children worldwide!  There has been a terrible earthquake at the North Pole and everything has been destroyed. They must work fast to create a new design of the North Pole, and Santa's magic will make it happen!  Your students will be given the opportunity to read (or be read to) the requirement Santa, The Elves and Mr. and Mrs. Claus have for creating their new North Pole. Your students will then be challenged to build it! 34 Pages of Images to Support to Text and that can be used to create the project Note on implementing with special education students Project- North Pole Requirements from: Santa The Elves The Reindeer  Persuasive Letter Prompt  Oral Presentation  This project has A LOT to it! As a special educator, feel free to decide what is most important for your student to work on/ grow and focus your attention there!  PDF | 61 Pages | 8 MB