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LIFE SKILLS Sequencing Mats® for Special Education

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Sequencing Life Skills!!These Life Skills Sequencing Mats are a great way to teach life skills and how to sequence and complete a multi-step task and they target numerous skills. Plus, you'll love the organization...no more missing or little pieces

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.50

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Science Experiments for a Year - Differentiated w/ 3 levels of Recording Sheets

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Science Experiments for Kids for the Year!!! Looking for some fun summer activities for summer school or to end the summer boredom!! Or just some fun hands on science enrichment activities for your science block or for Science Fridays!? Let's face

Subjects:

Science, General Science, Physical Science

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, Centers

$39.50

420

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Life Skills - COOKING IN THE CLASSROOM RECIPES {An Educational Cooking Unit}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

COOK TO LEARN! Cooking in the classroom is so much fun and is such an easy way to sneak in so many learning opportunities!!Cooking is not only an essential life skill, it is a great opportunity to teach students essential literacy and mathematical

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Cooking

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

Types:

Activities, Centers

$14.75

403

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Task Mats for Life Skills, Following Multi-Step Directions, Counting, & More

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Transform learning into an adventure with these best-selling task mats! Perfect for young learners and special education students, these mats are designed to teach essential life skills, multi-step directions, and make math engaging and accessible.

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, For All Subjects

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$20.00

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Life Skills - Where Does It Go? {matching, & classifying} for Special Education

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Engage your students with these life skills sorting and matching mats for community settings and rooms in a house!These matching and classifying activities help students classify and sort items that belong in a specific household/outdoor settings.

Subjects:

Specialty, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$4.50

578

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Sequencing Mats® for Teaching Sequencing Skills

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

4-5 Step Sequencing!!These Sequencing Mats are a fun way to practice sequencing 4 and 5-step tasks and they target numerous skills. Plus, you'll love the organization...no more missing or little pieces to keep track of!There are a total of 12 mats;

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.50

1,876

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Hands On Grammar Tasks - 16 Task Boxes - Independent Centers

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Grammar Task Boxes!Looking to squeeze more grammar practice into your day? Look no further! These grammar puzzles are fun, engaging, and enticing. With this set, you’ll receive 16 independent grammar task box activities that targets 16 different

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Special Education

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Games, Centers

$14.75

219

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Life Skills - Touch Dot Coin Counting Task Cards

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

This is a set of 50 coin counting task cards with touch dots to help your students master coin counting. Students count by fives using each touch dot as they count. This method makes counting coins a breeze for children. Counting tasks range from 5

Subjects:

Math, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

2.MD.C.8

$3.50

240

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$Life Skills - Calculator Math Task Cards$

Life Skills - Calculator Math Task Cards

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

In today’s technological world, it is really essential that students know how to use a calculator, yet it is very surprising to find that very few students do know how to use one. This set includes 72 progressive task cards that will provide your

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

$6.00

188

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Doubles Facts - Doubles Fact Posters for Doubles 1 - 10

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Doubles Facts!This is a set of posters to help children learn their Doubles Facts! Building a strong foundation of doubles is essential to basic number sense and will help students with mental math strategies such as doubles plus one, doubles minus

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Numbers, Mental Math

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters, Centers

$3.00

213

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Writing Frames - Writing Support for Beginning and Struggling Writers

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Writing has never been easier with these premade writing frames. Students simply fill in the blanks on the writing frames and then copy their paragraph onto a sheet of paper for a perfectly laid out paragraph! These writing frames are perfect for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Special Education, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

$5.00

287

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Sequencing Mats® BUNDLE {for teaching sequencing skills}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Sequencing Mats Bundle for sequencing 4-5 step tasks!These Sequencing Mats are a fun way to practice sequencing 4 and 5-step tasks and they target numerous skills. Plus, you'll love the organization...no more missing or little pieces to keep track

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$16.50

$13.50

297

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Recycle Sort - Recycling Activity - Earth Day Activities

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Recycle Sort!Looking for some engaging ways to teach your students about what to recycle and what not to recycle?! This hands on activity provides multiple practice opportunities with 40 different picture cards to sort and is the perfect addition to

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Spring, Earth Day

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$3.00

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Life Skills - Where Does It Go? {Classifying With Real Photos} for Special Ed

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Engage your students with these life skills sorting and classifying mats for community settings and rooms in a house with real photos!These sorting and classifying activities help students classify and sort items that belong in real life

Subjects:

Specialty, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$4.50

198

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Life Skills - 9 Money Games {For teaching coin recognition and counting bills}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Nine money games to get your students identifying and counting coins and bills in no time! These games are always a crowd pleaser and target a variety of skills from recognizing the names and values of coins to counting, earning, and spending bills!

Subjects:

Math, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

2.MD.C.8

$6.00

102

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100 Printable "Take & Go" Hundreds Chart Activities

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Practice number sense skills and base ten knowledge with 100 days worth of hundreds chart printable activities. These activities are all simple and designed to be done independently. They can be used with a hundreds pocket chart, hundreds chart

Subjects:

Math, Numbers, Place Value

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

$7.00

130

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Silly Sentences Writing Bundle - Fun Monthly Themed Flip a Sentence

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

"Flip a Sentence" provides a fun way for beginning writers to build numerous sentences that are easy and silly. Sentences include 12 "who," 12 "what," and 12 "where" scenarios. Students flip through the different sentence strips to build different

Subjects:

Special Education, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Centers

$36.00

$27.00

Bundle

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Positional/Directional Word Posters {Teaching Prepositions}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Positional/Directional words are an important skill to master, but a skill that little time is spent teaching. These words can be especially challenging for special needs children to grasp. You can help your students master these prepositions

Subjects:

Reading, Special Education, Other (ELA)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Flash Cards, Posters, Centers

$4.50

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All About Ants {An Ant Life Cycle Unit}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Well we've done butterflies, we've done ladybugs, and this year we're doing ANTS! My students and I just LOVE Insect Lore's live insect kits and our ant hill has just arrived! This unit is packed with just about everything you'll need to teach your

Subjects:

Science, Physical Science, Spring

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Centers

$6.50

Digital Download ZIP (7.38 MB)

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StoryMats l Visuals for Retelling & Sequencing Picture Book Read Alouds

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Thanks for checking out “StoryMats!” Many of our students struggle with retelling stories and with reading comprehension. One of the main reasons why is because they need visuals! I discovered that when my students were provided with visuals, they

Subjects:

Reading, Special Education, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$19.50

Digital Download PDF (21.16 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching in a self-contained primary/intermediate special education classroom for 11 years. I teach in a very diverse classroom with a multitude of disabilities that range from autism, downs, emotional disturbance, OHI, ID, to SLD students. I also taught in a resource room for two years and prior to obtaining my teaching degree, I was an aide in a resource room for five years.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I'm all about a positive learning environment and positive reinforcement. I avoid negative consequences and recognize the best. I believe classroom management, organization, rapport, and honesty are key to running an effective classroom. I use ABA in my classroom and I like to think of my classroom as family and my students feel the same way.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Autism Teaching of Excellence Award 2014 Educator of the Year Award 2015

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

M.Ed in Special Education M.S. in Cognitive Behavioral Disorders (EBD)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I have two children and am married to the man of my dreams. We love anything outdoors. We enjoy nature, camping, state parks, and our beautiful Colorado River. I love the desert, but my roots and soul are from North Carolina.

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Astronomy, Environment, Other (Science), Social Studies, U.S. History, World Languages, Arts & Music, Physical Education, Computer Science, Special Education, Career and Technical Education, Health, Other (Specialty), Geography, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Business, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Speech Therapy, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Products For TpT Sellers, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, American Sign Language, Occupational Therapy, Handwriting, Coaching, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning