Critical thinking creative writing thematic unit plans for early intervention

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Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle

Ice Cream Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer

Created by

Creative Writing, End of Year, Phonics

Enjoy the last week of school with this fun end of the year themed day. Have a yummy day with your students celebrating and learning all about ice cream! It is the perfect way to end your year, engage your students, and still learn. There are activities to review math, word work, writing, crafts, and so much more. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Math Activities:Class SurveyIce Cream Sundae Form120 Grid puzzles colorful 5 versionsBuild an Ice Cream Sunda

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Reading

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Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle

Camping Themed End of the Year Activities for 3rd & 4th grade - All Subjects

Created by

The Friendly Teacher

Do you want an engaging end of the year unit? Relate camping to science, social studies, math, and reading in 3rd or 4th grade!! All activities are rigorous, engaging, and upper elementary focused!You can transform your classroom into a campground or just work through a theme, either way these high level activities will keep your students engaged!How will this help the teacher and student?Engagement- Students will be engaged the ENTIRE time you are learning about camping and working with the the

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Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

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Also included in: End of the Year BUNDLE Activities, Awards, Writing, Camping, and more

Themed Adapted Board Books For Special Education

Created by

Early Intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Create more engagement with books for your young 3-5 year old preschool students! Many children with language delays, or attention issues have difficulty listening to stories. By adding visual supports to adapt your books, you can increase engagement! ⭐️ Adapted books are so valuable! For our littlest learners or students who have difficulty maintaining attention when the teacher is reading, adapted books can help. By giving busy little hands something to hold on to (the picture), and a predicta

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Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Popcorn Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading

Enjoy the last week of school with this fun end of the year themed day. Enjoy eating popcorn, complete loads of activities and watching a movie with your students. Children will learn all about popcorn and complete popcorn related activities. There are math, writing, literature, experiments and more! Your students will be engaged and learning on one of the last days of school. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Read all Popcorn Day here.Popcorn Fun Packet

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

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Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle

Autism & Play: Themed Visual Supports For Special Education

Created by

Early Intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Parents and educators often create goals for autism and play. Autistic children's play skills develop differently than neurotypical play skills. This is not bad or wrong, it's just different. This resource will help you support your students or child in expanding their play skills, as well as addressing other goal areas during themed play activities.This resource is full of visual supports that will allow you to target specific language, social, and pre-academic skills with your child or student

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Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Visual Art Projects (Level 1) - For Preschool Autism & Special Education

Created by

Early Intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Do you have students who have difficulty paying attention to art projects? Do the adults end up doing most of the project? Nobody wants that!Do your students avoid touching anything messy (don't want to touch things like paint)? Mine too! That's why these projects don't require touching any "yucky" sensory materials. The projects do not require cutting, assembling, or multiple steps.This visual art resource will make your art projects super predictable, short and sweet, while reducing the need t

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Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Christmas Book Companion Activities BUNDLE Reading Comprehension Writing Crafts

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Creative Writing

This fun bundle is a combination of four different individual stories. The stories included are, If you Take a Mouse to the Movies by Numeroff, Mooseltoe by Palatini, Bear Stays up for Christmas by Wilson, and Olive the Other Reindeer. Each unit is packed with several choices of reading comprehension strategies, writing ideas, some math games, and crafts. These are the perfect stories to use during the holiday season. Now included colorful anchor charts for each story. If you Take a Mouse to t

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

Business, Critical Thinking, Economics

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Shark Tank Elementary Economics Project for Inventors and Entrepreneurs

Created by

Designed to Educate

Loosely based on the show, Shark Tank.... this is a great unit to use for late elementary and middle school students to learn economic terms while working through the planning process of designing a good or service as an entrepreneur. Includes planners for all steps of the process and links to Shark Tank snippets on YouTube as examples too! Thank you and enjoy! ⭐ CHECK OUT THE FULL PREVIEW ABOVE! ⭐ * Each section of the project below includes teacher directions * Links to Shark T

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 7th

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Also included in: Shark Tank Elementary Entrepreneur Project and Elementary Economics Unit BUNDLE

Circus Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, End of Year

Enjoy the last week of school with this fun end of the year themed day. Have a silly day with your students celebrating and learning all about the circus! This unit is filled with math games and activities, writing, word work, reading connections, snack ideas, a silly clown craft, and so much more. It is the perfect way to end your year, engage your students and still learn. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Read about Circus Day here!Circus Themed Goodi

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Games

Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle

Interactive Vocabulary Books: All About Me Books Print & Boom Decks

Created by

Jenna Rayburn Kirk

These Interactive Preschool Vocabulary books are designed for teaching vocabulary concepts related to All About Me concepts. Available in both Print and Boom Deck versions! The interactive books are designed to allow students to match pictures to each page of the book using velcro. These books are really great for minimally verbal students. They can show their knowledge without needing to verbally produce answers, just match. For kids just learning to express themselves in single words or simple

Subjects:

Back to School, Early Intervention, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Also included in: Interactive Vocabulary Books: Bundle 1 with fall and winter themes for language

Build a Zoo Creative Pack

Created by

Briana Beverly

Have your kids loved building their zoo?! Extend the project with this creative pack! This is a great way to get them creatively thinking and writing about their zoo.Activities included:My Zoo: Name the zoo and create a slogan and logoAnimal Habitats: Create habitats for different animals using background scenes and clipart for students to color and designAnimal Research: Students conduct simple research on 4 animals and list 3 facts about each oneZoo Snack Shack: Students design a specialty con

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

Also included in: PBL Bundle - Project Based Learning Math Projects

ZOO ANIMALS Math Literacy Centers and Activities Theme Unit Preschool 132 pages

Created by

KidSparkz

ZOO ANIMALS Theme Unit Pack for Preschool - This is a comprehensive set of activities with a ZOO ANIMALS theme - make hands-on, interactive centers and learning games for your preschool and pre-K classroom. 132 pagesClick on the PREVIEW link to see most pages, and to decide if this is the educational level you are looking for. Contents:Large zoo animal cut outs for small group recognition, description, bulletin board, flannel board, stick puppets etc. (16 zoo animals)Word/picture strips plus hea

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, General Science

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Back to School, Early Intervention, Speech Therapy

CCSS:

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Also included in: HUGE BUNDLE 23 Big Theme Packs for Year Preschool PreK All Subjects

Interactive Vocabulary Books: Back to School Themed Print & Boom Decks

Created by

Jenna Rayburn Kirk

These Interactive Preschool Vocabulary books are designed for teacher 'school' vocabulary concepts. The interactive books are designed to allow students to match pictures to each page of the book using velcro. These books are really great for minimally verbal students. They can show their knowledge without needing to verbally produce answers, just match. For kids just learning to express themselves in single words or simple phrases, pictures support that level of speech. If students are communi

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Also included in: Interactive Vocabulary Books: Bundle 1 with fall and winter themes for language

Cariboo Cards: Year Round Theme and Seasonal Vocabulary Cards

Created by

Kari Radovich

Cariboo cards for all your themed speech and language therapy throughout the year!This product includes over 450 theme and seasonal vocabulary cards that fit in the slots for the game Cariboo, but can be used in other ways even without the game (i.e. sensory bins or printed in black and white on colored paper for craft activities!). ⭐Please note: this is now included in a larger, money-saving Cariboo Bundle Set that you can find here: Cariboo Bundle: Vocabulary, Verbs, Functions, Apraxia, and

Subjects:

Early Intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Games

Also included in: Cariboo Cards Bundle: Vocabulary, Functions, Phonology, Apraxia

Grade 5 Social Studies Ontario - Indigenous Peoples & The Impact of Europeans

Created by

Madly Learning

Grade 5 Ontario Social Studies Teachers do you need to teach all about the history of Indigenous Peoples and the impact of Early European Explorers in what would eventually be known as Canada. Then check out this comprehensive Social Studies Unit for Strand A of the Ontario Social Studies 2020 curriculum.This inquiry-based unit will allow your students to have more flexibility and choice in their learning to cover learning expectations and spark an interest in this topic.This unit is designed t

Subjects:

Canadian History, Critical Thinking, Native Americans

Grades:

5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Also included in: Indigenous Peoples and Europeans & Early Societies | ONTARIO GRADE 4/5 UNIT

Solve a Mystery | Crime Scene Investigation Activity Bundle | CSI Forensics

Created by

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

Students love CSI Activities and Hands-on Investigations. These popular C.S.I. activities are a great way to teach inference, logic, analysis, and critical thinking.Looking to go DIGITAL in the CLASSROOM or Distance Learning Mode?Check out the C.S.I BUNDLE below which includes this Printable Resource as well as a Digital Format Link for each activity... C.S.I. for Kids Bundle - digital and printableGo 100% paperless with these C.S.I. ActivitiesC.S.I. Activities for Google ClassroomBy purchasing

Subjects:

Criminal Justice - Law, Critical Thinking, Forensics

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Printables

CCSS:

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Early Language Activities- Thematic Units for Preschool and Early Intervention

Created by

The SLT Scrapbook

These Early Language Units are perfect for your Early Intervention and Preschool therapy sessions. There are 6 themed Units included, covering common early vocabulary. Each Unit comes with a huge range of activity ideas/plans, visuals, digital activities, and more.This Bundle of Early Language Units for Early intervention has been designed in line with research and best practice to help you confidently and easily support late-talking toddlers and pre-schoolers with language delays to develop the

Subjects:

Early Intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

Kevin Henkes Author Study Back to School Reading Comprehension Activities

Created by

Creative Writing, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

This author study was created using Chester's Way, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Lilly's Big Day, A Weekend with Wendell, Wemberly Worried, Sheila Rae the Brave, Julius Baby of the World, and Chrysanthemum. Students will work on the following skills: analyze/evaluate, beginning, middle, and end, text to self, text purposes, character comparison, character change, story sequencing, story mapping, main idea and details. opinion, and narrative writing, and much morel Loads of goodies from each bo

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Guided Reading Books

CCSS:

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Autism Speech Therapy - WH Questions Bundle

Created by

Early Intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy

It can be so difficult to find WH question activities for non-speaking preschoolers with autism or other communication delays. Many times, students have the receptive ability but are not able to express the answer to the WH question. The key is to make it visual!This bundled resource has a mix of simple Wh Questions geared toward the youngest learners! Created for children just beginning to understand "WH" questions who require visual cues to help with understanding. These activity cards are at

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Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Bats Nonfiction Book Study Informational Text Reading Comprehension Fact Opinion

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Tools for Common Core

One of my favorite fall units to teach is this unit on bats. We transform our reading area into a batty cave, dress in black on the last day, and learn so many amazing things. During this week the focus reading strategy is fact vs. opinion although there is SO MUCH more included. Each day a different story will focus on fact vs. opinion, and loads of review comprehension strategies we have already learned. Each week will include daily lesson plans, posters, parent connect letter,original strateg

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Guided Reading with a Purpose BUNDLE

Jack and the Beanstalk Activities - Comprehension - Fairy Tales - Writing Craft

Created by

Laura Martin

Jack and the Beanstalk Literacy and Comprehension is a 65-page mini-unit loaded with engaging Literacy activities to beef up and supplement the classic Fairy Tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. Your students will love these ready-to-go activities and creative writing templates complete with a super cute and EASY craft to display the final products! DIGITAL OVERLAY added on activity pages for use with GOOGLE CLASSROOM!WHAT'S INCLUDED:Vocabulary/Character cardsStory SequencingCharacter Speech Bubble Mat

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

Early Intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy

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Expanding Utterances - Sentence Formulation - Early Phrases for Speech Therapy

Created by

The SLT Scrapbook

Support young children to expand their utterances and use early subject + verb, verb + object, and subject + verb + object phrases with these engaging animal-themed Speech Therapy materials.⭐This resource is perfect for:Using in Early Intervention and preschool therapy sessions.Supporting young children to expand their utterances and use early subject + verb, verb + object, and subject + verb + object phrases.Using all year round or alongside any animal-themed activities, such as farm, zoo, pets

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK

Types:

Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Other (World Language)

Aloha Welcome To Hawaii

Created by

Surfin' Through Second

This is a unit I created to teach students a little bit about Hawaii. Included in this pack are printables, writing templates, a matching game and a few crafts. Topics Include: -The 8 Islands -The State Flag -Common Hawaiian Words -Volcanoes -Humpback Whales -State Fish -Pele The Fire Goddess -Surf **Updated 3-10-15 I have added a Powerpoint with photographs and facts about Hawaii. Just open the powerpoint and play the slideshow for your class. This is the perfect activity to get ready for s

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types: