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High school social studies centers for special education
Cooking Life Skills Worksheets Special Education Activities Reading a Recipe
You will download a life skills worksheets packet for your special education students to practice reading a recipe and cooking. These life skills special education activities work well in your functional math and reading curriculum.Your students will be reading a recipe to make healthy cereal bars. It is a real recipe, so you may also use it with your cooking measurement activities. There are 20 reading comprehension questions about the recipe. Finally, using measuring cups and manipulatives (o
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6th - 12th
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Functional Math Worksheet Life Skills Money Math Telling Time Clock
Practice money math, telling time on an analog clock, and counting in increments all on 1 worksheet! These functional life skills are important to learn and review at any age. With 36 pages, this resource will last you 1 full school year if used once a week! Design and graphics are appropriate for all ages. This resource is ideal for gathering IEP goal data around functional math skills!Want the Canadian version? Click HERE! Want the Australian version? Click HERE!Read about why I created t
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3rd - 12th
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Life Skills Math Distance Learning Daily Special Education IEP Goals
Finally....IEP goals simplified! I've made this packet to streamline the IEP writing process, giving you more time to teach the skill. This 91 page unit focuses on 11 pre-written IEP goals that you can copy and paste into an IEP. This packet uses one warm-up question each day to teach basic life-skills math concepts. Each day of the week in a two-week cycle has a dedicated skill that is taught, so you can assess all the students in your class, even if they are working on different IEP goals. See
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1st - 12th
LIFE SKILLS Sequencing Mats® for Special Education
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 to keep track of!There are a total of 12 mats for 4 and 5 step sequencing. There are four 4-step sequencing mats and eight 5-step sequencing mats. Each mat includes step-by-step sentences that use transitional words to help students sequence the even
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Build Your Bundle {Brandy}
Life Skills Centers | Life Skills Curriculum and Activities | Special Education
This bestselling full year Long Life Skills Bundle is the perfect way to implement a life skills curriculum center to your special education classroom! This comprehensive resource gives lots of time to practice and generalize skills, this bundle focuses on one skill per month for 12 months. Click HERE to save 20% by purchasing this resource as part of the FULL Life Skills Curriculum Bundle (includes 9 Life Skills Resources)WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN SET 1?- Matching Socks- Setting the Table- Wa
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Life Skills Bundle | Special Education
Differentiated Writing Curriculum- Level's 1-7 (Discounted Bundle)
What's Included? Check out the video preview by clicking HEREThis Writing Through The Year Daily Journal Bundle is designed for beginning writers. There are seven levels of Journal pages included. 180 student Daily Journals come in 7 designs. The seven designs included are cut and paste, tracing, boxes, copying, fill in the blanks, build a sentence and independent. Students can progress to the next level Journal Design at their own pace. Every day teachers are provided a sample to post and use
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Task Box System Labels | Special Education
TASK BOX SYSTEM LABELS FOR INDEPENDENT WORK SYSTEM This task box system is simple and perfect for special education classrooms. Includes 168 card options! The system keeps all of your task boxes organized and ready to use. It also promotes independence for students to follow a visual schedule and retrieve their own boxes. It helps students learn matching skills such as shapes, numbers, colors, and letters. WHAT'S INCLUDED? 18 shape labels24 number labels (teal)24 number labels (coral)24 number l
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PreK - 12th
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Yes or No: Answering questions Autism | Speech & Language
This set will help you systematically teach, assess and target generalizing the ability to correctly answer yes or no questions with students. Students will learn to answer yes or no questions and will have a variety of ways to demonstrate and practice their skills. This life skills and communication-based set is already differentiated for you. The tasks and visuals in this set are varied to help your students practice in different ways and learn to generalize their skills.WHO IS IT FOR?Students
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K - 9th
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Executive Functioning Skills Printables for Students (Life Skills/Autism/SPED)
Students need executive functioning skills but resources are scarce. Students with special needs need these skills as well. Here is a solution. See the preview for examples. Over 100 positive reviews!!! These are Executive Functioning Skills Printables for Students with Autism, Similar Special Needs, ADHD, LD and Executive Functioning Needs. Thank you in advance for your feedback.These executive functioning skills printables will work well for any students learning life skills whose special nee
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Resource BUNDLE for Teens with Autism and Related Special Needs Packet
Scientific Revolution Stations Activity & Mini Labs: Digital Resources & Print
This completely Google-ready or paper classroom content-rich activity is student-centered and interactive! This masterminds of the Scientific Revolution reading and mini-lab stations activity has 9 stations with close readings, analyzing key scientists and innovations. The key scientists covered:Renee Descartes Isaac Newton Galileo Kepler Francis Bacon Tycho BraheCopernicusStudents also prove Isaac Newton's law of gravity with a simple classroom supply-based experiment and use the scientific met
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5th - 10th
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Holidays Around the World Agamographs | Unforgettable Christmas Craft Activity!
Christmas Around the World Agamographs. What's an Agamograph?! It's a picture that morphs into another image when you look at it from a different angle. Agamographs are super fun and contemporary activities to easily integrate art into your classroom. There is a huge "wow factor" in this art activity—the students love the surprise. And best of all, they did it themselves!!It's hard to say but easy to do! I strongly recommend this for grades 3 and above.Use this activity for your anticipatory set
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3rd - 9th
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Touch + Count Math: Single Digit Addition + Subtraction PRINTABLE + DIGITAL
These are two full curricular resources that are packed with everything you need to get your students adding and subtracting numbers from 0-9! Some of our learners require an extra step when adding and subtracting. These resources give your learners extra support by adding dots to numbers and then quickly fading them to reduce dependence. The scope and sequence of these resources are structured to build on each previously mastered skill, ensure discrimination, and gradually increase in complexit
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2nd - 12th
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Simple Math Adapted Books for Special Education | Print + Digital
These best selling math skills adapted books are designed to directly teach basic math skills in the special education (self-contained) setting. Books can be used to introduce topics and independently practice skills. 7 adapted books are included in this set. The best part? You can laminate to reuse year after year, saving you time and money.WHAT'S INCLUDED?PRINT + DIGITAL VERSIONS:- 1:1 Correspondence to 20- Basic Coin Matching and Identification- More or Less- Big or Little- Patterns: AB patte
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Simple Math Curriculum Bundle for Special Ed (Set 1)
Recipe Reading Comprehension Worksheets Set 1 Life Skills and Functional Reading
Here is a set of worksheets to practice reading comprehension of recipes. Practice life skills in your special education classroom while working on reading comprehension. Included in this product are 10 recipes plus 2 worksheets for each recipe. Both recipes and worksheets include 2 levels: written and with pictures. The texts are the same for each level, but one level includes pictures in order to aide with comprehension. It's a great way to use environmental print to practice reading com
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3rd - 12th
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Task Mats for Life Skills, Following Multi-Step Directions, Counting, & More
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. These hands-on TASK MATS cover so many skills All-in-One and are super engaging and enticing!! Your students will have fun building a burger, a pizza, an ice cream cone, or even a grocery order. They can even decorate a Christmas tree or build a snowm
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Build Your Bundle {Wendy}
JFK Assassination CSI Inquiry Activity | Was the JFK Assassination a Cover-Up?
In this highly-engaging JFK assassination CSI investigation, students investigate the assassination of President John F Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald. Even more, students become experts on JFK's assassination as they investigate a variety of pieces of evidence against Oswald, then learn about possible motives by the Soviets, the Cubans, Fidel Castro, and the CIA to get involved.The JFK Assassination CSI Investigation is included as part of the CSI American History Bundle and the Cold War Resourc
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: CSI US American History Inquiry Bundle | 10 Amazing Inquiry Activities
Renaissance Tour of Italy Stations Centers Activity- Print & Digital Resources
This content-rich activity is student-centered and interactive! The activity has 10 stations with a Renaissance vocabulary activity and close readings detailing the roles of key cities, leaders, artists, and contributions to the Renaissance economy, including the Medici family, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Milan, Florence, Venice, Brunelleschi's Dome, Marco Polo, Genoa, and Rome. Students pin their location on a paper iPhone for a current geography activity!The readings include pictures, cha
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6th - 9th
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12 SHORT MYSTERY STORIES & READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES: Follow Clues - Fun
Watch reading comprehension skills soar with these captivating short mystery stories and activities! Follow the clues around New York City with Detective Hanlon as he uncovers the truth in each short, high-interest mystery - guaranteed to capture the attention of even the most reluctant readers! Students will LOVE following clues, discovering evidence, making inferences and solving these intriguing mysteries!Meet the DetectiveTravel throughout New York City as you visit famous places and solve
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4th - 9th
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Menu Reading Comprehension Worksheets Life Skills and Functional Literacy
Here is a pack that fuses life skills and functional literacy together. Included are 4 different mock menus plus 5 reading comprehension worksheets for each. Learning to read everyday items like menus helps student build an understanding of how to use this types of print. These work great for a independent work task, homework, and more. This product provides an engaging way to teach life skills and functional literacy. Learn how to read menus in no time!What's Included:-4 mock menus-20 write
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9th - 12th
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Calculating Income to Pay Bills Budget Activity. Math Worksheet & Boom Cards
Do your students need help understanding how their hourly wage job will (or will not) be able to cover their monthly expenses? Stretch the budgeting skill beyond restaurant orders and shopping costs to real-life situations, monthly bills!Have students calculate their monthly income and decide if it’s enough to cover their bills with this worksheet practice activity (and Boom Cards). Also check out this resource- Calculate how many hours to work to afford something!About the resource:Students wi
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3rd - 12th
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Life Skills - COOKING IN THE CLASSROOM RECIPES {An Educational Cooking Unit}
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 skills. Through cooking and working with recipes, students are exposed to reading, sequencing, following directions, measurement; and other mathematical operations, and they have fun while doing it! Cooking also serves as a fabulous way to get students
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Build Your Bundle {Misty}
Menu Math Binder
This includes:
Burger king Menu + 3 worksheets
ChickFilA menu + 3 worksheets
McD's menu + 2 worksheets
Taco Bell + 4 worksheets
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education
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Protestant Reformation Stations - Centers Activity Set Digital Resources & Print
This content-rich activity is student-centered and interactive! The activity has 10 stations with close readings detailing the roles of key leaders and reformers during the Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation including Martin Luther, John Calvin, William Tyndale, Erasmus, King Henry the VII, Jesuits, Missionaries, and Catholic Church clergy. Students make connections to today's current geography map activity!This product also comes in a Google Ready fillable Online Investigation versi
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4th - 10th
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Enlightenment Reading Stations Centers Activity Set (Digital Resources & Print)
This content-rich and fun activity is student-centered and interactive! This key enlightenment figure stations activity has 9 stations with close readings analyzing key aspects of the Enlightenment Era. The stations also have a Google Ready Online Interactive version for distance learning. Students fill in text boxes already created! Each reading is divided into the Enlightenment thinker's ideas and their influence on the US Constitution.The key concepts and people covered are: John LockeCesar B
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6th - 10th
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Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
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- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
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