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2nd grade social studies literature circles for special education
Sneezy the Snowman Book Companion: Winter Book Companion
This book buddy provides a variety of activities, targeting multiple skills to accompany, Sneezy the Snowman. Skills Addressed:Comprehension Questions Cause and EffectDescribing SortingMaking Inferences- anchor chart and independent activity pageSequencingStory RetellFollowing Directions- interactive cookbook Just for fun: "Melted Sneezy" water bottle labels Download the preview to view all of the activities included! Customer Tips:How can I earn TPT credits to use on future purchases?• Please g
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PreK - 3rd
Sheep in a Jeep: Speech & Language Book Companion for Preschool/K
Sheep in the Jeep, by Nancy E. Shaw, is a favorite in my literature based speech and language circle time. The kids listen for the great rhyming words and yell out the words they hear. {SHEEP, JEEP, STEAP, WEEP!)
This literature unit is meant to accompany the use of the book during speech and language instruction for preschool and early elementary aged students.
The document is 25 pages in length and can be found in my TPT Store.
• Pages 3-7: Story Sequencing: Sequence the parts of the sto
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PreK - 2nd
Special Education Reading Curriculum Bundle Reading Comprehension Skills
Reading Comprehension skills are important skills that all students need to learn in order to deepen their understanding of what they are reading. This year long curriculum is differentiated to meet the many learners in your special education class. This resource includes 4 weeks of Reading Skills and Comprehension Practice! Included in this productThree levels of weekly lessons plans Weekly Vocabulary Weekly Vocabulary Writing Practice Weekly Comprehension Skills Anchor Chart Learn the Skil
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2nd - 5th
Native American Readers' Myths and Legends Theater Scripts
Do you need an engaging way to study folktales, legends or Native Americans? Need a way to integrate literacy and social studies? Looking for more interesting texts for guided reading? These readers' theaters will help you with all the above. I have used these readers' theater scripts for the many years in my classroom as part of our Native American unit and guided reading groups. I have performed these scripts in the classroom for other classes and as plays at parent events. Why you will love t
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2nd - 5th
Fry Bread A Native American Family Story Activity Native American Heritage Month
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of family and cultural traditions.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! This resource is included in the November Interactive Read Aloud Bundle!
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K - 2nd
Social Story Making Green & Red Choices (Editable) Book Special Education PCS
Our Making Green and Red Choices social story is designed to help children learn about making positive choices in a simple, engaging, and visual way that makes the information easier to understand.With this social story, children will learn how to identify positive and negative choices through the use of the colors green and red. Green choices are positive and helpful, while red choices are negative and potentially harmful. This distinction is easy for children to understand and remember, making
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
We're Going on a Bear Hunt: Literacy, Language and Listening Book Companion
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen is a wonderful book that tells the story of a family who goes on a bear hunt. They travel through all different landforms and weather, only to have the bear scare them back home! This literature unit is filled with seven different follow-up activities and games to target listening, language and literacy! Following reading, engage your students in activities targeting:
1. Sequencing with Pictures (which is also a great retelling tool!)
2. Comprehensi
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PreK - 2nd
Comprehension & Writing BUNDLE to supplement LLI: GREEN (Lessons 11-130)
Reach your struggling readers with this supplement to LLI. This resource includes comprehension questions and writing prompts for lessons 11-130 of the Green LLI kit (1st Edition). This is an easy-to-use resource that helps struggling readers build up comprehension and writing skills. 291 worksheets total!!! *This is not part of the LLI system and does NOT include any books. It is simply a resource I created to use along with the books to help my students with comprehension and writing.
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K - 2nd
Thank You Sarah Hale November Activities Sarah Saves Thanksgiving Book Companion
Add a little history to your Thanksgiving activities this year. Your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students will love learning about the life and legacy of Sarah Hale, the single mother of five, composer of Mary Had a Little Lamb and first female magazine editor. Sarah singlehandedly took on the task of having Thanksgiving declared a national holiday. She is a real-life example of perseverance.This unit can stand alone with the accompanying story Sarah Saves Thanksgiving (written by me) o
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Thanksgiving ELA Enrichment Activities Bundle
Those Shoes Differentiated Writing Activity | Wants and Needs
"Those Shoes" by Maribeth Boelts is a touching story of kindness and teaches the difference between wants and needs. This differentiated writing activity was created to compliment the book “Those Shoes” by Maribeth Boelts and is a great companion activity to any kindness unit. The writing prompt comes with three versions of differentiation to reach all ability levels, ranging from writing a short paragraph to choosing error-free picture choices. This resource includes:Shoe Flap Page – to color,
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K - 3rd
The Snowy Day Mini Book Companion for Speech Therapy | DIGITAL + PRINTABLE
This speech therapy book companion for The Snowy Day is both digital and print and go! It's super low prep, easy to use, and comes with cute worksheets and visuals for your younger students ages preK-2.I’m a huge fan of literacy-based therapy, and classic books are my favorite! This resource is part of my mini book companions for classics product line. The Snowy Day is one that I love to pull out during the winter or anytime!This companion pack contains visual sentence strips to use alongside th
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PreK - 2nd
SPEEDY SPEECH ARTICULATION THERAPY
Do you have multiple schools or a high caseload? Use these SPEEDY SPEECH ALL-IN-ONE cards to taget articulation goals. Includes speech ladder, isolation, syllables, words, phrases, and sentences. Perfect for busy SLPs working on articulation, phonology, or apraxia goals. Speedy Speech ~ The Ticket to Good Speech & Language!*****CONTENTS:Includes: initial, medial, final /p, b, m, n, t, d,k, g, f, v, s, z, l, r, sh, ch,j, th/ and initial /sp, sm, sn, st, sk, sw/ , /l/ blends, /r/ blends and
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K - 3rd
Bear Stays Up For Christmas: Speech and Language Book Companion
Book Companion for Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
You will need to purchase the book separately.
This 54 page activity pack is perfect for language therapy. The activities included are perfect for speech and language intervention, literacy circles and whole group activities.
Included in this pack:
Character Cards: (pages 4-6) Use while telling the story.
Links to the Story: (page 7) Have your students cut out the strips and place them into sequential order
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Book Club: Christmas Bundle One
I Survived Hurricane Katrina Mega-Pack
Step into the storm of century with this Mega-Pack for "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis. This historical fiction is a leveled for 4th grade but could easily be used in 3rd-5th.
This product pack was created to correlate with Common Core Standards and includes:
Lesson Plans (10 Days)
Reading Comprehension Questions (ALL CHAPTERS)
Answer Keys
Chapters Quizzes w/Answer Key (ALL CHAPTERS)
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Hurricane KWL
Character Analysis
Hurricane Research & Writing
Character
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2nd - 5th
There Was An Old Astronaut Who Swallowed the Moon: Book Companion
This book companion can be used for identifying vocabulary from the story, describing, story retell, or sequencing. Each activity comes in color and black/white.Activities:- Dough Mat- "Dab it! Color it!" Page- Adapted Book- Story Retell Activity: Feed the Old Lady- Sequencing Activity- Sensory Bin Set (10 images)- Vocabulary Cards- "Mini Posters" for whole group activities- Sentence Strips with Visuals: Three- to five-word combinations.- Open-ended activity for speech or language: Use dot maker
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PreK - 3rd
Prove It Thanksgiving Reading Passages | Native Americans, Pilgrims, November
These nonfiction reading passages are perfect for the month of November and the Thanksgiving season. Each passage is engaging and includes informational facts about Native Americans, The Lakota of the Great Plains, The Wampanoag Tribe, and Pilgrims.These passages and comprehension questions require students to PROVE IT! They must go back to the text to support their answers with EVIDENCE.These passages can be used for many purposes: close reading, a quick assessment, targeted small groups, whole
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1st - 3rd
Good Night, Gorilla: A Listening and Language Book Companion
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann is a GREAT children's book. It is nearly wordless so it provides many opportunities to elicit language! This literature unit is filled with six different follow-up activities! Following reading, engage your students in activities targeting:
1. Sequencing with Pictures (which is also a great retelling tool!)
2. Comprehension Questions with two (picture) answer choices
3. Following Directions- An activity containing directions from one step to two step direc
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PreK - 2nd
Phonology Circle Time: SMART Board & Google Slides Group Lessons
This SMART Board and Google Slides lesson BUNDLE is developed to do six whole-group classroom lessons. This set includes everything you need to walk into a classroom and do an entertaining whole-group lesson. I do one per month in each classroom. *EACH ITEM IN THIS SET IS ALSO AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Included: SLP Script SMART Board LessonGoogle Slides Lesson (same as SMARTBoard)Parents NoteI complete these lessons as a whole-group circle time once per month with both my peers and my IEP students i
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PreK - 2nd
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Chick
Book companions make great speech therapy tools and this book by Lucille Colandro is a great book for your April lesson plans. Your students are sure to love listening to all the crazy things this old lady eats.
This packet was developed for preschool to 2nd grade to utilize in speech therapy. It is 52 pages and targets sequencing, comprehension questions, following directions, vocabulary, basic concepts, and much more.
This packet is a companion to the book. You will need to purchase the boo
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PreK - 2nd
Three Little Pigs: Preschoool-K speech/language book companion
The Three Little Pigs is my next set in the Fairy Tales Preschool Book Companions. It is 46 pages in length and can be used for preschool to first grade students.
Reinforcer Game: Students must match all the pictures on their mat to win the game. Use with any learning target.
Dear Mama Pig: Have your students draw or write a letter to their mama pig, pretending to be one of the pigs. Explain what happened to the 3 little pigs and their houses.
Following Directions: Follow the one-step d
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PreK - 2nd
Bear Snores On Activities | Boom™ Cards and Print
Use this engaging resource paired with the story, Bear Snores On, to target your students' needs in speech and language therapy, small group intervention, or classroom literacy centers. This helpful resource includes both printable materials, like worksheets and task cards, as well as a Boom Card version!Included in the download:• 8 Character Cards (page 3-4)• 32 Rhyming Cards (pages 6-7)• 16 Blank Paw Cards (page 8)• 19 Level 1 Comprehension Cards (pages 10-12) • 23 Level 2 Comprehension Cards
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Bear Book Companion Bundle!
Story Retelling and Sequencing BUNDLE | Special Education and Autism Resource
Story Retelling and Sequencing BUNDLE | Special Education and Autism ResourceThese themed flap books are PERFECT practice for story retelling and sequencing. Each resource in this BUNDLE includes 4 short passages with visual support on an interactive flap book. Each passage includes 3 sentences with visual support for students to cut and paste in sequential order or students have the option to write a sentence independently. Students use the flap book as support to retell the story. Interactive
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K - 5th
Goodnight Moon Mini Book Companion for Speech Therapy | DIGITAL + PRINTABLE
This speech therapy book companion for Goodnight Moon is both digital and print and go! It's super low prep, easy to use, and comes with cute worksheets and visuals for your younger students ages preK-2.I’m a huge fan of literacy-based therapy, and classic books are my favorite! This resource is part of my mini book companions for classics product line. Goodnight Moon is one that I pull out multiple times a year!This companion pack contains visual sentence strips to use alongside the book and co
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PreK - 2nd
Where's Spot? Mini Book Companion For Speech Therapy DIGITAL + PRINTABLE
This speech therapy book companion for Where's Spot is both digital and print and go! It's super low prep, easy to use, and comes with cute worksheets and visuals for your younger students ages preK-2.I’m a huge fan of literacy-based therapy, and classic books are my favorite! This resource is part of my mini book companions for classics product line. Where’s Spot is one that I pull out multiple times a year! This companion pack contains visual sentence strips to use alongside the book and com
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PreK - 2nd
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