A highly visual lesson focused on equivalent fractions using pizza models, specifically designed for students with autism. Includes direct instruction on finding missing numerators and a hands-on sorting activity.
A sensory-focused social studies lesson for elementary students with autism, exploring world travel through sights, sounds, transportation, and traditions. The lesson emphasizes visual supports and structured activities to build understanding of global diversity.
An introductory social studies lesson for elementary students with autism, focusing on basic map skills and cultural diversity through high-visual support and structured routines.
A 20-minute targeted social-emotional lesson for students with autism, focusing on managing frustration during turn-taking activities using an ice cream theme. Includes visual supports for emotion regulation and calming strategies.
Students examine forest ecosystems and a fictional woodland adventure, highlighting how authors use different structures to convey meaning.
Students explore the intelligence of birds through an informational passage and a fictional narrative, identifying central ideas and character inferences.
Students compare an expository text about thunderstorms with a literary story about a child's experience during a storm, focusing on identifying facts vs. plot.
A literature-based assessment focused on evidence-based reading, active strategy reflection, and identifying conflict and theme through the story of Donovan's social choices.
A comprehensive unit assessment for the Academic Word Detectives unit, testing mastery of information, fact, alike, difference, type, discuss, and topic.
Final lesson in the unit focusing on 'topic' and 'discuss'. Students learn to identify the main idea and participate in structured talking activities.
Teaches the concepts of 'alike', 'difference', and 'type' through visual comparison and categorization.
Focuses on using the words 'information' and 'fact'. Students practice identifying facts in simple visual and textual contexts.
A collection of vocabulary-building resources designed for 4th-grade students with limited literacy. The lesson focuses on seven key academic terms: information, fact, alike, difference, type, discuss, and topic through visual and tactile activities.
A specialized lesson focused on 'The Gap' between impulse and action, introducing the 'Brain Brake' and 'Sportscasting' techniques to help students inhibit initial responses.
A modified set of materials for a 3rd Grade Marine Life unit, designed for students on IEPs. This lesson provides visual support, word banks, and structured scaffolds for researching and writing about ocean animals.
A lesson focused on developing requesting (manding) skills using various spinning toys through visual sentence starters and icon support.
A comprehensive lesson designed for elementary students with autism to learn and practice safety rules regarding strangers at home and in the community. Includes a social story, visual supports, and interactive practice.
A lesson focused on building reading comprehension skills for 4th-grade students in a sub-separate setting, specifically targeting 'Who' and 'Why' questions through short mystery stories.
A lesson focusing on words with the 'ai' digraph: pain, stain, chain, and train. This lesson uses the Model-Practice-Review framework with strong visual cues and tactile cut-and-paste activities.
An introductory lesson focusing on building word recognition and spelling skills through letter sorting, matching, and tracing activities. This lesson provides differentiated support for learners with minimal language skills.
A daily behavior tracking system designed for a 4th-grade student to improve direction-following and homework completion, tied to computer-time rewards.
A lesson focused on helping students manage frustration when presented with non-preferred choices, providing a social story for perspective-taking and a reflection tool for post-meltdown processing.
A comprehensive behavior intervention package designed for a 4th-grade student struggling with physical aggression, focusing on 'safe body' replacement behaviors and structured support.
A speech therapy lesson focused on mastering /l/ blends through an engaging exploration of bioluminescence and high-interest challenges.
A lesson focused on decoding VCCV and VCV syllable patterns, along with common prefixes and suffixes, through an engaging reading passage and comprehension check.
A structured approach to identifying themes in literature using a detective-themed graphic organizer designed for students with executive function and comprehension challenges.
A 15-20 minute lesson for 4-5 students focused on advanced device responsibility, including proper closure, charging habits, and liquid-free zones.
A 15-20 minute lesson for 2-3 students on responsible Chromebook care, emphasizing clean environments and gentle handling, aligned with PBIS standards.
A 15-20 minute lesson for K-1 students focused on the basics of carrying and using Chromebooks responsibly, using positive framing and collaborative practice.