A comprehensive lesson for high school students with intellectual disabilities to identify and understand common community signs using visual supports and choice-based activities.
A comprehensive IEP goal planning and progress tracking system designed to transition a student from shared aide dependence to independent classroom work completion.
A collection of highly structured data tracking sheets for monitoring and recording student progress on IEP social skills goals, specifically focusing on peer conversational initiations with varying levels of prompt supports.
A life-skills-focused lesson where students learn to write a formal thank-you note to State Representative Sean Garballey using visual planners, errorless cut-and-paste choice strips, and a printable fold-over greeting card. This lesson scaffold is optimized for students with diverse fine-motor and cognitive needs.
Students explore how schedules are used across various career paths, analyze real-world shift and appointment schedules, and practice reading workplace timetables.
Practical tools and templates for tracking daily student performance, self-reflection, and home-school communication for young adults preparing for independent life.
A speech-language therapy lesson designed to teach minimally verbal autistic students how to read and comprehend a school visual schedule, building academic vocabulary and independence.
A real-world functional math lesson designed for life skills students. Students navigate a supermarket to locate pantry staples, snack items, and frozen foods, practicing next-dollar-up calculations and pricing comparison.
A cumulative high school reading intervention review lesson consolidating all r-controlled vowel patterns (ar, or, ore, er, ir, ur, wor) and introducing the 'wor' spelling pattern after 'w'.
An intensive reading intervention lesson introducing 'ir' and 'ur' as alternative spelling patterns for the r-controlled sound /er/, contrasting them with 'er'.
A high school reading intervention practice lesson focusing on reading and spelling 'er' words in isolation, chunks, and connected text, with syllable-level review.
An intensive reading intervention lesson introducing the r-controlled vowel pattern 'er', contrasting it with earlier patterns 'ar', 'or', and 'ore', and using explicit auditory discrimination techniques.
A cumulative high school reading intervention review lesson consolidating r-controlled vowel patterns (ar, or, ore) and integrating a spiral review of the final-y spelling pattern.
An intensive reading intervention lesson introducing the r-controlled patterns 'or' and 'ore', contrasting position rules, and comparing them with 'ar'.
A high school reading intervention lesson focusing on reading and spelling 'ar' words in context and connected text. Includes a spiral review of ending patterns (weeks 12-16) and a controlled spelling task.
Focuses on high-frequency kitchen, store, and restaurant words: BUY, COLD, WASH, and READ. Students learn to navigate restaurant menus, follow hygiene signs, and purchase groceries.
Focuses on high-frequency safety and navigation words found on community doors and signs: PULL, PUSH, OPEN, and OFF. Students learn to read, write, and respond to these words in real-world community contexts.
A comprehensive, highly visual lesson teaching students how to assemble and bake a 16-inch pizza using precise measurements. Features step-by-step visual presentation slides for group instruction and printable task cards for individual student kitchen stations.
A set of student and parent-facing materials designed to accompany the distribution and collection of Section 504 plans and required medical documentation for the upcoming school year.
A science-backed exploration of sensory self-regulation, analyzing how physical micro-movements, somatosensory inputs, and attention regulation theories help students optimize focus and calm in high school and beyond.
An intensive reading intervention lesson designed for high schoolers. It introduces the r-controlled vowel 'ar' (/ɑr/) as a third vowel sound distinct from short and long vowels, applying it in both monosyllabic and multisyllabic words with explicit chunking strategies.
The comprehensive Unit 4 assessment checking student mastery of long VCC patterns, final y vowel/consonant behaviors, and multisyllabic decoding of stable endings.
A comprehensive overall review lesson for Unit 4 consolidating all key ending pattern rules including long VCC exceptions, vowel y sounds (/ī/, /ē/, and short /ĭ/), and consonant-le endings.