Students apply all their navigation skills in a simulated social mixer. They practice greeting, commenting, questioning, and repairing in a free-form social setting.
A structured morning routine lesson that guides students through checking the calendar, identifying feelings, and setting a positive goal for the day.
This lesson focuses on developing perspective-taking skills, specifically helping students understand the ripple effect of their words and actions on the people around them. It includes tools for monitoring progress and reflective practice.
A collection of professional data tracking sheets for monitoring specific reading comprehension goals, including literal, inferential, and story element identification.
Cumulative review of the year's vocabulary and final progress monitoring to prepare for the transition to 5th grade.
Mastery of advanced multiple-meaning words and applying self-advocacy vocabulary in unstructured school settings.
Focusing on self-regulation vocabulary and identifying themes or 'lessons' in 3rd/4th grade level fiction.
Learning functional vocabulary for school-based transitions and academic vocabulary for story structure (rising action/climax).
Expanding the repertoire of multiple-meaning words and learning to use context clues to differentiate meanings in fiction.
Deepening academic vocabulary with a focus on character traits and descriptive adjectives for self-advocacy and story comprehension.
Focusing on social problem-solving, requesting help, and understanding conflict and resolution within fictional narratives.
Introduction to high-frequency multiple-meaning words found in 3rd and 4th-grade texts with heavy visual support and functional application.
Focusing on identifying and expressing feelings for self-advocacy and understanding story plots through basic sequencing vocabulary.
Establishing baseline skills in self-advocacy (needs/wants) and introductory fiction vocabulary (characters/settings) while initiating the 40-week progress monitoring system.
A specialized lesson designed to teach functional communication skills to a student who experiences frustration with writing. The lesson focuses on identifying 'writing walls' and using specific replacement behaviors—requesting a break or an alternative task—to maintain self-regulation.
Expands number sense to 1,000, focusing on hundreds, tens, and ones with visual place value models and comparison strategies.
Introduces place value for numbers up to 100, using base-ten blocks (tens and ones) to help students visualize and compare larger values.
Focuses on reading, writing, and comparing numbers from 0 to 20 using ten-frames and counters to provide concrete visual support.
A literacy lesson focused on mastering vowel teams for long O (oa, ow, oe) and long I (ie, igh). Students will practice identifying, reading, and spelling words with these patterns through targeted progress monitoring.
A hands-on activity for students to identify common garden vegetables and prepare a visual shopping list for a gardening project. This lesson focuses on visual recognition and functional life skills.
A 20-minute small group social-emotional learning lesson focusing on self-regulation, positive self-talk, and self-advocacy using the 'Inner Hero' theme. Designed for a mixed-grade group (2nd and 4th) to address IEP goals related to the Stop-Think-Choose method and asking for help.
A functional math lesson focusing on calculating totals and change using whole dollar amounts. Designed with IEP supports including touch-points, visual number lines, and step-by-step guides for independent living skills.
A comprehensive set of reading materials and tracking tools for a 4th grade student with Autism to improve literal comprehension.
A specialized lesson designed for severe special needs students focusing on the developmental stages of a duck, from egg to adult. Includes adaptive visual supports and real-life imagery to aid comprehension and connection to the classroom incubator experience.
A positive, visual-first system for supporting student behavior expectations through daily tracking and clear, simple success criteria.
A one-on-one lesson designed to teach students the difference between fidgets as sensory tools and fidgets as toys, including practical rules and scenario-based practice.
A symbol-based personal expression project designed for non-verbal and non-reading students to share their identity and emotions during Open House using a cut-and-paste format.