Veterans Day Heroes

A scaffolded four-week push-in progression for quiet 15:1 special education classrooms, breaking down peer communication into tiny, concrete steps: from simple greetings and low-stakes choice questions to supply requests and play talk.

Builds confidence in talking to peers using low-pressure choice questions. Students practice asking a friend a two-choice question and responding with 'Me too' or 'Cool.'

An interactive push-in slide deck for quiet special education students to practice asking peers simple two-choice 'This or That' questions and responding with 'Me too' or 'Cool.'

A multi-lesson social-emotional learning series designed for developmentally challenged students to recognize body signals, identify emotional zones, and choose sensory regulation strategies using concrete visuals and AAC-friendly communication.

Starts small with nonverbal cues and friendly greetings. Students practice looking toward a peer, smiling, and using a peer's name to say hello, wave, or give a fist bump.

A two-page student visual handout and greeting tracker with picture choices, step-by-step greeting maps, and a peer hello checkoff grid.

A three-week targeted intervention sequence designed for 4th-6th grade learners, combining executive functioning checklists, emotional self-regulation strategies, and rigorous text-evidence reading comprehension.

A multi-sensory introductory literature lesson for Roald Dahl's *The BFG*, designed specifically for 1st and 2nd grade special education students. Learners explore book cover clues, meet Sophie and the BFG, practice key vocabulary, and make guided predictions using structured visual supports.

A highly visual push-in slide deck that breaks down saying hello to peers into simple, low-pressure steps: looking toward a classmate, choosing a greeting, and saying their name.

A three-week intervention sequence combining 4th-6th grade reading comprehension with executive functioning, emotional regulation, and self-monitoring strategies. Each week integrates high-interest texts with structured task-initiation steps and coping tools.

A decodable reading comprehension lesson about Veterans Day for fifth-grade students with mild intellectual disabilities, featuring text-explicit literal questions and an answer key.

A clean, student-friendly self-evaluation checklist designed to help students independently track and monitor ready-to-learn behaviors throughout the school day. Features visual cues, 'I can' statements, check-in periods, and a quick calming reset toolkit.