Crossing the Circles Teacher Guide

A whimsical, woodland-themed restroom management and schedule pack designed for elementary classrooms. Includes a group bathroom schedule and rules poster, a beautiful student sign-out log, and 8 unique printable student restroom passes across two pages.

A set of printable visual communication support cards featuring simplified sentence starters, emotion descriptors, and de-escalation choices designed for students with emerging language skills.

A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide featuring step-by-step scripts, co-regulation strategies, and structured restorative dialogue pathways to navigate the four phases of re-entry after an emotional outburst.

A highly visual, 2-page student worksheet designed to accompany the Circle Slides lesson. Features a step-ordering activity, speech bubble templates for student-written dialogues, a board-game style social path activity, and a self-reflection scorecard.

An expanded, highly visual slide deck for teaching students how to join a peer conversation. Features step-by-step guidance, three school-based practice scenarios, a Game Show challenge, and classroom discussion prompts with text size optimized for visibility.

Highly tactile Hands-On Sorting and Sensory Mats designed for folder games or sensory bin integration. Includes a category sorting board (Food vs. Safety Signs), a Sensory Bin Counting Mat, and printable high-contrast cutout sorting tiles.

A clean, structured teacher data tracking sheet designed for ESY progress monitoring. Includes a multi-student daily rotation tracker with prompt hierarchy codes, and an individual IEP milestone progress chart for counting, sight words, and emotion identification.

A set of three no-prep print-and-go worksheets. Includes a count-and-color functional math sheet, a functional sight word tracing and matching sheet, and a fine-motor cut-and-paste emotion matching sheet. Clean layouts designed for easy student manipulation.

Printable Task Card Stations for independent math, ELA, and social-emotional rotations. Includes 4 counting task cards, 4 functional community sign matching cards, and 4 emotion identification cards. Clean grid layout with clear cutting lines.

Interactive Binder Sheets for laminating and Velcro. Includes an Emotion Match-Up base board, a Food Sight Word Match-Up base board, and a dedicated, clearly labeled cutout page for matching elements. Perfect for independent structured work.

An educator facilitation guide and complete answer key containing multi-level accommodation ideas, visual rubrics, problem-solving keys, and a printable progress tracker to monitor IEP goal mastery during ESY.

A comprehensive, highly scaffolded, multi-level ESY student packet containing 8 themed pages of skill boosters across main idea, phonics, story grammar, paragraph writing, long division, and multi-step math problems. Designed with a vibrant Summer Adventure theme, light handwriting-friendly background areas, grids, and graphic organizers.

A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide and answer key for the 5-day Summer Skill Builder packet. Includes standard-aligned IEP goals, day-by-day answers, common misconceptions, and differentiation tips.

An expanded 5-day printable student workbook designed for Extended School Year (ESY). Features additional math comparisons, a third place-value problem, multiple-choice model checks, spelling and vocabulary prompts, and a second multi-step word problem.

A comprehensive 14-page Tier 2 student-facing workbook for Day 2 Workplace Time Tactics. It integrates the advanced warm-up, 4-page guided notes, 2-page task duration estimator, 2-page punctuality scenario and consequence board, 4-page Time Thieves worksheet, and 1-page exit ticket into a single, cohesive print-ready packet styled with the teal and indigo theme.

A comprehensive 9-page Tier 1 student-facing workbook for Day 2 Workplace Time Tactics. It combines the visual warm-up, 4-page guided notes, 2-page task estimator, and 2-page punctuality scenario and consequence board into a single, cohesive print-ready packet styled with the teal and indigo theme.

An interactive, highly visual student matching worksheet where students draw lines to connect official community helpers with the specific verbal request or emergency script they would say to them.

A comprehensive, step-by-step teacher facilitation guide featuring lesson plans, instructional pacing, script-practice structures, differentiation tips, and safety insights for teaching the Outermost Circle.

A set of 4 printable, easy-to-cut role-play scenario cards color-coded by helper category with simple social situations, targeted helpers, and bold practice scripts.

A structured, highly visual student worksheet featuring simple 3-4 word speech-practice check-offs and interactive fill-in-the-blank script templates with large handwriting lines.

A visual slide presentation designed for students with developmental disabilities to learn about the four main categories of community helpers, understand the concept of the outermost circle, and learn simple scripts to request help.

Teacher reference key and pedagogical guide for Week 4. Contains answers with explanations, sample student responses, error analysis tips, and scaffolding strategies for learning context clues.

Weekly practice packet for Days 13-16, focusing on context clues and vocabulary. Features passages about a tiny desert mouse (unfamiliar words), a creative art class (multiple-meaning words), a fierce windstorm (figurative language), and deep space stars (academic terms) with targeted questions and handwriting lines.

Teacher reference key and pedagogical guide for Week 3. Contains answers with explanations, sample student responses, error analysis tips, and scaffolding strategies for understanding text structure.

Weekly practice packet for Days 9-12, focusing on text structure. Features passages about a butterfly life cycle (sequence), a volcano eruption (cause and effect), sharks vs. whales (compare and contrast), and a cold recess problem (problem and solution) with targeted questions and handwriting lines.

Teacher reference key and pedagogical guide for Week 2. Contains answers with explanations, sample student responses, error analysis tips, and scaffolding strategies for inferring.

Weekly practice packet for Days 5-8, focusing on making inferences and drawing conclusions. Features passages about a rainy recess, a garden mystery, Buster's happy dance, and moon light with targeted inference questions and handwriting lines.

Teacher reference key and pedagogical guide for Week 1. Contains answers with explanations, sample student short responses, error analysis tips, and scaffolding strategies.

Weekly practice packet for Days 1-4, focusing on key details and main ideas. Features short passages on honeybees, soccer, lost keys, and coral reefs with structured questions and handwriting lines.

Structured, sensory-friendly student worksheets featuring color-coded visual organizers, matching activities, and a tactile cut-and-paste sorting board. Includes clean, distraction-free writing boxes with high-contrast text.