Environmental Print Packet
Life Skills Literacy • Packet 1
Environmental Signs Match & Trace
Name: ______________________
Date: ______________________
Signs use colors, shapes, and words to keep us safe and help us navigate. Trace each target word, inspect the sign, and connect it to its meaning.
Part 1: Trace the Word & Match the Meaning
Draw a straight line to match
STOP
Red Octagon
Trace the Letters
STOP
Pause Completely Vehicles and pedestrians must halt and look all ways before moving.
EXIT
Green / Red Sign
Trace the Letters
EXIT
Way Out Shows the safe door to leave a room or walk out of the building.
RESTROOM
Blue Wall Plaque
Trace the Letters
RESTROOM
Bathroom A place with sinks to wash your hands and clean toilets to use.
OPEN
Store Window Sign
Trace the Letters
OPEN
Ready for People The door is unlocked and customers or visitors may enter.
Part 2: Real-World Sign Identification
1. You see a bright red octagon at a school crosswalk. What does it instruct you to do?
Keep running fast without looking
Stop walking and check both ways
Knock on the office door
2. There is a fire drill. Your teacher points to the glowing sign above the double doors. Which sign is it?
RESTROOM
OPEN
EXIT
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Door Actions & Campus Places • Packet 2
Door Mechanics & School Navigation
Name: ______________________
Date: ______________________
Learn how door plates tell your body what action to take (PUSH or PULL), and identify key places around campus (SCHOOL and OFFICE).
Door Action Lab: PUSH vs. PULL
PUSH
PUSH
Press flat hands forward away from your body to swing the door open.
Trace Word
PUSH
PULL
PULL
Grip the handle with your fingers and draw the door toward you.
Trace Word
PULL
Campus Location Signs
SCHOOL
SCHOOL SIGN
Identifies our learning building and campus grounds. Warns drivers to go slowly.
Trace Word
SCHOOL
OFFICE
MAIN OFFICE
The welcome desk where the principal, school secretary, and nurse help students and guests.
Trace Word
OFFICE
Which Sign Fits the Sentence?
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When walking into the cafeteria, you see a flat metal plate labeled PUSH. What should your hands do?
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A new parent arrives at our building to register a student. What door sign should they visit first?
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The heavy door has a large brass handle with a sign saying PULL. Which direction do you move it?
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Visual Discrimination • Packet 3
Hallway Hunt: Sign Identification
Name: ______________________
Date: ______________________
Look closely at each real-world sign station below. Read the choices and fill in the bubble beside the word that matches the sign exactly.
STOP
Station 1
Crosswalk Post
SCHOOL
STOP
START
EXIT
Station 2
Above Gymnasium Door
ENTER
EXIT
OPEN
RESTROOM
Station 3
Hallway T-Junction
RESTROOM
RESTAURANT
ROOM
PUSH
Station 4
Cafeteria Door Plate
PULL
PUSH
PASS
PULL
Station 5
Library Entrance Handle
PUSH
PULL
PARK
OFFICE
Station 6
Main Lobby Door
OFFICE
OUTSIDE
OPEN
Word Bank Review: Check the Box Once You Read It!
STOP
EXIT
RESTROOM
OPEN
PUSH
PULL
SCHOOL
OFFICE
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Functional Independence • Packet 4
School Navigator: Life Skills Missions
Name: ______________________
Date: ______________________
Apply what you know! Read each school-based mission, identify which environmental sign helps you, and write the sign word in the response blank.
1
Mission: Hand Washing & Bathroom Break
Scenario A
Your hands got sticky during art class and you need to clean up with soap and water before snack time.
Which sign do you look for on the hallway wall?
2
Mission: Fire Drill Departure
Scenario B
The fire bell rings for our monthly safety drill. Your teacher leads the line calmly down the hallway toward the outside playground doors.
What glowing sign marks the safe door to leave?
3
Mission: Message for the Principal
Scenario C
Your teacher asks you to take the morning attendance folder and note down to the school secretary and principal.
What sign is posted beside the front desk door?
4
Mission: Opening the Heavy Library Door
Scenario D
You arrive at the library carrying three heavy books. You see a tall metal bar that says PULL.
Should you push against the door or pull the handle toward you?
Environmental Print Navigator Star
I can recognize STOP, EXIT, RESTROOM, OPEN, PUSH, PULL, SCHOOL, and OFFICE in my community!
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