Life Skills Weekly Planner Slides
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Life Skills Weekly Planner
Week of Sept 7 – 11, 2026
Room 104 • All Instructional Domains
Academics
Budgeting & Menu Reading
9:00 – 10:15 AM
Life Skills
Kitchen Prep & Laundry ADLs
10:15 – 11:30 AM
Therapies
OT/PT Motor & Sensory Lab
12:30 – 1:15 PM
Vocational
Packaging & Office Mail Sort
1:15 – 2:00 PM
Community
Grocery Trip & Crosswalk Safety
Thursday CBI
Weekly Focus Independent Transaction Skills & Multi-Step Task Sequences
Support Staff: 3 Paras • Active IEP Targets: 14
Integrated Domains Matrix
Weekly Target Overview by Subject
Presentation Mode • Projected Schedule
Academics
Functional Math
Next-dollar-up strategy with bills to $20.
Sight Words
Grocery signs & exit safety markers.
Daily Small Groups
Life Skills
Kitchen Lab
Measuring cups & cold snack prep.
Personal ADLs
Hand hygiene & sorting laundry hampers.
Kitchen / ADL Suites
Therapies
OT & PT Focus
Pincer grasp exercises & sensory warm-up.
Speech & AAC
Core board requests for snack choices.
Integrated Push-In
Vocational
Work Stations
Hardware sorting & envelope stuffing.
Campus Chores
Main office mail drop & paper recycling.
Rotational Bins
Community
CBI Outing
Supermarket checkout & item search.
Safety Skills
Crosswalk signals & personal boundaries.
Thursday Trip
Team Leads: Station 1 (Teacher), Station 2 (Para 1), Station 3 (Para 2)
Prompt Hierarchy: Independent → Visual → Verbal
Classroom Schedule
Daily Flow: Monday through Wednesday
Core Instruction Days
Academics 8:30 – 10:15 AM
Morning Circle, Functional Math & Literacy
Visual calendar, next-dollar-up drills, survival sight words, and morning AAC greeting routine.
Format: Whole Group + Pairs Lead: Teacher
Life Skills / ADLs 10:15 – 11:30 AM
Kitchen Lab & Snack Preparation
Hand hygiene, recipe picture sequencing, measuring dry/liquid ingredients, and sanitizing table surfaces.
Format: 3 Kitchen Stations Lead: Para 1 & 2
Therapies / Social 11:30 AM – 1:15 PM
Cafeteria Skills & Integrated OT/Speech
Cafeteria navigation, tray balance, peer conversational turns, sensory calming room circuit.
Format: Integrated Therapy OT / SLP Push-In
Vocational 1:15 – 2:45 PM
Work Systems & School Job Delivery
Independent 3-bin task completion, packaging cutlery, campus recycling pickup, and backpack pack-out.
Format: Independent Work Bins All Team Support
*Visual schedule icons flipped upon completion of each block. Daily IEP Data Recorded at 11:30 AM & 2:30 PM
Experiential Learning
Thursday CBI & Friday Synthesis
Applied Community Days
Thursday: Community Trip
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Pre-Trip Prep (8:45 – 9:30 AM)
Wallet check, shopping list validation, badge lanyards, buddy pairing.
Grocery Store Target (9:45 – 11:15 AM)
Locate 4 recipe items in aisles, handle cart respectfully, cashier payment.
Park Lunch & Social (11:30 – 12:30 PM)
Ordering food, safe trash disposal, outdoor conversational turns.
Target: CBI & Social Etiquette Bus Departs 9:30 AM
Friday: Reflection & Social
All-Day Synthesis
Payday & Budgeting (9:00 AM)
Classroom token bank redemption, earnings count & savings ledger.
Cooking Demonstration (10:30 AM)
Prepare mini pizzas with groceries bought Thursday; recipe sequencing.
Recreation & Leisure (1:30 PM)
Board games, video sports simulation, and goal progress celebration.
Target: Self-Advocacy & Math Reward Store 2:00 PM
CBI Weather contingency: Indoor shopping mall concourse walking. Emergency Medication Backpacks Logged Before Departure
Classroom Stations
Academics & Vocational Work Stations
Rotational Structure • 20 Min / Station
Station 1 Lead: Teacher
Money Math & Register
Direct instructional calculation of totals and change.
Identify $1, $5, $10, $20 bills
Next Dollar Up for prices to $18
Keypad entry on touch register
IEP Focus: Currency Calculation
Station 2 Lead: Para 1
Packaging & Sorting
Vocational stamina and fine motor assembly.
Utensil bundle pack (fork, spoon, napkin)
Hardware nut & bolt matching
Quality inspection & bin tally
IEP Focus: Task Assembly Stamina
Station 3 Lead: Para 2
Clerical & Recycling
School community service jobs & filing.
Flyer envelope stuffing sequence
Paper shredding safety routine
Wing-B paper recycling pickup cart
IEP Focus: Multi-Step Chores
Rotation Order: Group Blue (1→2→3) • Group Red (2→3→1) • Group Green (3→1→2)
5-Minute Chime for Clean-Up Routine
Support Coordination
Therapies, Life Skills & Universal Supports
Multidisciplinary Team Integration
Therapy Push-In / Pull-Out Schedule
Occupational Therapy (OT) Fine motor pincer grips during kitchen slicing
Tue / Thu 10:30 AM
Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) AAC device navigation during circle & cafeteria
Mon / Wed 9:30 AM
Physical Therapy (PT) Stair navigation & gross motor posture support
Wed 1:00 PM
Collaborative Note: Therapists log data directly into IEP tracker
Daily Living Skills & Accommodations
Visual Task Strips & First/Then
Personal PECS symbol strips for hygiene & clothing routines.
Kitchen Lab Protocols
Color-coded cutting boards, push-cutters, and allergen signs.
Sensory De-escalation Zone
Weighted blanket, noise-canceling headphones & 5-min sand timer.
Safety: EpiPens & Emergency Contact binder in Cabinet 1
Weekly Target: Fade verbal prompts to gestural cues for 80% of daily transitions.
Friday 2:45 PM Staff Debrief