Symbol Detectives Teacher Guide

A student choice booklet page for Lesson 3: Choice Champions. Students circle their preference for daily tasks and breaks, mark their boundaries, and draw their chosen reward on a white student canvas.

Printable Choice Sorting Mat for Lesson 3: Choice Champions. A dual-category tactile mat dividing space into high-contrast 'YES' and 'NO' sections for students to place physical objects or cards to express preferences.

Visual presentation slides for Lesson 3: Choice Champions. Focuses on setting personal boundaries, choosing preferences, and practicing saying "Yes" or "No" with confidence and support.

A student reflection and match-up worksheet for Lesson 2: Help Helpers. Students identify when they need help, circle the correct helper, and sign their Help Star commitment.

Printable Helper Choice Board for Lesson 2: Help Helpers. A high-contrast, dual-category communication board helping students point to who they want to ask for help and what type of support they need.

Visual presentation slides for Lesson 2: Help Helpers. Focuses on identifying when students need help, who to ask, and how to communicate that request with simple visual scaffolds.

A visual reflection sheet and communication booklet page for Lesson 1: My Super Sign. Students check in on how their body feels, select their preferred communication style, and draw themselves using their super sign.

Printable game cards for Lesson 1: My Super Sign. Features a 4-card set of high-contrast state cards with clear icons, descriptive labels, and physical gesture guidelines to support non-verbal, gestural, and verbal expression.

Visual presentation slides for Lesson 1: My Super Sign. Features high-contrast cosmic superhero themes, huge text, clear visual cues, and guided group prompts to help students identify and express physical and emotional states.

A specialized eye-gaze and partner-assisted scanning board designed for students with severe physical disabilities (non-verbal, non-ambulatory), featuring widely separated giant choices and clear Yes/No indicator fields.

A complete 15-day pacing guide and curriculum map for teachers, detailing daily visual comparison goals, instructional games, and scaffolded sorting progression from Day 1 to Day 15. Every comparison includes at least one letter category, with integrated 1-to-1 adaptations for students with intellectual disabilities.

A highly accessible, low-cognitive-load student matching activity designed for students with intellectual disabilities, featuring a direct 1-to-1 shadow-matching board and 6 large visual matching cards.

A student hands-on sorting packet containing four dedicated classification boards (Letters vs. Numbers, Shapes, Pictures, and a Grand 4-Way Category Sort) along with 24 visually neutral cut-out sorting cards.

Three high-contrast classroom anchor charts designed to help students visually distinguish alphabet letters from numbers, shapes, and pictures using spy-themed character guides and clear, large examples.

A set of 10 vibrant, cosmic space-themed certificate awards for elementary ESY students. Features starry background textures, unique interstellar titles (like Curiosity Rover and Cosmic Comet), signature lines, and elegant spaces for handwritten student names and custom school logo attachments.

A 1-page ELA student graduation certificate for the Space Explorers Alphabet Mission. Features stardust borders, commander name blank fields, and an official galactic stamp.

A 1-page ELA teacher's guide and pacing resource for Week 4 (Confused Letters and Independent Writing). Outlines tactile remedies for letter reversals, manuscript check routines, and graduation details.

A 1-page ELA teacher's guide and pacing resource for Week 3 (Vowels and Consonants). Details standard CVC word-building models, multi-sensory short-vowel drills, and classroom games.

A 1-page ELA teacher's guide and pacing resource for Week 2 (A-Z rapid review). Provides classroom routines, visual spelling cues, and interactive cosmic letter games.