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Preview of Social Skills Boom Cardsâ„¢ Game Show | Pragmatic Language Trivia Game

Social Skills Boom Cardsâ„¢ Game Show | Pragmatic Language Trivia Game

Created by
Speech Your Mind
Social Skills Boomâ„¢ Cards Game Show Pragmatic Language Game is a No-Print, No-Prep interactive, engaging digital deck of 54 cards for targeting social skills, understanding emotions, and using pragmatic language. Everyone loves a GAME SHOW, amIright?!! This Game Show was created for my social skills groups. A super fun way to work on the following concepts/ 5 categories: Emotions in Scenarios, Identifying Emotions (in pictures), What to Say, Non-Verbal Communication, & What to Do. Preview th
Preview of Boom Cards Elementary Social Skills Autism Conversation Skills

Boom Cards Elementary Social Skills Autism Conversation Skills

Boom Cards are no print digital task cards that are interactive. This set for social skills requires your elementary students to pick a comment or question that will maintain the conversation. Your students will love them! You will receive a deck of 54 cards. The first few cards explain how to politely maintain a conversation with comments and sincere questions. Then, there are communication scenarios where students must identify which comment or question would maintain the conversation.
Preview of WOULD YOU RATHER - partner or group game cards for getting to know each other!

WOULD YOU RATHER - partner or group game cards for getting to know each other!

Perfect for Back to School activities. Perfect for Brain Breaks or Kagan Cooperative Learning (class or teambuilding). Get to know each other and strike up a conversation with your opinions. They can be used in stations or after work is complete with a small group or partners. Use in morning meeting activities! Use them to form a persuasive paragraph by answering the "why" question. Set of 48 cards. (Just Updated - NOW 56 cards) Follow me on Pinterest at Education Contessa for lots of bo
Preview of Interdental / Frontal Lisp Book and Program for Speech Therapy Sam the Snake

Interdental / Frontal Lisp Book and Program for Speech Therapy Sam the Snake

Created by
Mia McDaniel
Do you have students with frontal / interdental lisps ? Help students realize that, when their speech has misarticulations, it affects the way others understand them. This story also helps to develop students’ self-awareness of their speech errors and helps them make connections about what they are doing with their tongue. Also, Sam has become a character that they can relate to!The story also serves to:reinforce the importance of practicing new speech skills at home (like Sam did)reassure stude
Preview of Black History Bundle K-3

Black History Bundle K-3

This bundle includes ALL of my primary Black History Units! Great for multi-age classrooms as these resources will give options for kindergarten- 3rd grade. All resources have been (or are in the process of being) updated to be accessible for virtual learning. Please see each product description below.
Preview of Boom Social Skills Topic Maintenance On Off Topic Elementary

Boom Social Skills Topic Maintenance On Off Topic Elementary

Boom Cards are no print digital task cards that are interactive. They are so much fun for teaching social skills such as topic maintenance to your elementary students. You will receive a deck of 47 cards for identifying on or off topic statements. The first few cards identify the meaning of being on or off topic. Then, there are 20 communication scenarios where students must identify if the second comment was on or off topic. For each scenario presented, the students have two choices and
Preview of The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein - Economics and Retelling Activities

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein - Economics and Retelling Activities

Who doesn't love Shel Silverstein's beloved book The Giving Tree? The Giving Tree activities include literacy and economic social studies activities. It helps first grade kids practice retelling, sequencing and identifying the moral or life lesson of the story. The Giving Tree is also a great social studies content book for learning economic concepts like scarcity, choice, opportunity cost and resources. I love using this book around Christmastime to launch a class giving project!INCLUDED IN THE
Preview of Final R Articulation Game Show Boomâ„¢ Cards | Post-Vocalic R Trivia Game

Final R Articulation Game Show Boomâ„¢ Cards | Post-Vocalic R Trivia Game

Created by
Speech Your Mind
Final R Boomâ„¢ Cards Articulation Game Show | Post-Vocalic R Trivia Game is a No-Print, No-Prep interactive, engaging digital deck for targeting final, post-vocalic /r/ words. Everyone loves a GAME SHOW, amIright?!! This Game Show was created as a super fun way for students to work on the production of final /r/. 5 categories: -AIR -AR -OR -ER -EARTwo game boards are available. The Open-Ended board has 3 clues and students will name to the description by stating / typing the target word. If s
Preview of Functional Communication Requesting & Commenting Boomâ„¢ Cards Sentence Strips

Functional Communication Requesting & Commenting Boomâ„¢ Cards Sentence Strips

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Speech Your Mind
Functional Communication Requesting & Commenting Boomâ„¢ Cards w Sentence Strips This resource was created to support students with goals in functional communication. Students will work on formulating 2-3 word utterances with target phrases "put on", "want + object", "I + want + object", "I + see + object". Movable sentence strips are provided for each "build a --". In addition, students will practice basic receptive identification of the objects with fun animated gifs. 100 Cards!!! This res
Preview of Initial R Sound Articulation BOOM Cardsâ„¢ Game Show | Trivia Game Prevocalic R

Initial R Sound Articulation BOOM Cardsâ„¢ Game Show | Trivia Game Prevocalic R

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Speech Your Mind
Initial R Sound Articulation BOOM Cardsâ„¢ Game Show | Trivia Game Prevocalic R Game Show for Articulation is a No-Print, No-Prep interactive, engaging digital deck for targeting initial /r/ words. Everyone loves a GAME SHOW, amIright?!! This Game Show was created as a super fun way for students to work on the production of initial /r/. 5 categories: -At Home - Outside - Animals - Verbs - RandomTwo game boards are available. The Open-Ended board has 3 clues and students will name to the descri
Preview of Native American Indians- The Best Power Point EVER!

Native American Indians- The Best Power Point EVER!

Created by
Johana Zegarra
This is a very informative power point. Great for a thematic unit on Native American Indians due to all the detail, visuals, and facts that it has. It describes each Native American region's climate, landforms, and natural resources. It also describes in detail each Native American region in terms of housing, clothing, food, transportation, arts and crafts, tools and weapons, religion as well as customs. Regions Discussed in depth:Southwest Native Americans (total of 12 slides)Plains Native
Preview of Georgia 3rd Grade Economics Review Jeopardy Game-CRCT!!

Georgia 3rd Grade Economics Review Jeopardy Game-CRCT!!

Review game created to cover all of Georgia 3rd Grade standards dealing with Economics. Topics included are natural, human, and capital resources, entrepreneurship, saving vs. spending, taxes, banking, budgeting, goods and services. This is a great review for those tests coming up!!
Preview of The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and Responsibilities

The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and Responsibilities

Created by
Bethany Ray
Having to teach your students about government can be tough! This file will make it easier for you to teach and for your students to understand how our great country came to be as it is today. This file includes 3 student interactive books and a PPT to go along with it for you to use on your interactive board, interacitve flip-flaps, a booking making activity for the Bill of Rights, 2 vocabulary assessments, 1 fluency assessment, and 1 standards based assessment to help your students how to answ
Preview of End of the Year Activities Bundle!

End of the Year Activities Bundle!

This is the perfect guide to surviving the end of the year! (: This product includes 10 activities: 1. Dream Summer Vacation: students are designing their dream vacation. 2. What is your summer personality: students are taking a summer quiz and determining their summer personality. 3. End of year reflection: students are reflecting on how their school year was and setting goals for the following year. 4. Create your own children's book: students are creating their own book, with directions and a
Preview of Functional Communication Boom Cardsâ„¢ | Ice Cream Party | Requesting | Commenting

Functional Communication Boom Cardsâ„¢ | Ice Cream Party | Requesting | Commenting

Created by
Speech Your Mind
Functional Communication Boom Cardsâ„¢ - Ice Cream Party This is a resource that is all about going to the Ice Cream Truck. Perfect for Preschool & Early Elementary language development. 99 Cards!!! This resource allows you to work on the early functional communication skills of requesting and commenting, as well as expanding utterances and using descriptors. Students will create ice cream cones/ bowls with the desired flavors and toppings while formulating 2-4 word requests. Students will als
Preview of Categories Boomâ„¢ Cards Real Photos! Identify Category | Name Category

Categories Boomâ„¢ Cards Real Photos! Identify Category | Name Category

Created by
Speech Your Mind
Categories Boomâ„¢ Cards Real Photos! is a No-Print, No-Prep interactive, engaging digital deck of 107 cards for targeting the goal of understanding categories and divergent naming. The categories included are : animal, vehicle, food, school supply, color, and profession.Students will click on the photo that relates to the corresponding category from a field of 4 real photo options. There is a main menu that allows students to choose the desired category to practice. The last card in each section
Preview of Functional Communication Boom Cardsâ„¢ Lunch & Dinner| Requesting | Commenting

Functional Communication Boom Cardsâ„¢ Lunch & Dinner| Requesting | Commenting

Created by
Speech Your Mind
Functional Communication Boom Cardsâ„¢ Lunch & Dinner | Requesting | Commenting | Life Skills This is a resource that is all about mealtime. Perfect for Preschool & Early Elementary language development, for students working on functional communication and life skills. 105 Cards!!! This resource allows you to work on the early functional communication skills of requesting and commenting, as well as expanding utterances and using descriptors. Students will create meals (pizza, taco, sandwic
Preview of Georgia Social Studies | Me on the Map | City, County, State, Country, Continent

Georgia Social Studies | Me on the Map | City, County, State, Country, Continent

My Place on the Map - lessons for identifying and locating city, county, state, country, and continent - This geography unit is an interactive Google Slides Presentation (76 slides) with 18 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities.This product is ideal for the early grades. This product includes an interactive Google Slides file that requires no extra materials for students to complete, though I have included black & white printable worksheets to go along with the slides. I plan t
Preview of Supply and Demand Activities | Economics Activities | Limited Resources Activity

Supply and Demand Activities | Economics Activities | Limited Resources Activity

A fun way for students to explore Supply and Demand! This is a topic that our students have lived through, but haven't put the words to it. What a great opportunity to teach the way economics works and financial literacy. Students will also learn about Limited Resources and how weather and economics affects us. This unit is Printable and Digital.This unit will save you time as the lesson plans are step by step and all your need to do is print and teach or teach and assign (for digital). HOW IT W
Preview of Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Social Studies | Google Slides & Worksheets

Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Social Studies | Google Slides & Worksheets

Historical Figure Theodore Teddy Roosevelt- Studying famous Americans or inventors? This Theodore Roosevelt unit includes 3 Google Slides Lessons with 7 accompanying worksheets. Students will learn about the Panama Canal, Teddy's Rough Riders, National Parks, and more!I make a point to use REAL photos in ALL of my science and social studies lessons! The beauty of using my science and social studies lessons to teach in the classroom is...you just teach straight from the slides, then hand out the
Preview of Interactive Calendar Books -Autism-Circle Time Morning Meeting

Interactive Calendar Books -Autism-Circle Time Morning Meeting

Created by
Autism Realism
I use interactive calendar books for my students to complete independently at their desks as we are doing calendar each morning. It comes with interactive pieces for students to match - I have my higher level students use a dry erase marker and write each answer in the given space. Simply laminate and cut the pages, bind and add velcro!Enjoy!
Preview of Colonial America Jeopardy Review Activity

Colonial America Jeopardy Review Activity

This Colonial America Jeopardy activity allows students to review Colonial America material in a fun way! Students are given the topics: New England, Middle, Southern, Vocabulary, and Misc to choose from. There are 25 review questions and a final jeopardy question included in this interactive PowerPoint. In my classroom, I print out the PowerPoint in slide format as an additional study guide for students, too!Included:- Interactive Jeopardy This jeopardy covers Georgia Performance Standards:S
Preview of Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea | Famous Americans | Google Slides & Worksheets

Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea | Famous Americans | Google Slides & Worksheets

Historical Figures Lewis and Clark, & Sacagawea - Studying famous Americans or inventors? This Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea unit includes 3 Google Slides Lessons with 6 accompanying B&W printable worksheets. The slides teach about the Louisiana Purchase, the Corps of Discovery, and Lewis and Clark's expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase.I make a point to use REAL photos in ALL of my science and social studies lessons! The beauty of using my science and social studies lessons to tea
Preview of Producers and Consumers Activity | Economics Lessons | Slides and Worksheets

Producers and Consumers Activity | Economics Lessons | Slides and Worksheets

Producers and Consumers Economics lessons including activities for Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall - This is an interactive Google Slides Lesson (43 slides) with 14 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities.This product includes a Google Slides file that can be used for teaching on the smartboard (it is very interactive - lots of student involvement!) or can be assigned in Google Classroom for students to complete individually. Worksheets are included to go along with the slides. The lesson
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