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8th grade science activities for special education
Social Skills Printables for Students with Autism & Similar Special Needs
Over 3,000 positive reviews!!! See the preview for examples. Thanks in advance for the feedback on these social skills activities.Social Skills Printables for Students with Autism & Similar Special Needs. (Teen edition also available!) Great as a send home packet for distance learning! These social skills printables will work well for any students whose special needs include developmental delays or it may work for younger students in primary grades learning to develop social skills. The prin
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PreK - 8th
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Also included in:Â Social Skills Bundle (Behavior Skills, Play Skills, Social Skills)
Physical and Chemical Changes - Science Color By Number
This activity requires students to answer 20 questions that relate to physical and chemical changes. The students will read each scenario and choose whether or not the event is a physical or a chemical change. Once finished, students will use the answers to color the corresponding parts of a fun, flask coloring page. Included:➤ Student Question Sheet➤ Student Coloring Page➤ Teacher Keys★★★ Save 25% by purchasing my PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL CHANGES BUNDLE ★★★How is this product useful?✔ Excellent
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5th - 8th
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Budget Worksheets - Do you have Enough Money? Life Skill Math for Special Ed
This budgeting resource contains 130+ pages to help teach basic budgeting skills for special education classrooms. Includes differentiated worksheets and various levels to challenge each student individually. A teaching poster is included, as well as individual student sized cards to help them practice this skill, and 3 different types of leveled worksheets as well!Worksheets include:Determining what's in your budget using a number line (0-5, 0-10, 0-20, and 0-100)Is this price in your budget? G
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PreK - 12th
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Calm Down Kit- Social Emotional Learning Strategies and Visual Supports
Calm Down Strategies for your classroom! This huge pack is filled of different supports for students with behavioral needs. All of the products can be printed, assembled and placed in a "Calm Down Kit" box for students to pull out when feeling overwhelmed or anxious. This calm down kit is full of visuals to help non-readers and emerging readers learn to cope with their emotions on their own!These visuals can be sent home to families on your caseload to help with distance learning and virtual
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Classroom Starter Kit- Discounted Bundle
Interactive ZONES of Regulation Package - Name Plates, Bookmarks, & MORE!
The materials in this package are adapted from Leah Kuyper’s wonderful book on self-regulation, The Zones of Regulation® (2011), published by Social Thinking Publishing, www.socialthinking.com and used with permission.If you are new to using Zones, I highly recommend implementing it into your classroom. My students are so much better at identifying their emotions and self-regulating themselves than they were at the beginning of the year! Included in this package:- interactive name plates (two fi
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PreK - 8th
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All About Me Science Flask - First Day of School Science Activity
Engaging Back to School Science ActivityYour students will answer "all about me" questions within a flask graphic organizer. Students can color and attach an optional chemical reaction topper. Displaying the flasks on a bulletin board will make your science classroom pop!Science Distance Learning OptionThis resource also includes a digital Google™ Slide version of the flask graphic organizer. Included:➤ Printable "All About Me" Flask ➤ Optional Chemical Reaction Topper➤ Digital "All About Me" Fl
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Back to School Science All About Me - Bundle | Distance Learning
Life Skills Task Boxes - set 1 & 2
Life Skills Task Boxes: Set 2Are you tired of boring worksheets! Looking for something new? Here are 16 Primary task boxes that are all related to life skills that are needed, that can be used in small groups, independent centers, one on one instruction, and take-home boxes for homework for that extra needed practice!! These tasks boxes, or task cards, help promote independent learning skills for early learners, gifted students, ELL students, and Special needs or SPED teachers.This resource can
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PreK - 8th
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Executive Functioning Skills Brain Games Workbook, Activities, & Brainteasers
Practice executive functioning skills and processing speed with these brain games activities! Every game or activity page targets a unique set of executive functioning skills to help kids and young adults improve the skills they need. Because the activities are set up in a fun way, kids can just work through the workbook at their own individual pace. This is ideal for early finishers, extra practice during a resource room, or during a study skills group. It includes a total of over 150 pages wit
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5th - 9th
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Element Superhero Project - Chemistry Project - Periodic Table of the Elements
Includes a Digital (Google Slide) Version and a Printable Version — All Versions are EditableThis project is an engaging way to learn about the physical and chemical properties of elements. Most element projects only mention superheroes. However, many elements align more with a villain than a superhero (Like Chlorine!). In this activity, students will have the creative freedom to personify one element on the periodic table into a superhero—or a villain. I have included a huge bundle of resources
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Chemistry Activities - Mega Bundle - Back to School Science
Simply Special Visual Recipes: Cooking Through the Year
"I have purchased visual recipes from other sellers and these are by FAR the best I've used. There are not so many steps that the recipe is overcomplicated--there are just enough. I love the comprehension piece of cooking in the classroom for my self-contained students and my resource groups. This resource has been amazing!"- Amber R.Visual Recipes for the classroom for the WHOLE YEAR in your self-contained classroom! These recipes are perfect for cooking with your special education class all ye
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PreK - 12th
Also included in:Â Visual Recipes Bundle
Communication Book/Board Starter Kit- For Autism & Special Needs Students
This huge bundle is JUST what you need to start a communication system in any classroom or home. By utilizing visual supports to facilitate communication you can expand your students day so much more!This book has over 500 picture icons organized into 27 pages total! Each page has a visual tab so that it is easy to flip through the book. Using the images, this book is a great starting point for teachers/therapists that can be used in any classroom or home. The pages included in this communica
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Social Skills Activities Conversation Questions and Comments Boomâ„¢ Cards + PDF
Are your speech therapy students working on conversation turn-taking skills such as MAKING COMMENTS and ASKING QUESTIONS? This pragmatic language activity has a MINI-LESSON and structured PRACTICE to really break it down. Digital AND printable versions are included!This resource helps you teach your students about using comments and questions in conversation. It includes a MINI-LESSON and 40 PRACTICE SCENARIOS. Each practice page includes...✅ A REAL PHOTOGRAPH of a conversational situation✅ VISU
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3rd - 12th
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Social Emotional Learning Journal - SEL Skills Workbook & Activities
Use this Social Emotional Learning Journal to teach SEL skills throughout the whole year! Skills targeted include self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationships, and decision-making. Prompts include research-based best practices to teach SEL! Every day contains one prompt, so there are five prompts per week for a period of 35 weeks. This allows for 175 daily prompts for the entire year.Digital AND PrintThis social emotional learning journal includes printable PDF versions and d
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Social Emotional Learning Curriculum MEGA Bundle with Lessons & Activities
Classroom Murder Mystery Activity - Virtual Option Available
Engage your students in a murder mystery game in the classroom or virtually!I use this lesson before starting my mystery unit and the students love it. They enjoy taking on the roles of the characters, and they enjoy the competition and challenge of trying to find the assailant. *I say assailant because I changed my version up slightly so the victim is in a coma rather than deceased***New!!! I've included a virtual option for both versions of this mystery. Perfect for distance learning. This mea
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Classroom Mystery Bundle
Editable Daily Reports - Home Communication Sheets for Special Education
Home and school communication is so important! These sheets allow students to participate in sharing their day with their parents using visual supports, checklists, and/or sentences. Multiple levels are included for a variety of students.Print and go OR customize for your students! ALL text is editable (in PowerPoint). 2018 version includes updated b&w images.Original version (still included in the download): Only the checklists are editable (in PowerPoint) so that you can customize in order
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PreK - 12th
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Visual Daily Questions for the Year (Question of the Day)
Are you looking to set your students up for success? An errorless question of the day with visuals does just! These questions are easy to differentiate while incorporating so many important academic and life skills for special education and inclusion classrooms.These questions can be used during morning meeting time. Have each student answers the question, telling us sometime they like (or don't like). Students can answer with their AAC device, by pointing to the visual, by completing one of the
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in:Â Visual Daily Questions BUNDLE! Over 700 questions for special education
Stars & Constellations Coordinate Plane Graphing Pictures Activity Ordered Pairs
Graphing the Constellations: This activity integrates Math and Science by teaching students about coordinate graphing as well as the constellations! The constellations are precisely positioned so that their positions match that of their actual positions in the sky! This can even be used as a constellation star map! UPDATE (10/12/16): I have tweaked many of the pictures to make it easier for students to connect the dots for each constellation. Please re-download to receive this update.This act
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4th - 9th
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Social Situations Problem Solving Scenarios Worksheets PDF + Boomâ„¢ Cards BUNDLE
Use these REAL-LIFE SOCIAL SCENARIOS to help you incorporate MULTIPLE PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE SKILLS into your speech therapy sessions! Just like everyday situations, this resource BUNDLE combines several aspects of SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING (such as inferencing, nonverbal communication, and predicting) into one cohesive activity.Your students will connect with the 60 social situations. Each one includes...✅ A REAL PHOTO of a person or people experiencing something in their home, job, community, or scho
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3rd - 10th
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Identifying Emotions Activities: Sorting Emotions With Real Photos
These Identifying Emotions Activities: Sorting Emotions With Real Photos include 6 unique sorting mats that focus on identifying emotions. Photos include men, women, children, and people from many cultures. (Please see preview photos for details.)At an independent workstation, center or language group, students complete the following sorting and classification activities.Sorting HappySorting SadSorting AngrySorting ExcitedSorting SurprisedSorting ScaredTo increase or decrease difficulty for st
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in:Â Emotions Sorting Mats Bundle
Executive Functioning Skills Task Cards Activities
Use these 200+ executive functioning skills task cards to teach and practice all areas of executive function! This includes planning, time management, working memory, self-control, organization, task initiation, metacognition, attention and focus, flexible thinking, and perseverance. Just read the cards and discuss together to build these critical brain skills. A page explaining each skill is also included.All Students Can Build EF SkillsThe task cards are aimed to help students at middle and hi
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5th - 8th
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Oreo Moon Phases Activity (Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Craft) Lunar Cycle
Moon Phases: This Oreo moon phases activity has students learn and have fun using Oreo Cookies!
Oreo Moon Phases Activity Contents:
1. Moon Phase identification: Followed by Oreo shaping & placement
2. Oreo's around the Earth: 2 different Sun, Earth, Moon Formats:
      A. One showing a persons perspective from Earth with viewing angle
      B. One without the viewing angle
3. Two pages of Answers
Important: This product is part of my Moon Phases Activities Bundle: (20% OFF!
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3rd - 8th
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Fluency Strategies Visual Support for Stuttering Speech Therapy Posters Handout
Help your speech therapy students learn and use strategies to improve speech fluency (stuttering) using this simple and effective visual! This visual provides simple written descriptions and clear pictures and icons for 6 fluency enhancing strategies and 4 stuttering modification strategies.These visuals can be used to help students learn, identify, and practice the strategies for more fluent speech. In pairing this visual with a variety of other therapy activities, they will become more indepen
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PreK - 9th
Functional Life Skills Curriculum BUNDLE {for students with special needs}
What Are Life Skills? Life skills must be taught to students in special education to help them become independent and successful. Life skills instruction combines academic, daily living, occupational, and interpersonal skills to teach students how to live and work in the community. Trying to find time in our busy school day to fit in these lessons are really hard but we can try and practice them at school and home!Use this resource as your Life Skills Curriculum. You can use the activities inclu
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions: Historic Disasters
Do you have middle and high school students with reading comprehension and vocabulary goals? Do they struggle with higher level thinking questions? Are motivation and attention issues a challenge? If you are looking for NO PREP close reading activities then this is the package you have been looking for!
Please click here to save 20% on my Reading Comprehension Bundle that includes this resource.
Reading Comprehension: Historic Disasters contains four high-interest reading units that your s
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5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension--Middle School Super Bundle
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Importance of learning science
Learning science is particularly important for students as it equips them with the essential knowledge and skills to make sense of the world around them. Science education is not just about memorizing facts. It fosters critical thinking, inquiry, and problem-solving abilities. These skills are not only useful in school but also in everyday life beyond the classroom.
Benefits of learning science
Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
Teaching with science resources
One of the best parts about science class is all of the possibilities for hands-on, collaborative learning! Think: labs, experiments, inquiry-based activities, and design challenges. These activities encourage students to explore scientific concepts by observing, asking questions, and conducting investigations. Additionally, with small group centers, students can engage in group experiments, discussions, and projects that require them to collaborate, share ideas, and solve problems together.
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