Orange Center Card Storage

In my orange center students work on flash cards depending on their level. I went ahead and made several sets of cards for all of the levels of dolch sight words, numbers 1-100, coin pictures, shapes, and several copies of everyday object pictures. I am also working on creating clocks for students to work on time and I have addition and subtraction cards as well.

Here is where I store my cards! I got these CD holders from Walmart for about 80 cents. They worked out awesome!

Movement Breaks!

On my TPT I have a set of movement break cards to be utilized whenever needed or on a regular basis. These work great for a needed break or a time filler. Also teaches students to follow directions and about emotions.

New Token Economy!

I am so excited about my new token economy, curtesy of The Autism Helper! She has an editable file for download on TPT. I was able to create it in a way that is suitable for my kiddos. I am currently using the system with 4 of my students. However, one of my students doesn't like to play or eat candy so much and so plenty of verbal praise works well for him. This system is working exceptionally well with two of my students. They usually will work for the computer, candy, and the IPAD. I love that when I give one student a point, the other will work extra hard for their point!

Here are some pictures of how I adapted this program for my class! Thank you The Autism Helper!!

States of Matter Experiment!

For science we have been learning about the 3 states of matter. I found a few good sorting activities on TPT and I also sent home a States of Matter project. Here some of the finished products!

Last Friday we did an experiment related to the states of matter!

Materials:
-Film canisters
-Alka-Seltzer
-Water

1. Take your kiddos outside for this experiment! It can get a little messy.
2. Go over the 3 states of matter with your students (solid, liquid, gas)
3. Show your students the Alka-Seltzer and let them touch it. Tell them that it is a solid
4. Show your students the water and let them shake the bottle or feel the water. Tell them it is a liquid.
5. Explain that when the Alka-Seltzer and the water mix they will create a gas.
6. Show an example of the experiment! (place the tablet in the film canister and add water. Put the top on the canister quickly and stand back!)
7. I gave a canister to each of my students and they were able to do their own experiment one at a time with a teachers help.

They loved this experiment!!

Halloween/October Vocabulary Unit!

It is already October and that means my kiddos are already getting excited about Halloween! Here is my Halloween/October themed vocabulary unit.

Included:

Picture and Word cards
Picture Cards
Adapted Story
Bingo Game
2 levels of file folders
2 levels of matching worksheets
2 levels of writing worksheets
Read, Write, Stamp, Paste worksheet for each letter

Fall Freebies!

Sorry about being a little MIA! To make a long story short, I found a puppy outside on Thursday and he is now at my house taking up a whole lot of time. But he is well worth it :)

Here are some fall freebies that I have found! Enjoy!

Fall graphing activity

Candy Corn Graphing Activity

Build a CVC word Activity

Fall Themed Coloring Sheets

Fall Preschool Pack

Literacy Activities

Addition Math Center

Fall Word Problems

Purple Center Tasks Cont'd!

Here are my the rest of my purple center tasks #s 11-19.

11: Matching Word to Picture Puzzle. I got this puzzle from Office Depot in the clearance section!

12: Shapes. This uses the tanograms and some boards that I got from an educational store. My kiddos need to do 2 of these.

13: Pen/Pencil Sort: Students sort pens and pencils that I took from my classroom stash. I put a picture of each in the containers I found at Walmart.

14: Sock Sort: This is a great functional activity for my students to do. They must find the matching sock and fold them together.

15: Silverware Sort: I got a silverware tray from Walmart and some plastic spoons, forks, knives, and straws. I put a picture of each in the slot where they belong. Also another great functional skill!

16: ABC Trace: I got these textured letters from a donors choose project. Students trace the alphabet with their finger.

17: Pocket Chart Activity: This also came from donors choose. Right now students put a letter that I highlighted with red sharpie in each of the slots and then find a picture that begins with that letter. I plan on changing up the activities throughout the year.

18: Shape Sort: This also came from donors choose. Students sort shapes into the tray.

19: Number to Object Match: This is from donors choose as well. Students match the number to the number of objects. Depending on the students level, they do not have to do all 30.

So that's it! My purple center. As you can see some activities I created just using items that I already had in the classroom. There are so many different tasks that you can create and I plan on creating more for next year.