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Free 1st grade science resources for special education
All About Plants Freebie - Parts of a Plant, Plant Life Cycle, What Plants Need
Learning about plants? Use these handouts to learn, label, sort, and discover the basics about plants!
The freebie includes three different activities focused on the following:
Parts of a Plant
Life Cycle of a Plant
What Plants Need
Each activity has been differentiated and includes a higher level and lower level version.
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PreK - 2nd
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CVC Word and Sentence Reading Picture Match (Cut & Paste)
This worksheet includes 5 sentences using a variety of CVC words and sight words. This activity requires students use early phonics skills to decode words to be able to find the correct picture. The pictures have to be cut out, which helps build fine motor skills.
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PreK - 1st
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Positive Thinking Affirmations - 150 Self-Talk Phrases SEL Skills Activity
Use these 100+ free positive thinking affirmations and self-talk statements to help kids and young adults build confidence, learn healthy coping strategies, and start the day off strong. Positive thinking and self-talk is an important social-emotional learning skill necessary for success. This resource includes a 3-page printable list of positive affirmations and a student worksheet to record individual positive affirmations. Digital and Print VersionsI've included a link to Google Drive! To acc
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1st - 12th
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FREEBIE!! WH-Questions Pizza Party! Game for Speech therapy - 90 questions
Please make sure to also check out my Build an Ice Cream Cone WH-Question scenes
Today marks my one year TPT anniversary and as thanks to all of my customers and followers I am posting this freebie! TPT has truly changed my life by making me a better therapist - making materials seems less of a job when you can share them with others!
This game is intended to target basic WH- and How-questions.
CONTENTS (all PDF):
• Pizza slice game board
• 90 Question cards - 15 for each of the following qu
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PreK - 2nd
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FREE Alphabet and Letter Sounds Posters | Phonics Anchor Charts
FREE Alphabet and Letter Sounds Posters | Phonics Anchor ChartsAbout this book:This book contains 7 Alphabet charts in color and black and white. They can be used in student writing folders, classroom writing center or sent home for additional practice. Directions for use:The chart versions available are:1. Alphabet letters only (color and black and white)2. Alphabet letters only and long vowels (color and black and white)3. Alphabet and common picture words (color and black and white)4. Alphabe
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PreK - 1st
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FREE CVC Words Worksheets: No Prep Write Cut and Paste Activity for Word Work
This no prep resource includes 4 short a CVC worksheets perfect for word work, centers, and independent work tasks. Includes four levels of a write, cut and paste CVC words activity. Students can practice reading, writing and fine motor skills with these print and go worksheets.Savings Alert!If you like these worksheets, you will LOVE my Word Work Cut and Paste BUNDLE. Grab CVC words, word families, long vowels, blends and digraphs at a discount!Contents4 total worksheets - 1 short a word set
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K - 1st
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Animal Research Report Poster
ANIMAL RESEARCH REPORT PRINTABLESThis download includes an Animal Research Report Poster for your students to complete with information and illustrations. It also includes differentiated writing templates for an animal research report.This page is best when used along with my Animal Diorama and Research Report Project Pack and Animal Habitats Unit! This FREE resource includes:Animal Research Mini Poster PrintableAnimal Research Report TemplateAnimal Research Report writing pageANIMAL DIORAMA AND
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1st - 4th
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Free Sequencing Stories
This set of 4 black and white sequencing stories are a sample from my Four Seasons Sequencing Set that includes 80 stories. These sequencing stories are great for targeting a variety of speech and language goals including auditory comprehension, story retell, sequencing information, answering questions, sentence structure and articulation in conversation. *NOTE: The pictures on the stories are in order to provide visuals for students as they read the story. The pictures are designed to be cut
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K - 3rd
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Phonics Mini Books: Consonant Digraphs
**TPT FEATURED FREEBIE, 10/14!**This is a fun project that takes about 20-30 minutes per book, designed for kids Pre-K - 1st. Students learn a new consonant digraph each book by coloringpictures containing the targeted digraph and tracing over the letters as they occur in words.Each book is a single sheet of paper divided into 8 sections.When the student has completed coloring the sections, the paper is folded into a “book” that he/she can take home.CONCEPTS:There are 5 common digraphs covered,
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PreK - 1st
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Writing Prompts with Sentence Starters Writing Journal Free Pack
This product is a Sample of my Differentiated Writing Journals. These notebooks are differentiated for 4 different stages (pre-literate, emergent, transitional, and fluent writers). There is a total of 5 differentiated options for each writing prompt. Included with each prompt is a full sentence, sentence starter, vocabulary bank, picture bank (picture prompt), or a blank writing space. There is a self-check rubric at each stage where students can make sure they have included a capital letter, e
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PreK - 5th
Also included in: Year Long Writing Prompt Journal Activities with Sentence Starters
FREE Handwriting Practice Pages
FREE Handwriting Practice Pages {Lowercase Letters}About this bookThis book contains basic handwriting sheets for children who need extra practice to perfect their letters. Each handwriting sheet displays a letter with correct letter formation, then 5 writing lines for them to trace the letter.Directions for useChildren begin by finger tracing the large letter in the top left corner of the page. They then trace the smaller letters. Once finished, older children may write the letter in the blank
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PreK - 1st
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Shape Sorting FREEBIE | Shape Recognition | Preschool PreK Kindergarten
SHAPE SORTING ACTIVITY: This hands-on activity is a fun way to help your children recognize and sort shapes. These cute and colorful cards can be used as a whole class “circle time” activity or in small group instruction for children who need extra practice with their shapes. They can also be put in your math center for the children to work on individually. This set includes 9 shape headings and 48 colored shape cards. The shapes included in this set are circle, square, triangle, rectangle, ova
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Sorting Activities BUNDLE | Preschool PreK Kindergarten | Category Sort
Five Senses FREEBIE {Science Activities} {Interactive and Engaging} {CCSS}
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PreK - 2nd
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Free Fine Motor Hole Punch Activity - Celebration Theme Hole Punch & Cut Stirps
Help your kids build hand strength and develop scissor skills with this fun fine motor activity freebie. Kids can use a hole puncher to punch holes into the images, and then can cut the images apart on the lines.Use these easy-to-prep activities for fine motor work bins, task boxes, and morning work stations. The Celebration Fine Motor Activities Set Includes7 different seasonal hole punch and cut strips2 printing options for easy prep.Class Set - Print multiple copies of one hole punch and cut
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PreK - 1st
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FREE Life Cycle Sequencing Cards: Butterfly and Frog
These sequencing cards are a great visual aid for students who are just beginning to learn about the life cycles of a butterfly and frog! Simply have them color, cut and arrange the cards in the correct order. Also comes in a color version which would make a great addition to your science center. Check out our entire life cycle bundle for extra savings!Life Cycles Mega Bundle: Plant, Pumpkin, Butterfly & Frog!To learn more about how we use this resource, read our blog post here.Enjoy!~Curric
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PreK - 2nd
Free Bathroom Sign Out Sheet, Bathroom Log
Need to keep track and monitor students going to the bathroom? Here is this free resource that will let you do just that!Recently updated to include 10 different bathroom versions with different fonts! Enjoy!
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1st - 12th
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FREE Counting Worksheets Math Addition Equations Kindergarten Math Morning Work
DIGITAL PDF AND PRINTABLES: These free sampler worksheets feature a fun transportation theme and work well for your kindergarten, 1st grade and special education math students. They will practice counting objects and will also create addition equations with visuals.You may use them in your classroom lesson plans for a bell ringer, morning work, as review homework or as a quick formative assessment. This activity also supplements many children's literature books with a cars and trucks theme, inc
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K - 1st
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Personal Narrative Writing Materials FREEBIE | Graphic Organizers and MORE
Do your students struggle to come up with a topic to write about?!This FREEBIE has got you covered!3 parts of this freebieDouble sided page with 28 ideas of topics for a personal narrativeA personal narrative planning page to help your students get writingA personal narrative checklist to use AFTER you are done writingENJOY!!Check out my writing sentences product HERE if your students still need help making sentences.GAIN ACCESS TO OVER 50 FREE RESOURCES HERE-------------------------------------
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K - 4th
Plant A Garden: Science and Writing
This freebie contains a cut and paste sheet for plant parts, a cut and paste for plant needs, two garden/plant picture dictionary pages and a writing page.
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PreK - 1st
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Silent Magic E (CVCE) Reading Fluency Practice Game Uh-Oh!
This engaging game dares students to keep reading. Each card has a sentence featuring words with silent e at the end. On their turn, students can keep reading but if they get a lightning card, uh -oh, they lose all of their cards for that turn! Kids love to play this game! Great for small groups or centers. Also, there is a bonus practice sheet for CVCE words- a perfect early finisher activity!This game is included in my Fluency Fun Bundle.Enjoy this freebie and it is much appreciated if you wo
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Orton-Gillingham Based Fluency Fun: Uh-Oh Sentence Reading Game Bundle
FREE Speech Therapy Handouts and Infographics
Free speech therapy printables! Developmental milestones, hierarchies, and graphics for SLPs and educators, as well as parent handouts for speech therapy. Great information and handouts for National Speech Language Hearing Month in May!The printables cover various topics to use as cheat sheets or handouts, including:articulation and speech intelligibility normslanguage milestones and hierarchiesspeech and hearing anatomy images labeledways to elicit language developmentsteps to building verbal i
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K - 3rd
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Emotions and Feelings Check-In Worksheets for Social Emotional Learning
Use these free printable worksheets for daily emotions check-ins with your students. A daily feelings check-in is an important way to integrate social-emotional learning into the day, while helping students build self-awareness and self-management skills.Three versions are included with emojis, an emotions word bank, and clear space to add your own emotions words. Both color and black/white versions are also included.The prompts include:Right now, I'm feeling...I feel this way because...Somethin
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1st - 8th
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Classroom Expectations & Listening Rules (Interactive and Editable Template)
Back-to-school is the most important time to reinforce classroom expectations! This download includes 24 rule cards with matching pictures. Editable template to create your own rules and add images. Chalkboard theme and white background.Printer friendly option to pair with colored paper.The 24 rule cards include: always be kind, clean up your mess, follow directions quickly, hands and feet to self, hand are in lap, helping hands, learn and have fun, line up quietly, listening ears, make good cho
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PreK - 2nd
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FREE Seasons Cut & Paste Activity (Science Centers)
Students identify objects, holidays, weather and activities by season; cut and paste graphics into appropriate seasons box.
SAMPLE FILE INCLUDES:
1) Sorting Worksheet: (Cut & Paste) Includes rainbow, ice cream, robin, leaves, hat, scarf, pumpkin, skating, beach, cornucopia, snowman, sailing, flowers
2) Graphic Organizer: (5 Senses) Students pick a season and *DRAW* what they like to feel, hear, smell, taste, and see during that season.
3) B&W version
4) "My Favorite Season" picture
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PreK - 1st
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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.
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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.
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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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