What are some of the essential items and words students need to know for going to class? Designed for special education students but with a variety of applications, here you'll find a set of 12 picture cards that include images and terms to support learners as they enter the school environment.

Concepts

routines, school environment, back to school, classroom community

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Additional Tags

programs

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Instructional Ideas

• Send picture cards home to families, and encourage them to create more picture cards for any other important details that their children should remember (e.g. a clock noting when school begins and ends, lunch and snack, a teacher they can approach for help, etc.)

Classroom Considerations

• The "finished pocket" card is intended to remind special education students to place their picture cards in an envelope after they have completed a certain stage of a task. This helps reduce anxiety over multi-step processes and creates safe, structured routines for learners

Pros

• Cards refer to essential school landmarks, items, and processes (i.e. crayons, pencils, backpack, bus, circle time, etc.)
• Also includes additional set of picture cards, but with no words (see included materials)

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.K.4.a L.1.4.a