1st Grade Special Education Activities (by date, latest first)

Give your students a fun, effective, and hands-on way to master the first 100 key sight words with this 100-page learning pack! Designed for Kindergarten through 2nd grade, this resource includes 100 full-color worksheets and 100 black & white versions for easy printing. These worksheets focus on tactile learning, fluency, handwriting, and comprehension, making them perfect for RTI, Special Education, small groups, independent work, and home learning!

📜 What’s Included?

✔ 100 Color Worksheets – Bright and engaging for visual learners

✔ 100 Black & White Worksheets – Print-friendly for classroom use

✔ Data Collection Sheet (BONUS)

✔ Master Sight Word Poster (BONUS)

✔ Covers First 100 Sight Words – Essential for K-2 literacy development

✔ Instant Digital Download – No waiting, print & use right away!

📝 How These Worksheets Build Strong Readers:

✨ Tactile Learning – Students finger-trace each word for multi-sensory engagement ✨ Handwriting Support – Boxes help with letter sizing, spacing, and spelling ✨ Word Discrimination – Students find the correctly spelled word from a set of choices ✨ Fine Motor Skills – Cut & paste activities help build sight words in a hands-on way

🔍 Why You’ll Love It:

✅ Perfect for RTI & Differentiation – Engaging for all learners, including those who need extra support ✅ Starting Dots for Letter Orientation – Helps students form letters correctly from the start ✅ Encourages Independent Work – Familiar activities enable students to complete sheets on their own after a few guided attempts ✅ Flexible & Printable – Use in centers, homework, morning work, or small groups

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Kids will love this low-prep fall / Autumn leaf craft activity and the final artworks will make beautiful fall classroom decorations! There are 8 cute templates to choose from. Simply print, color in the pictures, gather some leaves and paste them. I've also included examples of completed crafts.

The craftivity templates are:

• Dinosaur
• Boy with leaf hair
• Fish
• Empty wheelbarrow
• Crow
• Tree with reading girl
• Sunflower
• Dragonflies

TIP: Pressed leaves work best and the artworks will last longer, but it’s also possible to do the activity with fresh dry leaves.

SEE MY FIRST LEAF CRAFT ACTIVITY HERE!

I’d love to see my product in action so if you’d like to share a picture, tag me @clevercat.creations on Instagram or mail me at askclevercat@gmail.com!

PLEASE NOTE:

These templates are for classroom and personal use. This is not a clip art product and cannot be used to create new products

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• Fall / Autumn Leaf Craft Activity 1

• Fall / Autumn Leaf Animal Clip Art

• About Me Craft Activity

• Craft Activity - Paper Roll Bunnies

• Craft Activity - Paper Roll Bunnies Set 2

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Kids will love this low-prep fall / Autumn leaf craft activity and the final artworks will make beautiful fall classroom decorations!

There are 8 cute templates to choose from. Simply print, color in the pictures, gather some leaves and paste them.

The craftivity templates are:

• Squirrel
• Owl
• Hedgehog
• Two birds on branches
• Bird singing
• Tree with reading cat
• Butterfly
• Tortoise

Pressed leaves work best and the artworks will last longer, but it’s also possible to do the activity with fresh dry leaves.

SEE MY SECOND LEAF CRAFT ACTIVITY HERE!

I’d love to see my product in action so if you’d like to share a picture, tag me @clevercat.creations on Instagram or mail me at askclevercat@gmail.com!

PLEASE NOTE:

These templates are for classroom and personal use. This is not a clip art product and cannot be used to create new products

You might also like:

•Fall Leaf Craft Activity 2</a>

• Fall / Autumn Leaf Animal Clip Art

• About Me Craft Activity

• Craft Activity - Paper Roll Bunnies

• Craft Activity - Paper Roll Bunnies Set 2

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Looking for a fun way to teach FAMILY vocabulary and to practice defining family members? Then this product is just for you! It’s perfect for elementary **German **language students as well as for native German classes at grade levels 1 - 5. Low prep, just print out and cut.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

♥ 3 Family trees

• from the perspective of a child
• from the perspective of a parent
• from the perspective of a grandparent
• blank family trees for students to fill in

♥ Family Members I Have Who Has Game

• contains 21 cards
• students need to match the definitions with the right family member
• the cards in the pdf are in order = you can use the pdf as an answer key

♥ Family Members Board Game

• print on A4 / letter-sized paper
• for a larger format, print on two A4 / letter-sized sheets of papers and then tape them together

BOARD GAME DIRECTIONS:

• Everyone starts in the blue section.
• Players take turns rolling the dice and moving their tokens along the game board.
• As you land on each blue space, form a sentence with ".... ist Florians ...".
• Once you reach the end of the blue path, turn around and proceed along the orange spaces.
• This time, create sentences with "Florian ist sein/ihr ...".
• If a player can't form a correct sentence on their turn, they do not move forward.

**VOCABULARY COVERED IN THIS PRODUCT: ***Großeltern, *Opa, *Oma, *Eltern, *Vater, *Mutter, *Bruder, *Schwester, *Onkel, *Tante, *Cousin, *Cousine, *Tochter, *Sohn, *Nichte, *Neffe, *Enkelkinder, *Enkelin, *Enkel

Options for use:

**☻**Vocabulary Review

☻Pair Work

☻Group Work

☻Stations

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Looking for a fun way to teach FAMILY vocabulary and to practice defining family members? Then this product is just for you! It’s perfect for elementary EFL / ESL students as well as for native English classes at grade levels 1 - 5. Low prep, just print out and cut.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

♥ 3 Family trees

• from the perspective of a child
• from the perspective of a parent
• from the perspective of a grandparent
• blank family trees for students to fill in

♥ Family Members I Have Who Has Game

• contains 20 cards
• students need to match the definitions with the right family member
• the cards in the pdf are in order = you can use the pdf as an answer key

♥ Family Members Board Game

• print on A4 / letter-sized paper
• for a larger format, print on two A4 / letter-sized sheets of papers and then tape them together

BOARD GAME DIRECTIONS:

• Everyone starts in the blue section.
• Players take turns rolling the dice and moving their tokens along the game board.
• As you land on each blue space, form a sentence with ".... is Sam's...".
• Once you reach the end of the blue path, turn around and proceed along the orange spaces.
• This time, create sentences with "Sam is his/her...".
• If a player can't form a correct sentence on their turn, they do not move forward.

**VOCABULARY COVERED IN THIS PRODUCT: ***grandparents, *grandpa, *grandma, *parents, *father, *mother, *brother, *sister, *uncle, *aunt, *cousins, *daughter, *son, *niece, *nephew, *grandchildren, *granddaughter, *grandson

Options for use:

**☻**Vocabulary Review

☻Pair Work

☻Group Work

☻Stations

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Alphabet Flash Cards Uppercase and Lowercase

These alphabet flash cards uppercase and lowercase are the perfect resource for teaching letter recognition, phonics, and fine motor skills. Each card includes clear and engaging designs for both uppercase and lowercase letters, helping young learners easily connect the two forms.

Alphabet Lower and Upper Case Posters

Brighten your learning space with these Alphabet Lower and Upper Case Posters, a perfect resource for teaching letter recognition and formation! Featuring clean, visually appealing designs, each poster displays both uppercase and lowercase letters with clear path-of-motion guides to help students master proper letter formation.

Alphabet Writing Practice | Alphabet Tracing Worksheets

Make learning letters fun and engaging with this Alphabet Writing Practice | Alphabet Tracing Worksheets! This resource is designed to help young learners develop essential handwriting skills while reinforcing letter recognition and formation.

This Shoe Tying Life Skills activity is an engaging unit that teaches students the essential skills of tying knots and shoelaces, promoting fine motor development, independence, and basic life skills. Through hands-on activities, students will learn how to tie basic knots and progress to mastering the "bunny ears" method for Shoe Tying. The lessons are designed to be fun, and interactive, and build confidence as students practice knot-tying techniques, lacing, and shoe-tying step-by-step. This unit is perfect for young learners, helping them develop coordination and practical life skills while making learning fun!

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Alphabet Flash Cards Uppercase and Lowercase

These alphabet flash cards uppercase and lowercase are the perfect resource for teaching letter recognition, phonics, and fine motor skills. Each card includes clear and engaging designs for both uppercase and lowercase letters, helping young learners easily connect the two forms.

Versatile and practical, these flash cards can be used for a variety of activities, including matching games, tracing practice, and letter-of-the-day lessons. Print them in different sizes to transform them into portable study cards, memory game pieces, or even mini posters for classroom walls.

With these alphabet flash cards uppercase and lowercase, you’ll provide students with a fun and interactive way to build essential literacy skills while fostering confidence in their alphabet knowledge! Perfect for classrooms, homeschool settings, or as take-home practice.

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Want to teach your little ones about responsibility in a hands on way? This resource could be for you. This fun and interactive game will help young learners understand the importance of taking responsibility for their actions in a playful and educational way. With colorful cards that feature various scenarios, students will be able to enhance essential skills for school and beyond.

Responsibility cards include:

-Feeding pets

-Washing hands

-Raising hands

-Brushing teeth

-Cleaning up

-Taking a bath

-Putting on shoes

-Siting quietly

-Finding clothes

-Brushing hair

-Doing homework

-Playing fair

-Eating lunch

-Being a good sport

*Printing on colored card stock paper and laminating is highly recommended as images can be seen through on regular white printing paper.

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Dinosaur themed check in for young students. Students will get to learn about emotions, while practicing their penmanship and facial recognition skills. Resource comes in colored/black and white versions.

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Quick one little pager to help young students check in with their feelings. Students will get to practice their penmanship and facial recognition skills. Resource comes in colored/black and white versions.

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Looking for resources on impulse control, making good choices, and stopping to think? This could be for you. Cute powerpoint with 12 social scenarios and four reflective questions to get them thinking about making good choices no matter the situation. Great for small groups, individual sessions, or whole classroom discussions.

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If your students are struggling with making the correct choice, this activity could be for you. Resource is a cookie themed activity. Students will be presented with different scenarios on each cookie. They will cut the cookie out, sort into two different piles, and glue each cookie to the correct cookie jar. Resource comes in colored/black and white. Resource allows students to create their own scenarios as well. No prep work. Simply print and go!

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Adorable Rudolph themed emotion mats. Perfect for young students or students in special education learning to recognize emotions. Students can practice drawing facial features while working on their fine motor skills as well. Great resource for early finishers, morning work, centers, 1:1's, holiday celebrations, end of day activity, etc.

Emotions included:

Happy

Excited

Worried

Angry

Scared

Proud

Sad

Sleepy

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Super adorable gingerbread themed emotion mats. Perfect for younger students, students with special needs, and nonverbal students. Great for fine motor skill practice as well. Students will get to draw in 6 different emotions. They'll get to identify how they are feeling as well and draw it out. Great for early finishers, morning work, 1:1's, etc.

Emotions included:

Happy

Excited

Worried

Angry

Scared

Proud

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Winter themed social emotional learning activities. Resource includes mats that students can draw or use play dough to express each given emotion. Comes with a feelings booklet, matching game, and a writing activity.

Emotions included:

-Mad

-Bored

-Happy

-Sad

-Scared

-Sick

-Silly

-Surprised

-Tired

-Worried

Resource comes in colored/black and white versions.

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Spring themed social emotional learning activities. Resource includes mats that students can draw or use play dough to express each given emotion. Comes with a feelings booklet, matching game, and a writing activity.

Emotions included:

-Worried

-Tired

-Surprised

-Scared

-Sad

-Mad

-Happy

-Excited

Resource comes in colored/black and white versions.

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Dinosaur themed social emotional learning activities. Resource includes mats that students can draw or use play dough to express each given emotion. Comes with a feelings booklet, matching game, and a writing activity.

Emotions included:

-Worried

-Tired

-Surprised

-Scared

-Sad

-Mad

-Happy

-Excited

Resource comes in colored/black and white versions.

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Help teach your students about emotions and feelings in a hands on and interactive way with these mats. Can be used with play dough or crayons/markers.

Comes with 22 different mats. Emotions include:

-Angry

-Annoyed

-Anxious

-Ashamed

-Bored

-Comfortable

-Confused

-Disgusted

-Embarrassed

-Envious

-Excited

-Frustrated

-Happy

-Nervous

-Overwhelmed

-Peaceful

-Proud

-Sad

-Scared

-Shocked

-Silly

Students will be able to fill in each character with facial expressions to show the specified emotion. They'll also get to practice writing the emotion, and reflect on when they've felt that way. Great for 1:1 sessions, quiet work, centers.

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These low prep and engaging task cards are a great way to practice identifying and matching emotions. Great for younger students, special eductation, students working on fine motor skills; and nonverbal students. Students will identify the emotion on the top of the task card and find the corresponding emotion. They can clip a clothes pin on the emotion or circle it with a dry erase marker. 

Resource also includes emotion mats. Students will get to practice drawing in the different emotions. Each mat provides an example of how they can draw the emotions-perfect for those still struggling or who need an extra assist. Great for 1:1, small groups, centers, quiet work, etc.

Emotions included: 

Angry 

Bored 

Crying 

Happy 

Kissing 

Sad

Scared

Sick

Silly

Surprised

Tired

Worried

Resource comes in colored and black/white versions. 

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