$5 - $10 1st Grade Special Education Guided Reading Books

This set of books includes 5 Adaptive Books focusing on color identification. All books have a choice of 8 manipulative pieces. However, differentiation is easy, as you will provide fewer options if needed. The books include colorful grasshoppers, turtles, heroes, & Fish. These books require some prep work; however, once they are laminated & velcroed, they provide extended and repeated practice.

Books 1 & 2: Colorful Grasshoppers & Where is Grasshopper helps students identify colors and place colored grasshoppers in specific locations (under, on, behind, beside, and between). 

Book 3: Friendly Fish provides students with visual prompting to support matching colors. Students will match the Fish to the correct color.

Book 4: Hero Friends utilizes repetitive text "We need a hero wearing _____." Students will select the correct superhero on each page. 

Book 5: A slow turtle allows students to place the correct color turtle by the water. Students can also practice letter formation by tracing words within this book. 

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Adaptive Books special education - Wh questions "Who" & "What"

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Do your students love farm animals? They will love these adaptive books featuring 8 different farm animals.

Book 1: Students will select the correct animal and place them in the correct place using positional words (in front, on, beside etc.). This book uses the most color to make the positional placement of the animals more exciting.

Book 2: Read to your students making animal noises! What animal says "oink, oink", or "cluck, cluck". Students will use the interactive pieces to select the correct anima.

Book 3: I see a " farm animal". Students will see the animal and match using the interactive pieces.

Boom Cards! It is free to set up a boom account & your students will love them. I find them rewarding and enjoyed even by my most reluctant learners. I am including 2 Boom cards (I see & animal noises).

*Books 2 & 3 use minimal color to save on your printer! A helpful hint that I learned while obtaining my masters - HP has a printer program which ships color & BW cartridges for a minimal cost each month!

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Adapted Books with a focus on "Wh" Questions: "What" and "Who" is a set of four books designed to help children learn and practice their comprehension skills. The set includes two books with a focus on "what" questions and two books with a focus on "who" questions.

Extend student practice through print and go worksheets, task cards, and a sorting activity.

Adaptive books are a valuable tool to use with students. While the books do require some prep work such as printing, laminating, cutting and velcro; they can be used again and again! They are highly motivational for even the most reluctant learners. Each book has 8 picture icons to choose from. You can easily adapt by sharing less options with your students.

What:

Book 1: What do you wear? is a fun and interactive way for children to learn about appropriate clothing choices for different weather conditions. It presents various scenarios and asks children to choose the correct clothing to wear for each situation. For example, "It is a sunny summer day and you want to go swimming". What will you wear? Clothing for all seasons is included.

Book 2: What are they doing? is designed to help children practice predicting and understanding cause and effect. It presents various situations and asks children to determine what the characters will do in each scenario. Children can reinforce their understanding by stating what they would do in each situation. "I will... Situations include: Cooking, painting, playing ball, crying, cleaning, eating, reading and sleeping.

What/Who:

Book 3 & 4: This book is available as either Who lives here or What animal lives here. They are a fun and engaging way for children to learn about different animals and their habitats. It presents different locations and asks children to choose the animal that lives in each place. Support is provided with a hint for each animal to help children who may not have prior knowledge of the animal's habitat or characteristics.

Example: Book 3 - Who lives inside a home? Book 4 - What animal lives inside a home? Hint: I am soft, cuddly and I meow. Animals include: starfish, bunny, skunk, penguin, fish, bear, whale and cat.

Book 5: So many jobs! Who will do them? is designed to help children learn about different occupations and the roles they play in society. It presents various jobs, including traditional careers such as teacher and firefighter, as well as more unusual careers such as rockstar. This book encourages children to think about what they might want to do when they grow up. Jobs include: teacher, farmer, ball player, firefighter, police, fisherman, cook & rockstar!

Book 6: Who will do it? This book presents a problem (I need or I like something), and a solution (who I can get this from). For example, I like cookies. Who will bake them? or I need groceries. Who will I pay?

Print and Go:

Continue practicing student understanding of "what" and "who" questions through 16 additional practice pages.

• 2 pages of sorting pictures into "who" and "what columns.
• 4 pages of identify and color pages.
• 10 pages of matching a picture to the "who" or "what" question. These will require a student to cut and paste.

Task Cards: All cards are colorful and made to be laminated and reused. I store mine in small containers (pictures in preview)

• Clip cards "what": Students will identify the correct picture from a choice of 4. Clip with a paperclip or laundry clip or laminate and circle with a dry erase marker.
• Clip cards "who": Students will identify the correct picture from a choice of 4. Clip with a paperclip or laundry clip or laminate and circle with a dry erase marker.
• What Color: Identify object and then identify the correct color.
• Where do they work - The base card contains a place of work (hospital, bakery etc.) Students will select the correct person who works there.
• Who and what questions - Students select the correct picture to answer the question.

Pictures for Anchor Chart

12 Who and 12 What pictures are included to use for discussion, practice or post in your classroom as a reminder.

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Adaptive Books with a Halloween prepositions theme cover a variety of prepositions (in, on, around, behind, beside, above, and under. This set of adapted books includes three books!

Two books require your students to follow the directions to put icons in the correct place. Each book has eight different pictures to place appropriately in the book. As part of the preparation process, you will want to add multiple pieces of velcro to ensure students demonstrate understanding by their specific placement of the icons.

The third book require your students to complete a sentence. Each sentence is simple, such as "A bat is hiding ______ the cabinet". A picture is provided to help the students understand the sentence to choose the correct preposition.

These books, while requiring some prep work, are a versatile resource that you can use year after year. They are a highly motivating activity for students with a variety of skill levels, empowering you to use them for direct instruction, independent practice, student share outs, or with your Classroom Aides.

Adaptive Books with a Halloween prepositions theme cover a variety of prepositions (in, on, around, behind, beside, above, and under. This set of adapted books includes three books!

Two books require your students to follow the directions to put icons in the correct place. Each book has eight different pictures to place appropriately in the book. As part of the preparation process, you will want to add multiple pieces of velcro to ensure students demonstrate understanding by their specific placement of the icons.

The third book require your students to complete a sentence. Each sentence is simple, such as "A bat is hiding ______ the cabinet". A picture is provided to help the students understand the sentence to choose the correct preposition.

These books, while requiring some prep work, are a versatile resource that you can use year after year. They are a highly motivating activity for students with a variety of skill levels, empowering you to use them for direct instruction, independent practice, student share outs, or with your Classroom Aides.