8th Grade Special Education Activities

This is a free social skills lesson focused on gift exchange. My Easy Social Skills Holiday lessons to explore and discuss each area to the best of your student’s ability. Students in your class will gain  a basic understanding of each other's likes and dislikes, as well as practicality in helping them learn how to thoughtfully choose gifts that reflect consideration, kindness and practicality. This Social Skills lesson is also perfect for Theory of mind and/ or Social problem solving.

Engage your middle and high school students with this 18-Day Multimedia Thematic Unit on Disabilities in Schools and Society! Designed for Grades 6 and up, this comprehensive unit explores both visible and invisible disabilities through a variety of media, hands-on projects, and critical assessments. Perfect for ELA, social studies, or humanities classes, this unit provides students with opportunities to develop empathy, research skills, and a deeper understanding of accessibility and inclusivity.

This unit integrates multimedia resources, including documentaries, political cartoons, TED Talks, and informational texts. Students will build critical thinking skills as they analyze real-world challenges faced by individuals with disabilities, assess their school’s ADA compliance, and create projects to promote inclusivity.

What’s Included:

• Pacing Plan for 18 days of engaging, standards-aligned instruction.
• A range of activities including debates, Socratic seminars, evidence-mining, and reflective writing.
• Viewing guides and discussion prompts for multimedia content such as The Miracle Worker and the Zion Clark documentary.
• Informational text analysis with strategies for gathering evidence.
• Projects like the Walk in My Shoes research project, school ADA evaluation, and political cartoon analysis to encourage creative thinking and real-world application.
• Assessment rubrics and graphic organizers to support student learning.

Aligned Standards:

This interdisciplinary unit is aligned with Common Core ELA Standards (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) and encourages cross-curricular learning with a focus on disabilities, social studies, and media literacy. It promotes research, empathy, and accessibility discussions through engaging multimedia and project-based learning.

Why You'll Love This Unit:

• Interactive and Student-Centered: Students actively engage with real-world issues around disability awareness and inclusivity through meaningful activities.
• Multimedia Integration: TED Talks, articles, films, and political cartoons create a dynamic and engaging learning experience.
• Project-Based Learning: Includes hands-on projects like the Walk in My Shoes disability research project, allowing students to take ownership of their learning.
• Critical Thinking and Reflection: Encourages students to reflect on how disabilities affect individuals’ lives and how society can become more inclusive.

Who It’s For:

• Middle and high school teachers (Grades 6-9) looking for an engaging, interdisciplinary unit addressing disabilities and inclusivity.
• Educators seeking a Common Core-aligned unit that integrates multimedia, research, and project-based learning.

Perfect for:

• ELA, social studies, and humanities classrooms.
• Teachers seeking units that focus on empathy, accessibility, and real-world issues.
• Maternity leave or long-term sub plans, with a pacing guide and ready-to-use materials.

This 18-Day Multimedia Unit helps students understand the challenges and strengths of individuals with disabilities while improving essential academic skills. Get ready for insightful discussions, creative projects, and meaningful reflections that resonate with your students’ real-world experiences. Download now and bring relevant, standards-aligned learning to your classroom!

This is a worksheet of 14 problems to use as an introduction or as an intervention for combining like terms.

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Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by considering these ESL bilingual vocabulary labels!

Each label takes up 1/15 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. Each card features the word in English and Portuguese. To help aid meaning, I've included pictures.

These vocabulary flashcards are perfect for any student new to English or Portuguese language learning!

You'll Get:

• Classroom Vocabulary Flash Cards
• Action Verbs ESL Vocabulary Flashcards
• Numbers ESL Flash Cards
• Math Symbols Flash Cards
• Sports Vocabulary Flashcards in English - European Portuguese

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This download includes scavenger hunts template for Walmart and Target with five fun categories: Groceries, Household Items, Clothing, Electronics, and Pharmacy.

Each category has simple tasks for students to find specific items and write down their prices.

You can use this scavenger hunt resource in Community Based Instruction (CBI) by taking students on a trip to Walmart or Target. Students will work in pairs or small groups to find items in each category, learning to read labels, compare prices, and navigate the store.

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Fun Autism awareness Quotes Coloring Pages For Toddler, Preschool, Kindergarten, Girls, Boys Kids. This paint dauber coloring Pages is perfect for younger to practice pre-writing skills and have fun at the same time. Makes a fun gift!

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• Great for kids, boys and girls

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Let your students creativity flow with this resource. Students can draw their happy place inside the snow globe. Great for brain breaks, early finishers, 1:1 sessions, etc. Great when covering themes such as mindfulness, meditation, visualization, etc.

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Give your learners the tools to navigate daily life while practicing essential ELA skills!
This Safety Signs Literacy Bundle features 60 engaging worksheets, 30 high-frequency word cards, and 180 differentiated task cards—designed for diverse and neurodivergent classrooms.

This Safety Signs Literacy Pack includes 60 cut-and-paste spelling worksheets, 30 sight word cards, and 180 differentiated task cards—perfect for special education, functional literacy, and life skills classrooms.

🖋️ WHAT’S INCLUDED: • 30 Color Worksheets • 30 Black & White Worksheets • 30 Word Wall / Sight Word Cards • 180 Task Cards at 3 Levels (60 per level)

🎯 PERFECT FOR: • Functional Reading & ELA Support • Special Education & Life Skills Programs • Community Signs Lessons • Early Intervention or ESL Practice • Visual Learners & Students Needing Hands-On Support

💖 WHY EDUCATORS LOVE IT: ✔️ Ready-to-use & Print-and-Go ✔️ Clear visuals support sign recognition ✔️ Builds spelling, matching, and word fluency skills ✔️ Ideal for centers, homework, or remedial folders

📌 WAYS TO USE: • Whole Group & Small Group • Independent Task Folders • Homework Assignments • Virtual or Face-to-Face Learning • Remedial or Tiered Instruction

PRO TIP: Laminate the worksheets or drop them in a Clear Dry-Erase Folder. The students can complete the worksheets, you can wipe and reuse them!

✴Safety / Community Words Included:

hot, gas, exit, fire, stop, heavy

toxic, yield, beware, danger, detour

hazard, no bike, no pets, no swim

no walk, caution, deadend, first aid, hydrant

no touch, keep off, keep out, no enter, warning

electric(high voltage), hospital, slippery, wet floor, wet paint

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This workbook includes 11 Reading Comprehension and Reflection Worksheets to help further your students understanding Relationships, Personal Space and Boundaries. Each page includes a scenario narrative. On each page there are three comprehension and reflective questions to help support the student to reflect on different relationships, personal space & boundaries associated with that relationship and gain insight. The following are explored:

• Me and My Personal Space
• My Family
• Things I can do with my Family
• My Friends
• Things I can do with my Friends
• All about Acquaintances
• Things You can do with Acquaintances
• All about Community Helpers
• Things you can do with Community Helpers
• All about Strangers
• Important to Remember

WORKBOOKS – Just print!

Behaviour and Feelings Workbook

Self Esteem and Feelings Workbook

Emotions & Self Care Workbook

My Anger Management Workbook

SOCIAL SKILLS, PUBERTY, PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS, RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUALITY

Puberty Lesson and Activity Book

Appropriate V's Appropriate Things to Say

Learning about Bodies and Puberty Workbook

Protective Behaviours, Relationships and Puberty Special Game

Stranger Danger Education

Road Safety Social Story

Fire Safety Social Story

Safety In The Community Activity and Educative Book

AUTISM, SOCIAL STORIES & ACTIVITIES

How My Engine Runs Social Story

Teaching Children about Personal Space

Noises Hurt My Ears - Social Story - Sensory Defensiveness

When a loved one dies - grief and loss social story

Understanding Divorce Social Story

Being Nice and Making Friends Social Story

Doing a Poo on the Toilet Social Story

SPECIFIC TEACHING AND COUNSELLING RESOURCES

Supporting Students to Gain Insight through Reflection

Supervision and Reflective Practice Templates

Increasing a Child's Attention Span

Behavioural Strategies for Fostering Self Esteem

Anxious Children - Behavioural Strategies

Children with Attachment and Abandonment Issues: Behavioural Strategies

Recognising Defences in Children

ANGER MANAGEMENT

Anger Management Plan

Anger Management Activity Worksheets

Anger Management Traffic Lights Activity

My Anger Management Workbook

BEHAVIOUR ASSESSMENT AND BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PLANS

Managing Aggressive Behaviours and Outbursts

Understanding Behavioural Triggers

Behaviour Reward Chart - Girls (editable)

Behaviour Reward Chart - Boys (editable)

Behaviour Thermometer - Incident Prevention and Response Plan (editable)

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In this measurement review packet, students will measure items to the nearest eighth inch, quarter inch, half inch, and inch. Students will also figure out the missing inches, feet, yards, and miles for each question. This packet can be used as a homework assignment, in-class assignment, or test review and test.

Unlock meaningful conversations with these 32 visual conversation starters. Perfect for friends, family, or team-building activities, each topic includes five thought-provoking questions to spark dialogue and connection.

Use these differentiated March St Patrick's Day picture subtraction file folders for a fun activity or centers in your special education or math classes! There are 3 different file folders. These file folders are perfect for math centers, independent work, progress monitoring, and task boxes!

What is Included?

3 file folder activities

- Picture Subtraction within 5

- Picture Subtraction within 10

- Picture Subtraction within 20

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Thanksgiving meets math in our Addition Word Problems File Folder Game. Crafted for special education and autism classrooms, this resource offers 12 Thanksgiving-themed word problems with sums up to 20. Perfect for independent and small group math activities, it's an engaging way to hone addition skills. With minimal prep work, it's the ideal seasonal addition to your classroom. Make learning fun this Thanksgiving season!

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| Credit and Debit Cards | Functional Text | Life Skills Reading | Comprehension Questions | Special Education

This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.

This resource includes:

• 5 different realistic credit card
• 2 levels
• A color & black and white set
• Teacher answer key

Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions

• 2 example/ teaching worksheets (chip/ tap payment)
• 3 practice worksheets sorting chip/ tap payment with 24 questions (8 questions per page)
• 11 worksheets with 55 questions (5 questions per page)

Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions

• 2 example/ teaching worksheets (chip/ tap payment)
• 6 practice check off worksheets identifying chip/ tap payment with 48 questions (8 questions per page)
• 3 practice write in the answer worksheets identifying chip/ tap payment with 24 questions (8 questions per page)
• 11 worksheets with 66 questions (6 questions per page)

A total of 38 different worksheets and 217 questions per set.

A total of 76 different worksheets.

This resource aims to familiarize students with range of authentic credit cards used in everyday life, with the initial half of the lesson focusing on chip and tap payment methods. Students learn to differentiate between what chip and tap payments look like through teaching pages, & engaging scaffolded practice worksheets that include: cut and paste, checking off, and writing activities. Following, realistic credit cards are featured, accompanied by comprehension questions to assess understanding.

This resources helps students to look at and read credit cards to find the important information to be able to purchase products online or call/ chat customer service. Examples of questions: Visa or MasterCard?, What is the card number?, When does this card expire?, What is the security code? & more

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Understanding Instructions Unit 7

Reading Product Labels Unit 1

Reading Websites Unit 1

Reading Medicine Labels Unit 3

This Valentine's Day Bundle includes Math and Literacy Activities with a week long unit and four Valentine's Day task boxes. There are also four sets of task cards that can be laminated for repeated use: counting, tracing beginning letter sounds, telling time, and filling a Valentine order.

Included:

Valentine's Day Week Long Unit-

1. Valentine's Book
2. Adapted Book
3. Comprehension
4. Vocabulary Cards
5. Comprehension
6. Vocabulary Definition Match
7. Vocabulary Trace
8. Sorting Holidays
9. Counting
10. Money
11. Search and Count
12. Tracing
13. Cutting
14. Coloring
15. Color by Number
16. Color Sort
17. Size Sort

Valentine's Day Task Boxes-

1. Valentine's Day Beginning Letter Sound and Match- This special education letter sound and tracing activity is Valentines Themed. Students will love tracing their letters and finding the Valentine image that begins with that letter. Students are practicing two skills in one task card set.
2. Valentine's Day Telling Time-This special education telling time math activity is Valentine's Day Themed. Students will enjoy matching the clocks with the hearts and pink theming while working on mastery of skills.
3. Fill a Valentine's Day Heart-This special education-life skills work activity is Valentine's Day Themed. Students will enjoy matching the chocolates to the correct heart box. There are thirty chocolates that must be placed in the correct candy box. Students will practice their job skills with a fun holiday theme.
4. Counting Cupid's Hearts-This special education Valentine theme task box is perfect for practicing counting skills while having some extra fun with the seasonal theme. Students will love counting the hearts that Cupid is shooting in this task card activity.

National Pizza Day word search activity worksheets offer a fun and engaging way for pizza enthusiasts to celebrate the occasion. These compact puzzles challenge participants to find hidden pizza-related words, adding a delightful twist to the festivities.

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A PDF File Includes 15 pages.

High Quality 300 DPI.

Size: 8.5 x11 In.

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1. 18-Day Disabilities & Equity Unit Grades 6+ | Project, Essay, Assessments, Seminar

Description:
Explore the theme of equity and disabilities in schools and society with this 18-day unit designed for grades 6+. Students will engage with informational texts, videos, and case studies, leading to a STAAR-aligned extended essay and research project. This resource includes Socratic seminars, assessments, and creative projects to promote critical thinking and empathy. Perfect for SEL, humanities, and cross-curricular classrooms.

2. 18-Day Human Migration & Immigration Unit Grades 7+ | Project, Poetry, Assessments

Description:
Dive into the global topic of migration and immigration with this 18-day thematic unit for grades 7+. Through poetry, short stories, and informational texts, students will explore the historical and contemporary experiences of immigrants. Includes project-based assessments, writing tasks, and creative multimedia projects to foster understanding and empathy. A great resource for ELA, social studies, and SEL instruction.

3. 18-Day Multimedia Anti-Bullying Thematic Unit for Grades 5-8 | SEL Humanities

Description:
This 18-day multimedia unit on anti-bullying for grades 5-8 engages students with a range of media—films, political cartoons, short stories, and songs—to understand the impact of bullying in schools and society. Includes two Socratic seminars, a STAAR-aligned extended essay, and a creative capstone project. Ideal for SEL-focused classrooms and humanities teachers.

4. 19-Day Social Identity Unit | Low Prep | Grades 6-8 | Texts, Videos, and Project

Description:
Help students explore their own social identity and the factors that shape it in this 19-day unit for grades 6-8. The unit includes videos, readings, and group projects focused on themes like identity, community, and belonging. A low-prep, high-impact resource that encourages self-reflection and empathy through engaging multimedia activities and a culminating project.

5. 20-Day Social Media Mental Health Unit Grades 7+ | Project, Essay, Assessments

Description:
Explore the intersection of social media and mental health in this 20-day unit for grades 7+. Students will examine the effects of social media on well-being through informational texts, videos, and podcasts. Includes a STAAR-aligned essay, Socratic seminar, and multimedia project, making it an essential resource for teaching critical thinking and digital literacy.

6. 7-Day World Religions Research & Presentation Unit: Interdisciplinary Grades 6-8

Description:
This 7-day research and presentation unit allows students to explore major world religions through research-based learning. Perfect for grades 6-8, students will develop presentations on various religions, fostering understanding and global awareness. Includes guided research templates, presentation rubrics, and cross-curricular connections.

7. Human Rights 5-Day Research and Writing Unit | Middle School Social Essay Project

Description:
Introduce your middle school students to the concept of human rights in this 5-day research and writing unit. Students will engage with informational texts to explore human rights issues globally and locally, culminating in a social justice essay project. This unit is ideal for quick yet impactful lessons that combine research, writing, and advocacy.

This is a set of 16 Solving Two-Step Equations problems for students to practice their basic equation skills. It is very useful for an introduction to solving equations or to use as an intervention. Also included is a modified version to guide students who need more help to work independently.

Included

Solving Two-Step Equations worksheet (Modified Version included)

Answer Key

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Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by considering these English to Maori Transport Vehicles ESL Vocabulary Sight Words Flashcards!

Each label takes up 1/15 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 68 cards for a total of 5 pages. Check out the preview to see what it looks like.

Each card features the word in English and Maori. To help aid meaning, I've included beautiful illustrations and pictures.

These engaging Transport Vehicles flashcards are tailored for both educators and homeschooling parents. These flashcards are a valuable resource for teaching students about different modes of transportation, from cars and buses to boats and planes. Through vibrant illustrations and clear labeling, students can easily grasp the names and functions of various vehicles.

Whether you're a teacher enriching your ESL classroom lessons or a homeschooling parent looking to expand your child's knowledge, these flashcards make learning about transportation a captivating journey. Enhance your educational experience by introducing these dynamic flashcards into your curriculum today!

This resource focuses on money math and real-world problems, making it ideal for teaching functional math skills in special education settings. It includes engaging task cards and colorful grocery flyers that help students practice budgeting and decision-making in a fun and practical way.

Who Is It For?

• This resource is designed for students in elementary and middle school.
• It is perfect for math lessons that focus on real-world skills, budgeting, and decision-making.

What Does It Include? Three Colorful Catalogues:

• Back-to-School Snacks: A selection of fun and healthy snack items for the school year.
• Holiday Treats: A variety of festive snacks perfect for celebrations.
• Spring/Summer Picnic: Refreshing and tasty items for outdoor picnics.
• Math Task Cards:

1. Each theme comes with a set of task cards to practice math skills.
2. Task cards target a variety of difficulty levels, so students can work at their own pace.

• Answer Keys: Each set of task cards includes an answer key to help you quickly check students' work.

How Can It Be Used?

• Use the catalogues as a reference for students to choose items and practice budgeting.
• The task cards can be used in class as a group activity, in pairs, or for independent work.
• You can assign specific cards based on students' skill levels or allow students to choose their own.

When Can It Be Used?

• These resources can be used throughout the school year, with each theme corresponding to different seasons and occasions.
• Perfect for math centers, group projects, or homework assignments.

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