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Application Abbreviations Activity

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  Hi all, Distance learning this year has been quite a journey that often has my head spinning! Although many things have changed, there are still. so many skills to be worked on in our Transition Program. One of the first activities I like to revisit with the students at the beginning of the year is vocationally-based abbreviations. It. took me a little longer to adapt my curriculum this year, but after a much adjustment, I finally finished the interactive PDF for application abbreviations! Reteaching these abbreviations activates the students' prior learning and primes our students for future application practice and functional reading skills as they take the classroom into the real world. I have included  36 of the most common abbreviations  found on applications, such as: St. Ave Blvd Ct. mo. yr. SSN wk DOB FT PT AM PM Req. Avail. ASAP Exp. ID, and more! If you are interested in using this with your students, you can find the activity here . Feel free to contact me wi...
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Free Distance Learning Resources

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Free Distance Learning Resources Hello all! I hope you are staying safe and sane during this time. I will updating this periodically, but here is a list of free educational resources for parents and teachers alike. Let me know if there are some you have found and enjoyed. Google Resources  (Mostly M/M, but I’ve used google classroom/docs to keep parents in the loop and provide assignments for M/S students) News2You Scholastic Adventure Academy Edhelper Newsela Tynker - coding course for students, prof. Devel. For teachers Delta Math  -  middle school through AP calculus Mangahigh Slido San Diego Zoo (Virtual tour – videos, activities, and games) Timeforkids Edpuzzle Khan Academy BrainPOP BrainPOP Jr BrainPOP ELL Learning at home with BrainPOP resources NBC Learn  Streaming video content organized by subject; educator toolkits; updated nightly PBS Learning Media  Streaming videos, lesson plans, and related materials organized by c...
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Coffee Connection: An Introduction To Our Micro-business!

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Once a week, my students and I run a "Coffee Connection" micro-business to fuel the caffeine habit of my fellow teachers.  I love this time because there are SO many skills worked on! From functional
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Learning About Germs & Hand Washing

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A really valuable activity we did in my class during our hygiene series was about what we can do to stay healthy. Some of it is dependent upon our diet, exercise, sleep. And some of it depends upon how well we keep our hands clean.  The #1 way to avoid sickness is regular hand washing and we used Glogerm and a black light to help us see the common places that get missed (even if we use a lot of soap and water)! It was a great lesson and it was fun, engaging, and VISUAL way to teach about how important it is to wash our hands thoroughly. However, I must add a DISCLAIMER.
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Ability Level

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In my class this year I have been getting this question a lot, “What do you think their ability level is?” It is an impossible question, but I believe I have come up with a reliable answer. Especially when I have students on my caseload with multiple disabilities, that are non-verbal, that have extreme behavior exacerbations, or a combination of all of the above, it can be difficult to know a student's
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Welcome To Holland

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WELCOME TO HOLLAND by Emily Perl Kingsley All rights reserved ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this...... When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland." "Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to ...
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