The start of the year is stressful. We have so freaken much to do that it’s hard to even get started because the pile of work is so monumental. As special education teachers, we don’t have a preset curriculum to follow. There is no perfect set of textbooks or workbooks that fits the needs for our diverse caseloads. So on top of the classroom setup, bulletin boards, organization, and everything else we have somehow got to figure out what the heck our kids will be doing all year. By the time I’ve finalized schedules, routines, and behavior plans – it’s late October and that point I’m just taking my planning week by week and trying to get through.
My absolute saving grace has been these Year Long Resources. Stress relief doesn’t even begin to explain the effect the resources had on my year and on my life. That maybe sounds dramatic or over-exagerating but it’s not. Knowing that one portion of my day is planned completely for the entire year is beyond valuable. It gives me the time to focus on staff training, assessments, behavior plans, IEPs, parent communication, and everything else on our massive plate of work!
The Language Arts and Math Curriculum have completely transformed the way I approached my curricular planning. I used to be a little all over the place. It seemed like I was doing a little bit of a lot but I never felt like my students were fully mastering any concepts. I felt extremely scatterbrained. Having this curriculum all planned out changed that. Once I knew I was teaching a concept in Unit 6, I didn’t have to worry about it in the start of the year. I could focus on a few skills at once.
Since many of our classrooms have a wide range of types of students, the 3 levels of the curriculum are key. You can jump from working on letter identification with one student to writing an introductory sentence for a paragraph with the next student without missing a beat. In our rooms, efficiency is the name of the game!
There is so much included in this curriculum – there are data sheets, assessments, rubrics, and more. To me, the organization is pretty key on getting this to run smoothly. You want to have the anchor charts, rubrics, and student pages organized in a way that you can easily utilize them. Check out my throwback video tour below:
I have been absolutely LOVING hearing about the different ways you all use these resources and hearing your feedback. Check out some of the great feedback on these resources:
“Yup! You’ve done it again! Everything you need FOR 3 DIFFERENT LEVELS!!! This is just amazing! Data tracking, easy to use assessment forms, fun activities, resources for the students!”
“This bundle is AMAZING!! I was worried about the price, but found it to be worth every penny!”
“With this 1 resource, I was able to meet the needs of my whole class! Amazing!”
“This is awesome! Such a blessing to a self-contained k-6 special ed teacher!”
These are big purchases so I want to make sure you have a thorough preview before you buy! Check out the video tours.
Langauge Arts:
Math:
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Does your leveled language are and math curriculum tie into the ablls?
It doesn’t specifically align but a TON of the skills (especially in Level 1 and 2) are exact ABLLS skills. I use this with a lot of kids i use the ABLLS with and find it readily targets those goals from the ABLLS. Check out the curriculum maps to see more info 🙂
I have both the math and language arts curriculum and love it. The only problem is some of my students do not have the fine motor skills to complete the worksheets. Some of the boxes are quite small or they just do not have the fine motor ability to write. Trying to figure out how to use curriculum with all my students.
Hi there, I am working on creating an enlarged versions for level 1 for LA. I can work on a math version for level 1 as well. Have you tried in enlarging on the photocopier for now?
Thanks Sasha. I will give it a try. Currently slammed by the beginning of school madness but maybe in a few weeks. Love all your products!
Thank-you Sasha. I will try to enlarge the boxes. Currently slammed by beginning of the year madness but maybe I can get to it next week. Love all your products.
HI Sasha,
I am very interested in purchasing your math bundle, however, I am wondering if the money concepts could be changed to Canadian money? Is it possible for myself to edit this?
Hi Sasha,
I am very interested in purchasing your math bundle, however, I am wondering if the money concepts could be changed to Canadian money? Is it possible for myself to edit this?
Hi! After you purchase, forward your receipt to international.theautismhelper@gmail.com and we will send over the version with Canadian money! 🙂
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Did you end up making an enlarged version of your units? If you did should we send you receipt of purchase and then you send the enlarged version? Thank you
Hi Claire, I didn’t make an enlarged version but made a “non writer” version of all Level 1 curriculum packets that has a tracing option instead of writing. Hope this helps!
Does this align to the common core?
Hi Sasha,
I absolutely LOVE all of your leveled daily EVERYTHING! I was wondering if you (or anyone reading this, for that matter) have ever tried modifying any of these for students who are blind or have a significant visual impairment and are braille readers/writers?
Hi Sasha,
I absolutely love all of your year-long leveled sets! I was wondering if you (or anyone reading this) has ever adapted any of the sets for students who are blind (i.e., transcribed into braille)?
Not specifically because I purposely didn’t want to align it to a specific grade level since many of our learners aren’t working at their grade level. But the strands align to overall concepts from CCSS. Hope this helps!
I do not see your non writing version you mention. Can you respond with how to find it?
Once you purchase, it comes with Level 1. It has a tracing option for any of the copying tasks! 🙂
Hi Sasha,
I was wondering if there is a assessment to make sure the students are placed in the correct levels. I have some students that can work on level 2 and some of level 3. What would you suggestion be for these types of students.
Great question! I am working on something like this!
Sasha,
Were you able to develop an assessment for levels? I will be starting this soon.
Hi Jessica! I setup a skill matrix with an overview of the skills in each level. Check it out here: https://theautismhelper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TAH-Curriculum-Levels-Matrix.pdf