If you’ve been on the fluency train for a while you may have well accumulated a fair amount of flashcards. The beauty of having a mass amounts of flashcard sets its that what worked for Johnny last year may now be perfect for Tom this year. Glorious when that happens. I recently had to do a major overhaul of my flashcards because I just did something that I never, ever do. I accidentally remade something that I already had. I know. The horror. Every single minute of prep time I have is precious. I have way to much to do to waste time doing things I don’t need to be doing.
This is what my flashcards looked like preorganization. I laid them all out and immediately felt overwhelmed. None were labeled. There was no order. Ugh.
I labeled each set with a post it and then grouped them by literacy, math, basic skills, and advanced skills. I stored them all in the top of one of my ikea wire shelves.
I also made a cheat sheet of previously mastered sets. I can always look back at my kids data but with my higher functioning kiddos just flying through programs lately it’s hard to keep track of who has worked on what.
Now when my paraprofessional who runs the fluency station says we are ready for updates – I am ready to roll!
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This looks great. I’m glad to see that your flash cards are not laminated. Some of mine are but it was becoming a pain to get them done (no lamenator onsite).
I’m curious, what are your advanced skills?
I actually like the non-laminated ones better! They flip faster 🙂 Advanced skills are from this post: https://theautismhelper.com/advanced-fluency-programs/
Are your basic skills flashcards from your basic skills bundle that you have online to purchase? I am working with students with severe multiple impairments, I just want to make sure they are the very basic skills in which they not only need to work on, but can work on at their level. Thanks!