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LIFE SKILLS Sequencing Mats® for Special Education

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Sequencing Life Skills!!These Life Skills Sequencing Mats are a great way to teach life skills and how to sequence and complete a multi-step task and they target numerous skills. Plus, you'll love the organization...no more missing or little pieces

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.50

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Special Education Editable Lesson Plan Template - PowerPoint and Google Slides

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

SPECIAL EDUCATION LESSON PLANS!!! Now available in GOOGLE SLIDES!Please note: This is a PPT file. *You will need PowerPoint to open the file and from there you can edit in PPT or click on the link provided to edit in Google Slides. We know when

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Classroom Management

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Professional Documents, Classroom Forms, Lesson

$4.00

372

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Science Experiments for a Year - Differentiated w/ 3 levels of Recording Sheets

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Science Experiments for Kids for the Year!!! Looking for some fun summer activities for summer school or to end the summer boredom!! Or just some fun hands on science enrichment activities for your science block or for Science Fridays!? Let's face

Subjects:

Science, General Science, Physical Science

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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Projects, Unit Plans, Centers

$39.50

420

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Life Skills - Yes or No Question Task Cards {Is this a...} for Special Education

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Are you looking to teach your children the meaning of yes and no and extend their understanding of basic concepts and simple questions?? These are important early literacy skills and this set is perfect for that! You'll get 54 yes/no question task

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Oral Communication

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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Activities, Task Cards

$4.50

1,143

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Life Skills - COOKING IN THE CLASSROOM RECIPES {An Educational Cooking Unit}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

COOK TO LEARN! Cooking in the classroom is so much fun and is such an easy way to sneak in so many learning opportunities!!Cooking is not only an essential life skill, it is a great opportunity to teach students essential literacy and mathematical

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Cooking

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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Activities, Centers

$14.75

403

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Social Skills For A Year {A Year-long Curriculum}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Social Skills For a Year includes 36 social skills lessons! Each week, a new social skill is introduced and explicitly taught throughout the week. Each lesson provides a kid-friendly definition of the skill, an objective, and an essential question.

Subjects:

Life Skills, Character Education, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$20.00

318

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Task Mats for Life Skills, Following Multi-Step Directions, Counting, & More

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Transform learning into an adventure with these best-selling task mats! Perfect for young learners and special education students, these mats are designed to teach essential life skills, multi-step directions, and make math engaging and accessible.

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, For All Subjects

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$20.00

Digital Download PDF (10.76 MB)

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Life Skills - Where Does It Go? {matching, & classifying} for Special Education

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Engage your students with these life skills sorting and matching mats for community settings and rooms in a house!These matching and classifying activities help students classify and sort items that belong in a specific household/outdoor settings.

Subjects:

Specialty, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$4.50

578

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Positive Student Take Home Notes - Includes English and Spanish

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Catch your students being good by rewarding them with these positive student take home notes!NOW INCLUDES A SPANISH VERSION!Catch them sharing, doing a kind deed, making good choices, using appropriate calming strategies, problem solving, or for

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms

$3.00

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Life Skills - ASL Alphabet Posters in Rainbow or Neutral Colors

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Looking to display the ASL alphabet in your classroom? Look no further! This cheerful, space saving display is very visually pleasing and straightforward with the soft colors, distinct sign representations, and is the perfect size to accommodate any

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, American Sign Language

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (1.95 MB)

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Sequencing Mats® for Teaching Sequencing Skills

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

4-5 Step Sequencing!!These Sequencing Mats are a fun way to practice sequencing 4 and 5-step tasks and they target numerous skills. Plus, you'll love the organization...no more missing or little pieces to keep track of!There are a total of 12 mats;

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.50

1,876

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Alphabet Posters with Sound Mouth Shapes & Real Photos - Science of Reading

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Alphabet Posters with Sound Mouth Shapes and Real Photos! Help your students master sounds even quicker with these alphabet posters that feature real photos of kids demonstrating the correct mouth position for each sound. Each poster also includes a

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Word Walls, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$5.50

Digital Download PDF (7.98 MB)

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More or Less Task Cards Flashcards - Quantitative Concepts - Set 1

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

More and Less is an important Life Skills Concept that is often hard for our students and children to grasp!If your students are having difficulties with grasping quantitative concepts such as more and less and you're gathering up various objects to

Subjects:

Math, Measurement, Special Education

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Centers

$3.50

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Assessment Binder! Assessments, Goal Tracking, & Progress Monitoring Sheets

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

This is a compilation of assessments, goal tracking, and progress monitoring sheets that I’ve made over the years and use in my classroom. My ultimate goal when creating these sheets is always to keep everything on one sheet. I dislike looking at

Subjects:

Math, Special Education, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Classroom Forms

$8.00

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Daily and Weekly Take Home Reports - Behavior Communication Logs

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Daily and Weekly Take Home Behavior Communication Reports!Easily communicate students' day with parents and families with these daily and weekly logs! There are 16 different reports to choose from with a kids theme or emoji theme. Choose from:Daily

Subjects:

Special Education, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms, For Parents

$5.00

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Monthly Parent Newsletter Templates - Editable - Calendar - Email or Print

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

UPDATED for the 2023-2024 school year! These editable calendar newsletters make sharing important dates and information with parents and families simple, whether in the classroom or teaching remotely. Parents appreciate these monthly calendars each

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms, For Parents

$5.75

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Ladybug Life Cycle Mini Unit

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Spring is a great time to do a life cycle study on ladybugs and this mini unit is the perfect way to slip it in during all of your subject areas! This Ladybug Life Cycle Mini Unit targets reading, writing, math, science, and fine motor skills!

Subjects:

Science, Physical Science, Spring

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans

$5.00

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Sequencing Mats® BUNDLE {for teaching sequencing skills}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Sequencing Mats Bundle for sequencing 4-5 step tasks!These Sequencing Mats are a fun way to practice sequencing 4 and 5-step tasks and they target numerous skills. Plus, you'll love the organization...no more missing or little pieces to keep track

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$16.50

$13.50

297

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3-step Sequencing Tasks for Beginning Sequencing - Sequencing Activities

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Looking for simple sequencing tasks for your Pre-k, Kindergarten, or Special Education Classroom?These 3-step sequencing boards are perfect for teaching beginning sequencing skills to your young learners. There are 28 sequencing boards included in

Subjects:

Reading, Special Education, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$4.50

232

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Life Skills - Where Does It Go? {Classifying With Real Photos} for Special Ed

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Engage your students with these life skills sorting and classifying mats for community settings and rooms in a house with real photos!These sorting and classifying activities help students classify and sort items that belong in real life

Subjects:

Specialty, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$4.50

198

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching in a self-contained primary/intermediate special education classroom for 11 years. I teach in a very diverse classroom with a multitude of disabilities that range from autism, downs, emotional disturbance, OHI, ID, to SLD students. I also taught in a resource room for two years and prior to obtaining my teaching degree, I was an aide in a resource room for five years.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I'm all about a positive learning environment and positive reinforcement. I avoid negative consequences and recognize the best. I believe classroom management, organization, rapport, and honesty are key to running an effective classroom. I use ABA in my classroom and I like to think of my classroom as family and my students feel the same way.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Autism Teaching of Excellence Award 2014 Educator of the Year Award 2015

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

M.Ed in Special Education M.S. in Cognitive Behavioral Disorders (EBD)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I have two children and am married to the man of my dreams. We love anything outdoors. We enjoy nature, camping, state parks, and our beautiful Colorado River. I love the desert, but my roots and soul are from North Carolina.

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Astronomy, Environment, Other (Science), Social Studies, U.S. History, World Languages, Arts & Music, Physical Education, Computer Science, Special Education, Career and Technical Education, Health, Other (Specialty), Geography, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Business, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Speech Therapy, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Products For TpT Sellers, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, American Sign Language, Occupational Therapy, Handwriting, Coaching, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning