Help me give my students the visuals they need to participate in daily classroom activities. The printer ink will allow us to make the picture cards that help them stay on track.
My students are special education pre schoolers living on the country side of Oahu with varying disabilities. Many of our students come from low income families and approximately 50% of our school qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Most of my students are non verbal and rely on adaptive technology and techniques to communicate.
Our classroom uses a wide array of items that appeal to senses to provide a holistic approach to learning. We use a lot of visuals including Picture Exchange Cards which we are constantly printing. As such, we're constantly going through all types of office and craft supplies.
My Project
Many of our students are non-verbal so picture cards and colorful visuals are essential to capturing their interest. We print things daily to help them with all areas of the classroom whether it's group time, work table or centers. We have had a lot of success teaching social skills with visual representations. This year, our green and red choices behavior system has been a hit. As soon as we spot a problem behavior, we find a visual to represent it then talk about it as a class. Students really get the picture once we sort it on either our green or red poster.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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