"Plant A Garden" Adapted Book And Vocabulary Activities

"Plant a garden.

 Watch it grow.

 Grab the shovel!

 Grab the hoe!

 Dig in dirt--

 And sprinkle seeds.

 Pour on water.

 Pull the weeds.

 Flowers grow,

 In rain and sun.

 We'll pick them when the growing's done!

--Plant a Garden Adapted Book

The "Plant a Garden" Adapted Book has been updated!

This spring-themed adapted book teaches basic garden vocabulary words, through simple rhymes, repetitive text, and hands-on interaction. In this activity, the teacher or therapist reads the book as students follow along matching a vocabulary word and picture to each page.  Students working at an independent level can work through the book in a literacy center or independent workstation. 

This adapted book now includes several new supplemental activities that focus on sequencing, sorting and classification, position concepts, and labeling and identification.

Here's a sneak-peek:

Basic Identification And Labeling

Gardened Themed Position Concepts Activity

Sorting and Classification: Things That Make a Garden Grow/Things That Do Not

You can find the updates for theses activities at File Folder Heaven here:

Plant a Garden Complete Adapted Book Unit

Plant a Garden Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities

And at TPT here:

Plant a Garden Complete Adapted Book Unit

Plant a Garden Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities

"Hearts In Many Colors" Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities

The "Hearts In Many Colors" Adapted Book has been updated! This Valentine's Day themed adapted book and vocabulary activities focuses on color identification and color words. Students engage with the text by matching a colored heart and color word to each page as the teacher or therapist reads the story.  There are several new extension activities included with this book.  These include a sequencing stick activity, a color sorting activity, a labeling activity, and and activity that targets position concepts.

Now for the update!
The original book looked a little something like this:

And the latest update looks a little something like this:

So much better!  Don't ya' think? ;)

Here is a closer peek at the extension activities included:

Color Sorting Activity:  Sorting Blue and Red Objects

Identifying Colors and Working With Position Concepts

Identifying Colors and Color Words And Labeling Them

You can find all of these activities at File Folder Heaven Here:

Hearts in Many Colors Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities

Hearts in Many Colors Complete Adapted Unit

or at TPT Here:

Hearts in Many Colors Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities

Hearts in Many Colors Complete Adapted Unit

"This Little Love Bug" Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities

Moving right along! ;) 

The "This Little Love Bug" Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities have now been updated.  This Valentine's Day themed adapted book focuses on identifying rhyming word pairs.

In this adapted book, students follow the love bug as he identifies all of the things that he loves. Students interact with the text by matching a simple word and picture to each page as the teacher or therapist reads the story.  Beginning and independent readers should be able to work through the book in an independent workstation or literacy center.

Sample Text:

"This little love bug loves a cat.

  This little love bug loves a bat.

  This little love bug loves a goose.

  This little love but loves a moose."

Students work on sorting and classification, sequencing skills, basic labeling skills, identifying rhyming words and position concepts with the included activities.

Sorting And Classification:  Things That Rhyme With "Bug"/ Don't

Working With Position Concepts:

Basic Labeling and Identifying Rhyming Word Pairs:

You can find these updates at the following links at File Folder Heaven:

This Little Love Bug Complete Adapted Book Unit

This Little Love Bug Vocabulary Activities

And on TPT Here:

This Little Love Bug Complete Adapted Book Unit

This Little Love Bug Vocabulary Activities

  

Ten Little Snowmen Adapted Book Updates

Winter has finally arrived in Texas and I have been lucky enough to carve out a little bit of time to keep working on these updates.

The "Ten Little Snowmen" Adapted Book is a winter-themed adapted book that focuses on number identification, counting to 10, and number words vocabulary.

In this activity, the teacher or therapist reads the book to students as students follow along an match a number and number word to each page. Students working at an independent level can work through the book in an independent work station or literacy center.

This adapted book also includes activities that target sequencing skills, basic classification and sorting skills, basic identification and labeling skills, and an activity that targets positional concepts.

This is a really fun, seasonal book that students seem to love!  These poor little snowmen are just trying to enjoy their winter, when the sun keeps showing up and ruins everything!

Sample Text:

"Ten little snowmen were fluffy, white and fine.
  Out came the sun, and then there were nine!

  Nine little snowmen were feeling really great.
  Out came the sun and then there were eight!"

Here is a quick peek at the additional activities included:

Sorting and Classification Skills:

Sorting By Attribute:  Things That Are Frozen/Things That Are Not

Positional Concepts:

Working With Positional Concepts--Includes Two Different Levels for Differentiation

Basic Labeling And Identification:

Identifying And Labeling Numbers and Number Words

If you already own this activity, you can grab the updates below.  If you would like to add these activities to your collection, you can find them below too! ;)

Here they are at File Folder Heaven:

Ten Little Snowmen Adapted Book And Vocabulary Activities 

Ten Little Snowmen Complete Adapted Books Unit

And here they are on TPT:

Ten Little Snowmen Adapted Book And Vocabulary Activities

Ten Little Snowmen Complete Adapted Books Collection

"It's Cold Outside" Adapted Book Updates

The newest adapted book updates are now complete!

The "It's Cold Outside" Adapted Book focuses on winter clothing vocabulary and has been a popular book over the years. For those of you that have purchased it, I think you are really going to love the updates.The newest download will include 1 Adapted Book, fully updated with new and improved clip art and fonts, 1 sequencing stick activity, 1 sorting and classification activity, 1 vocabulary labeling activity and 1 positional concepts activity.

Here are the before and after photos!

Original Adapted Book:

Updated version with newly included vocabulary activities:

"It's Cold Outside" Adapted Book with Sequencing Acivity

Classification Activity:  Sorting Winter and Summer Clothing

Vocabulary Identification/Labeling Activity

Positional Concepts Practice

If you have purchased this book or unit in the past, you can download the updates on File Folder Heaven below.  If you would like more information about these vocabulary focused activities, you can find that in the same place:

"It's Cold Outside" Adapted Book

"It's Cold Outside" Complete Adapted Books Unit

or on TPT here:

"It's Cold Outside" Adapted Book

"It's Cold Outside" Complete Adapted Books Unit

Adapted Book Updates

I am finally beginning to tackle some long-needed updates to my Adapted Books Collection.

I've been creating and sharing adapted books for several years now, and naturally, the longer I've designed them, the better they have become. But the problem I'm running into is that my newer books are making all of my older books look a bit dated.
So I've decided it's time to give all of my vocabulary-focused Adapted Books a fresh coat of paint! Not only will they have a better design, but they will also be packed with more small group extension activities that will enable you to target many different language skills at multiple learning levels.

Here's an Example:

"Who Lives In The Cold Adapted Book" Original

Here's the Update:

The "Who Lives In the Cold Adapted Book" now includes an activities that target sequencing skills, 

sorting and classification skills:

Sorting Cold Climate Animals and Warm Climate Animals

Labeling and identification skills:

Identifying and Labeling Cold Climate Animals

And positional concepts:

Build a Cold Climate Scene with Positional Concepts Included

The great news is that this book has and always will be a FREEBIE!  So find your UPDATED copy, along with the latest extension activities, in the same place that it has always been.

You can download the book at File Folder Heaven Here: 

"Who Lives In the Cold Adapted Book" And Vocabulary Activities

And at TPT Here:

"Who Lives In The Cold Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities

These updates will be a BIG and slow-moving project, so please bear with me. I will post them here as soon as they are complete.  

Here's to a "New and Improved," 2016!

Snowman Cookie Sheet Freebie

I know we are all counting down the days until winter break.  Hang on tight Everybody, we are almost there!

Here is a quick and fun freebie that you can use in your winter themed centers or workstations this week, or when you return from winter break.

This, "Snowman Colors Match" Cookie Sheet Activity focuses on basic matching skills.  In this activity, students match the snowmen by the color of their earmuffs.

And how cute are these little guys by the way?  I'm not sure what is going on with all of the clip artists this season, but they just keep out doing themselves! Wow!

You can find this free cookie sheet activity on File Folder Heaven here:

Snowman Color Match Cookie Sheet Activity

Or on TPT Here:

Snowman Color Match Cookie Sheet Activity

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