Task boxes for middle school special education

Every school year, I identify a few "grows" that I want to work on over the course of the year. This year, I want to improve my relationships with families, continue to learn new ways to teach core vocabulary and to incorporate more functional skills for my kiddos! I decided to make some new task boxes to work on some basic functional skills. Check out my new sorting and put-in independent work/ task boxes! Everything is made from stuff I already had in my classroom or from the Dollar Tree…

Do you use task boxes in your special education classroom? If you don’t, check out this blog post for 8 ways to use task boxes for special education. You can use task boxes for one on one instruction, classroom centers or stations, with early finishers, with morning work and much more. There are so many benefits to including this special education activity into your lesson plans. Use these task boxes during independent work stations or homework today!

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Do you include errorless learning in your elementary special education classroom? For classroom ideas check out my 5 errorless learning activities. Errorless learning for special education is important to help eliminate students' frustration and increase independence. This is a great special education activity to include in your independent work stations. A couple of these classroom activities include errorless task boxes, errorless file folder games, and errorless boom cards.

Secondary special education teachers, are you constantly searching for materials that target the skill levels your students are at that are appropriate for their age? Then you need the Work Tasks for Secondary Students bundle. This resource line is perfect for older students that need practice with skills at a lower grade level! Here's a close-up of what's included and some tips to put it to use in your classroom.

Learn how to set up a task box system for any special education class. Great for any TEACCH program! #specialeducation #taskboxes

Do you want to try task boxes, but think your students are too high for them? They aren’t! I find it easier to do higher level academics in task boxes than coming up with new ways to practice lower level skills such as “put in”. This post may include affiliate links. First, let’s talk about […]

Are you in the middle of prepping special education materials to be ready when you head back to school? Getting everything ready for your special education students can be overwhelming but here are four tips for how to organize your classroom and student materials. Using a 3 drawer work station for your student independent work area allows students to work on file folders and work boxes. Keep student visuals and student schedule handy. Have fine motor activities ready to go. Learn more now!

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My first year of teaching was HARD. I had five kindergarteners, one first grader, and one fifth grader.