If you're looking for a hands-on approach to teaching community signs, life skills, and functional reading in your special education classroom, this comprehensive bundle is the perfect solution! Designed with adaptive books and activities, this bundle supports students with significant disabilities, such as Autism or Down syndrome, as well as those learning English as a second language.
 
The Reading in Real Life (RIRL) program uses evidence-based instructional practices to teach students to recognize and understand community signs they encounter in everyday life. Once students master the included words, they can apply their knowledge through various supplemental activities tailored to enhance comprehension and generalization.
 
This Community Signs Functional Life Skills Special Education Activities Bundle includes everything you need to teach students 25 of the most common community signs while supporting their independence and functional reading skills. With age-appropriate graphics and high-quality resources, this bundle is suitable for any grade level in a special education setting.
 
This bundle includes the following:
Reading in Real Life: Community Signs Unit
This unit provides a complete curriculum to teach students to read and understand community signs. It includes:
Scripted lesson plans
Data sheets and student graphing sheets
Flashcards
Worksheets
Independent work tasks
File folder activities
A digital assessment
8-page mini-books for each sign
Interactive games like Bingo and "Find It"
 
SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED
Reading in Real Life: Community Sign Task Cards
More hands on practice with three levels of task cards. You can print and prep them, or use the TpT Digital Tools activity to assign digitally to students.
   ✶Level 1- write the word
   ✶Level 2- trace the word
   ✶Level 3- choose the correct word from array of 3
 
Reading in Real Life: Community Sign Yes & No Task Cards
Students will read the prompt, look at the picture, and answer the yes/no question, "Is this a ___ sign?" There are 50 task cards total.
 
Reading in Real Life: Community Sign Adapted Books
Expanded from the unit’s mini-books, these adapted books offer two levels per sign (identical matching and errorless). They teach the meaning of signs, where they are found, and how to respond appropriately.
 
Reading in Real Life: Community Sign Worksheets
Supplemental worksheets focus on sign identification, meaning, and location, with 2 practice sheets per sign and 38 review sheets.
 
Reading in Real Life: Community Sign Match It! Tasks
Perfect for independent work, these tasks include errorless, identical, and non-identical matching activities. Prep them for binders or file folders for repeated use.
 
Reading in Real Life: Community Sign Puzzle Pack
Use these puzzles as a fun way to teach theidentification and meaning of community signs. There are 4 sets of puzzles included.
   ✶Set 1: Match the sign to the written word (2 pieces)
   ✶Set 2: Match the sign to the definition (2 pieces)
   ✶Set 3: Generalization- match the 2 versions of the sign to the written word (3 pieces)
   ✶Set 4: Put the sign together (4 pieces)
 
Click here for a complete word list. This bundle is a comprehensive resource to teach community signs, support functional life skills, and provide a variety of special education activities for adaptive learning. Use it to build independence, promote comprehension, and prepare your students for real-world situations.