Life skills and transition high school scope and sequence planner week 1 and 2

As your Life Skills and Transition students head back to school, it can be challenging to plan a life skills scope and sequence of lessons and learning activities that will work for a range of student needs and abilities. If you are a new special education or generalist teacher, the challenge can really seem quite daunting!

What's inside?

This scope and sequence gives you everything you need to plan a full two weeks of activities and learning experiences for Life Skills or Transition students, including the five most common teaching and learning areas:

1. Literacy / English
2. Numeracy / Math
3. Community Skills
4. Employability Skills
5. Ready for Work

Each learning area includes a topic focus for the week, learning outcome snapshots, detailed activity ideas and some resource links. The plans are easy to follow and quick to adapt to suit your own learners and teaching situation.

Who is it for?

This scope and sequence is perfect for you if:

• You are about to begin your first week of school with life skills, transition or lower ability level students who are high school age or young adults
• You are time poor and beginning the year already feeling stressed and worried about what lies ahead
• You need a 'grab and go' detailed outline that lets you gain back some of that precious time, whilst still having the ability to adjust and implement content to suit individual goals and meet specific learning needs
• Your students begin the year feeling unmotivated and bored, or lack enthusiasm for learning
• You want something more engaging than another set of 'All about me' and 'What I did on the holidays' activities

What to do

1. Download the free scope and sequence for Week 1 and 2
2. Use the scope and sequence table to identify learning outcomes that are a good fit with your students
3. Locate the resources needed using the links included
4. Find a suitable area in your room or hallway for displaying visuals (posters and word wall)
5. Use the learning activities for each topic area to support your planning for the week
6. Reflect on the learning experiences at the end of the first week and adjust your teaching and learning plans as needed
7. Check in with other colleagues to see how they are feeling at the end of the first teaching fortnight - remember that these are challenging times, and everyone experiences stress and worry in different ways, teachers included.

COMMUNITY SKILLS

My community' printable

FREE to download and use with your class.

Safety Awareness around water

Learn how to be safe in and around water, and how to respond to an emergency. For older readers with developing reading skills.

Community problem solving task cards

Read the task card, discuss the scenario, find the best solution

Community signs matching cards

Match the community sign with its meaning

Community signs activities and printables for visual literacy

Build visual literacy skills and understanding of signs found in the community with these printable cards and activity pages

Maps in the community

Learn to use a modified map to find places in the community, use a simple grid reference or match text with images and symbols

Calendars and schedules

Begin to plan and organize a routine and develop independent learning skills by using calendars and schedules.

Food and Kitchen Safety

Find out how to stay safe during kitchen cooking activities with the true / false digital quiz.

LITERACY SKILLS

Literacy for Personal Use

A print and go comprehensive literacy book written for teens and young adults with lower literacy skills

Diwali reading comprehension

An easy reading passage with questions about the festival of Diwali.

Functional reading skills with instructions and labels

Build functional reading skills with these print and go worksheets about instructions and labels in everyday life.

NUMERACY SKILLS

Real World Maths Ebook for Life Skills

A life skills math book with a focus on practical, everyday numeracy activities for teens and young adults.

Real world math bundle

A huge collection of print and digital math resources, all carefully designed to meet the needs of older students with lower math skills who prefer easy reading text and modified activities.

Comparing mass task cards

Use the full colour task cards to compare the mass of fruits and vegetables using grams and kilograms

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Anne Vize is a special education teacher and writer from Australia. She is the author of over 30 books published for educators, including these Essential Resources titles:

The A to Z of Special Needs (2nd edition)- what you need to know about working with children who have additional learning needs

Including all children - strategies that work - best practice approaches to working with children who have a disability in an education or childcare setting

Taking Care of You - learning to manage stress and reduce burnout for educators

Inclusive Outdoor Play - discover how to adapt an outdoor play space or activity so it is accessible and positive for all children