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Boxcar Sight Words PPTBoxcar Sight Words PPT
Publisher
Positively Autism
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Grade
Pre-K - 3rd
Subjects
Visual & Performing Arts
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Presentations
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Number of Slides
7
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Boxcar Sight Words

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These colorful pages are sure to engage learners fascinated by trains. It was designed expressly for learners with autism. Nine common sight words are printed on the sides of different colored boxcars parked in a train yard.

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Concepts

autism, sight words

Additional Tags

programs

Instructional Ideas

  • Display the pages on a computer or tablet, or print them, laminate the pages, and use as flashcards
  • Introduce only one page at a time to reduce stress

Classroom Considerations

  • The resource includes links to materials for purchase; however, no purchase is necessary to use the resource

Pros

  • Each page contains only three sight words
  • All the cards and boxcars are the same shape
  • Only three colors are used in each page

Cons

  • None

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