Community Helpers Adapted Books For Special Education
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging community helpers adapted books to use with your autism or special education students? Do your students need structured support with symbol recognition, sentence building, and early language skills? If so, this community helpers adapted books bundle is a perfect addition to your community helpers unit.
These adapted books provide clear visuals, predictable structure, and multiple levels to support students at a wide range of abilities.
Instructions
- Print out all of the pages.
- Cut out and laminate each of the pages and bind into a book.
- Cut out and laminate each of the individual symbols and place velcro onto the back of them.
- Laminate the final base – the base board – and add velcro onto these.
- Place the individual symbols onto the base board. Students choose the symbols from the base board to place onto the adapted book as they complete it.
Adapted books are a great way for your students to work on their symbol recognition skills.
What’s Included?
This download includes 15 community helpers themed adapted books, with multiple skill levels built in. Both spelling variations are included (color / colour) in separate PDF files.
- How Many? Level 1.
Students count the objects on the page and select the matching number symbol. - How Many? Level 2.
Students count the objects and select the matching number + object symbols to begin forming a sentence. - What Color? (Colour) Level 1.
Students identify the color of the image and match the correct color symbol. - What Color? (Colour) Level 2.
Students identify the color and match color + object symbols to form a sentence. - How Many and What Color? Level 3.
Students count the objects, identify their color, and use symbols to build a complete sentence. - Prepositions Level 1.
Students identify images and select the correct symbol to complete the sentence. - Prepositions Level 2.
Students use 3 symbols to complete the sentence. - Prepositions Level 3.
Students use 6 symbols to build a full sentence. - Wh- Questions.
Students read the question and answer using a matching symbol. - Firefighter, Firefighter, What Can You See? Level 1.
Students identify the item shown and match it to the correct symbol. - Police Officer, Police Officer, What Can You See? Level 1.
Students identify the item shown and match it to the correct symbol. - Who? Level 1.
Students identify which community helper they see and match the image. - Who? Photos Level 1.
Students identify the community helper shown in a real photograph. - Who? Level 2.
Students identify the helper and build a sentence (for example, “I see a firefighter.”) - Whose Hat? Level 1.
Students identify which community helper the hat belongs to.
Skills Supported
- Community helper identification
- Symbol recognition
- Sentence building
- Counting skills
- Color identification
- Prepositions
- Wh- questions
- Fine motor skills
- Independent work skills
Classroom Uses
- Community helpers units
- Social studies instruction
- Language and communication practice
- Independent work tasks
- Small group instruction
- Autism and special education classrooms
These community helpers adapted books provide a structured, visual, and highly differentiated way to support students as they build early academic and language skills while learning about important community roles.
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