I Am Thankful Adapted Book | Thanksgiving WH Questions & Sentence Building
Help your students build language, comprehension, and gratitude this Thanksgiving season with this interactive “I Am Thankful” Adapted Book – designed especially for PreK–2 special education and early learners.
This low-prep adapted book is perfect for students working on WH-questions, vocabulary recognition, and early sentence building. Using visual supports and simple, repetitive text, students can engage in meaningful conversations about what it means to be thankful while strengthening their communication and literacy skills.
What’s Included
- Full-color adapted book pages (11 work pages)
- Matching symbol pieces for interactive engagement
- Visual base board for storing picture symbols
- Clear teacher directions for printing, laminating, and assembling
- Student-friendly text with WH-questions (“Who/What is Samantha thankful for?”) to build comprehension
Skills Targeted
- Answering WH-questions (Who, What)
- Matching pictures to symbols
- Expanding vocabulary related to gratitude and Thanksgiving
- Early sentence formation and expressive communication
- Fine motor skills through Velcro matching and interactive movement
- Turn-taking and social interaction during shared reading
How to Use
This resource can be used during:
- Thanksgiving lessons or seasonal themes
- Small group instruction or speech therapy sessions
- Independent work stations and task box centers
- Morning meetings or circle time discussions
- 1:1 instruction for language and communication IEP goals
Simply print, laminate, and Velcro for a hands-on, durable classroom favorite! The clear visuals and predictable structure make this book ideal for students with autism, speech and language delays, or early communication goals.
Perfect For
- Autism classrooms
- Special education and resource rooms
- Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
- Speech therapy and AAC users
- Thanksgiving-themed literacy centers
Why Teachers Love It
- “Perfect for my non-verbal students! They loved matching the thankful symbols.”
- “A great way to introduce WH-questions in a meaningful way!”
- “My students were so proud sharing what they are thankful for.”
Instructions
- Print out all of the pages.
- Cut out and laminate each of the pages and bind them into an adapted book.
- Cut out and laminate each of the individual symbols and place velcro onto the back of them.
- Laminate the final base – the baseboard – and add velcro onto these.
- Place the individual symbols onto the baseboard. Students choose the symbols from the baseboard to place onto the adapted book as they complete it.
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