Back to School Vocabulary Task Boxes Real Photos | Speech Therapy SPED Autism
Product Description
Back to School Vocabulary Task Boxes with Real Photos | Things & Places at School | 14 Hands-On Activities
The ultimate back-to-school vocabulary task box and centers set featuring REAL PHOTOS throughout! This 14-activity back-to-school unit teaches essential school vocabulary covering "Things at School" AND "Places at School" — perfect for kicking off the school year in special education classrooms, autism classrooms, speech therapy, and elementary general education centers.
With REAL PHOTOS for authentic visual support (ideal for autism classrooms, emerging learners, and students who benefit from concrete imagery), this set fills task boxes, work bins, back-to-school centers, independent workstations, and small group activities for the entire first month of school. Tasks include vocabulary cards, picture matching, tracing, writing, sorting, and
feature/function activities — all designed for independent student practice.
★ Perfect for: Special Education Teachers, Autism Classrooms, Self-Contained Classrooms, Resource Rooms, Life Skills Classes, Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Elementary Teachers, ELL Teachers, ESL Classrooms, Paraprofessionals, ABA Therapists, Early Childhood, PreK, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
What's Included — 14 Back to School Vocabulary Work Tasks:
🎒 THINGS AT SCHOOL Vocabulary Tasks:
- Task 1: Vocabulary Cards — Things at School
- Task 2: Picture Match — Things at School
- Task 3: Trace the Vocabulary Word — Things at School
- Task 4: Write the Vocabulary Word — Things at School
- Task 5: Find the Same — Things at School
- Task 6: Match the Words to the Picture — Things at School
- Task 7: Feature/Function Cards — Things at School
🏫 PLACES AT SCHOOL Vocabulary Tasks:
- Task 8: Vocabulary Cards — Places at School
- Task 9: Picture Match — Places at School
- Task 10: Trace the Vocabulary Word — Places at School
- Task 11: Write the Vocabulary Word — Places at School
- Task 12: Find the Same — Places at School
- Task 13: Match the Words to the Picture — Places at School
- Task 14: Feature/Function — Places at School
Most tasks require minimal or NO assembly!
Vocabulary Concepts Covered:
🎒 Things at School: pencil, crayon, scissors, glue, backpack, lunchbox, notebook, eraser, ruler, marker, and more!
🏫 Places at School: classroom, library, cafeteria, gym, playground, office, bathroom, hallway, art room, and more!
Skills Targeted in This Back to School Set:
- School vocabulary — things AND places students encounter every day
- Functional school knowledge — knowing where things are and what they're called
- Feature/function language — what things are used for, what happens in different places
- Picture-to-picture matching
- Picture-to-word matching
- Word tracing and writing (fine motor + literacy)
- Visual discrimination (find the same)
- Categorization (things vs. places)
- Receptive and expressive language
- Reading and writing readiness
- Independent work skills
- Following directions
- Fine motor practice
- School routines and orientation
How to Use These Back to School Task Boxes:
These hands-on activities are PERFECT for the first weeks of school — helping students learn the vocabulary they need to navigate their school environment. Use them for:
- Back-to-school orientation activities
- Independent work systems (perfect for TEACCH-style structured work!)
- Back-to-school centers and learning stations
- Task box rotations for the first month of school
- Morning work bins
- Small group back-to-school instruction
- 1:1 teaching sessions
- Speech therapy sessions (vocabulary, feature/function, expressive language goals!)
- ELL/ESL school vocabulary instruction
- Para-led skill practice
- New student orientation (perfect for students new to your classroom!)
For more hands-on fall or back to school activities, please see the following:
