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Academics Back to School Blog Freebies Simple Classroom Task Boxes

FREE Red and Blue Sort

If you have been following me long, you know that it is my passion for students to have access to an independent work library. You can read all about setting one up here.

Independent work libraries are a HUGE part of helping your students become independent learners and creating a classroom environment that runs smoothly. It’s a win win for everyone because students are becoming more independent and teachers are freed up!

I love any task that I can quickly prep, pull, and clean up. Sorting mats are a huge win for this! You can easily prep these and place in a work box for students to use independently, glue them into a file folder for a file folder activity, or hole punch and place in a binder! SO many different ways to use them!

To make this task errorless, just give students one mat with all the correct answers! This increases motivation, confidence, and of course independence!

This sorting activity, and more more just like it are completely FREE in the Simply Free Resource library. You just need to sign up for my email list to get the password to the completely free library. I add new freebies ALL THE TIME and there are over 25 tasks just like this one already!

SIGN UP HERE.

Hope you enjoy the freebie!

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I'm Alyssa Shanahan -- a former Elementary Special Ed & Life Skills teacher. My classroom focus was always to keep things simple, increase communication, and build independence. Simply Special Ed's goal is to help teachers and students reach their full potential in and out of the classroom!

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