Back to School Adapted Book | Sharks at School Routines | SLP SPED Autism PreK K

This Back to School Adapted Book, "Sharks at School," teaches school routines and back to school vocabulary through fun shark characters and repetitive, predictable text. Perfect for August and September, it builds early literacy, reading comprehension, and social-emotional understanding of classroom expectations — all in an engaging, fin-tastic format. Low prep: just print, laminate, bind, and go.

🦈 Perfect for:

• Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting school vocabulary, comprehension, and language goals
• Special Education teachers building back to school routines and early literacy
• Autism classrooms working on school routines, behavior expectations, and interactive literacy
• Occupational Therapists working on fine motor skills (Velcro/page manipulation)
• ABA therapists running discrete trial comprehension and vocabulary programs
• Early Childhood, Pre-K, and Kindergarten teachers
• ELL/ESL teachers building school vocabulary
• Homeschool families with emergent readers

📖 What's Included:

• 1 Interactive shark-themed Back to School Adapted Book
• Repetitive, predictable text for reading fluency and comprehension
• School routine vocabulary with visual supports throughout
• Printable format — ready for immediate use

🎯 Skills Targeted:

Back to school and school routine vocabulary, reading comprehension, early literacy, repetitive/predictable text reading, print concepts, following text, social-emotional understanding of classroom expectations and behavior, listening comprehension, receptive and expressive language, and fine motor skills.

⭐ How to Use:

Just print and bind! Use as a back to school read-aloud, literacy center activity, or independent reading station during the first weeks of school. The repetitive text supports emergent readers and students with autism, and the shark characters keep students engaged while learning school routines and expectations.

🏫 Ways to Use:

• Back to school and beginning-of-year units
• Whole-class or small-group read-alouds
• Speech therapy school vocabulary and comprehension sessions
• Independent reading stations and literacy centers
• Behavior and classroom expectations instruction
• Independent work systems (TEACCH)
• ABA discrete trial comprehension training
• ESL/ELL school vocabulary lessons

More resources:

Hands-On Back to School Adapted Books

Hands-On Back to School Activities