Errorless File Folders Colors Shapes Pictures Matching 3 Levels Special Ed

About this resource

Errorless file folders for matching colors, shapes and pictures, at three levels that are built differently instead of the same folder repeated. At Level 1 every piece fits every spot, so a student cannot put a piece in the wrong place. Level 2 adds a second target, Level 3 adds four. Every folder comes with its own pieces, a tab label, a line on the data sheet and a star on the student's own chart, so the box is ready to run the day it is laminated.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (40 pages)

• 24 file folder faces, one to a page, in three levels
• 6 Level 1 folders (errorless): one target printed in every cell, five identical pieces. Colors: red, blue. Shapes: circle, square. Pictures: apple, ball
• 9 Level 2 folders (match from 2): two targets, three cells each, six pieces. Colors: red + blue, yellow + green, orange + purple. Shapes: circle + square, triangle + rectangle, heart + star. Pictures: apple + ball, cat + dog, sun + book
• 9 Level 3 folders (match from 4): four targets, one cell each, four pieces. Three folders each for colors, shapes and pictures
• 4 piece sheets: 120 pieces, five to a row, every row one target, so cutting a row gives you one folder's pieces
• 1 student chart (My Folders): a star to color for each of the 24 folders
• 1 tab-label sheet: 24 labels with the level shape and the folder's pictures
• 1 data sheet: a line per folder, eight date columns, a count row per level
• 1 filled sample of the data sheet for an invented student, every number checked against the marks
• 1 progress summary: first tried, alone the first time, alone three days in a row, per folder
• 1 note home with a try-it-at-home list and lines for both directions
• 1 notes bank: starters for data notes, progress lines and the prompts you used
• Start Here, a named list of all 24 folders with the piece row each one needs, a put-it-together page with a drawn folder, and a box-lid card with the levels, the key and the move-up rule
• Hook-and-loop dot marks on every cell and every piece, so pieces fit any cell at the same spot

Three Levels, Built Differently

Level 1 is a true errorless folder: the target is printed under every dot and all five pieces are that target. Level 2 puts two targets on one folder with three cells each; each piece has two places it could go. Level 3 puts four targets on one folder; each piece has four places it could go. The level is marked with a circle, a square or a triangle, never a number, so students at one table are not comparing folders.

What The Pictures Are

Colors are drawn crayons in red, blue, yellow, green, orange and purple with the color word under each. Shapes are drawn circle, square, triangle, rectangle, heart and star. The six pictures (apple, ball, cat, dog, sun, book) are Whimsy Clips. A red piece is the same piece at every level, so the pieces are supplied by target rather than repeated for every folder.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

A print PDF: print, laminate, cut, add dots. It is not a fillable PDF and it is not Google Slides or a PowerPoint file. The faces and pieces are color; the teacher pages print fine in black and white. Fonts are KA Fonts; the file is secured so the art cannot be lifted out of it.

Who This Is For

Special education teachers, paraprofessionals and anyone setting up independent work stations who needs matching folders that start at errorless and step up without changing the routine.

How To Use It

Prep once from the folder list. Hand over one folder and its pieces, say "Match," and wait. Mark one line per folder on the data sheet; when every folder at a level is done alone three days in a row, move up. The progress summary turns the marks into one line for a meeting, and the note home takes the same skill to the kitchen table.