We started with self-contained special forces students and continued to target the theme of spring items, plants, and the concept of growing seeds. We had a fun worksheet to label concepts and for following directions. We had a simple book about growing seeds to review the concepts and sequence (step by step order) of the process. We used an interactive vocabulary book by Speech Room News (Growing Carrots and Making a Garden) and paired it with a TechTalk AAC device to match, label (for non-verbal students), and practice joint attention to a task/activity.
Here is my graduate student, Julie, working with a student on joint attention, following directions, expressively labeling (confrontational naming and -WH questions), and matching color pictures,
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Other groups worked on inferencing and answering -WH questions with a silly "Ants in the Pants" themed game. Here is Chipper Chat, Inferencing fun deck, and the cootie game Ants in the Pants and the students loved this activity because of the silly bug theme and the game (remember, we play games to make the WORK FUN, not to "just play games." That is a BIG pet peeve of mine. I rarely bust out games in my classroom but when I do, it is to make the discreet language drills a bit more engaging and enticing.
Most of my other groups worked on reading and comprehension strategies, as we have the ACT ASPIRE test to administer next week. Here are some resources that I used that we reviewed and students took home for a homework packet to prepare themselves:
Reading Lesson Plans (these I used throughout the semester to TEACH my comprehension strategies. A great resource for teaching these skills first and then use it to reinforce good habits for close reading techniques, etc.) This can be used with ANY book which is really nice.
Simply beautiful!
Hi, Eve! I just want to say how much I love your blog. I start the full-time online program at WKU this fall and have really enjoyed reding about your experiences (especially "Bootcamp")! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear this! Thank you for stopping by and if you have any more questions, feel free to contact me!
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