Have students use Talk Sets to retell a story, relate their family history, retell a fairy tale with an alternate ending, retell a fairy tale from another characters perspective, relate a legend of how something came to be. Take pictures of different areas of the school and have students label what they tell are….then which place they like best and why. Use the second label activity template to have students take a webcam selfie of themselves and then fill the cells with words that describe themselves. Use one laptop with a different tabbed page for every student in the class. Now you have a class photo album. Have students create a visual representation then a to make a “how to” talk set: How peanut butter sandwich, how to make a bed, how to get myself ready for school in the morning. If students work in groups to decide what needs to be said, it could spark quite a discussion of how things are done differently in different families. Use a Clicker Grid Set with all the possibilities for the next of the projected to day’s “Shape Day” screen or Smart Board. Talk through with the class what will happen tomorrow and have a visual representation appear before their eyes. If things need to change the next morning, talk through it again changing tomorrow to today. Structured knowledge of what will happen next lessens anxiety. Send home class reminders with picture prompts. Younger students will love reading the notes to their parents and might share the responsibility for the note’s contents. Do the calendar in the morning using Clicker attached to the projector or Interactive White Board. Another chance to rotate the role of Clicker coordinator and let a student lead the event.
Have students use Talk Sets to retell a story, relate their family history, retell a fairy tale with an alternate ending, retell a fairy tale from another characters perspective, relate a legend of how something came to be. Take pictures of different areas of the school and have students label what they are….then tell which place they like best and why. Use the second label activity template to have students take a webcam selfie of themselves and then fill the cells with words that describe themselves. Use one laptop with a different tabbed page for every student in the class. Now you have a class photo album. Have students create a visual representation then a “how to” talk set: How to make a peanut butter sandwich, how to make a bed, how to get myself ready for school in the morning. If students work in groups to decide what needs to be said, it could spark quite a discussion of how things are done differently in different families. Use a Clicker Grid Set with all the possibilities for the next day’s “Shape of the Day” projected to screen or Smart Board. Talk through with the class what will happen tomorrow and have a visual representation appear before their eyes. If things need to change the next morning, talk through it again changing tomorrow to today. Structured knowledge of what will happen next lessens anxiety. Send home class reminders with picture prompts. Younger students will love reading the notes to their parents and might share the responsibility for the note’s contents. Do the calendar in the morning using Clicker attached to the projector or Interactive White Board. Another chance to rotate the role of Clicker coordinator and let a student lead the event.
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