Literacy throughout the Day

1. Literacy throughout the Day Amie Gonzales, Life Skills Teacher Jeanne Ply, SLP Lockhart ISD June 2013-Beat the Heat amie.gonzales@lockhart.txed.net jeanne.ply@lockhart.txed.net

3. Morning Routine • Lunch Menu Words • Weather data chart • 100s chart for weather indicator-color coded • Daily calendar journal • Calendar – plan for upcoming events -count down days to events

4. Reading/Language Arts • Unique Learning or News2You (whole group activity) www.n2y.com • (free summer unit to preview) Reading, writing, and math concepts addressed in the context of Science, Social Studies, and current event lessons

6. Creative Writing • Group writing – • A. model use of Venn Diagram • B. model use of Story web • C. Brainstorming as a group • Individual Writing – • A. use of story starters (“when I grow up, I….”, “If I could fly, I would …”)

7. SLP support for creative writing Group Story Writing during speech time • 1. Prewriting - brainstorm topics for the story • 2. Prewriting/outlining -brainstorm ideas for the story • 3. model free-form creative writing (anything goes) drafting of the story • 4. revise/edit sentences • 5. discuss what pictures are needed to illustrate the story/students draw the pictures • 6. publish -finished story with student drawings inserted into powerpoint, printed out to take home

8. SLP Literacy SupportResearch Papers for Life Skills • Individual Powerpoint research projects – • Pick a topic- each student picks a topic, (e.g. job exploration, favorite topics, social studies or science topics) • Prewriting - Research - SLP helps student do research on the Internet, take notes. Notes are read to student, student chooses what information to include. • Draft/Revise- SLP helps student to create complete sentences about the information and to choose pictures for the presentation. • Narration - Then the student narrates the slides. The narrations are edited together to work on clear articulation, adequate loudness, and accurate grammar. • Presentation – sharing- each student presents their powerpoint to the class. • Take home/publishing – two copies of each powerpoint are printed out, one for the student to take home and one to keep in class.

9. … SLP literacy Support • “Experience” Powerpoints – • A. Photos taken during community trip, photos inserted into powerpoint. • B. Have students make a complete sentence about each picture by answering wh-questions about picture (who, what, where, etc) • C. Each student gets a turn to read/narrate the sentences they created as part of the powerpoint (focus on articulation, voice loudness, appropriate grammar) • D. Powerpoints presented to class, on classroom computers for individual review, and may be printed out to take home.

10. Systematic Phonics (Higher level group) • students gather own materials • review letter sounds and go through lesson together as group • lessons repeated 1 -2 times before going on to next sequential lesson

11. Systematic Sequential Phonics – They Use: For Beginning readers of any age By Patricia Cunningham

12. Systematic Phonics • (beginner/intermediate group) -alphabet letters passed out to students -lesson repeated 3-4 times or more as needed before going on to next sequential lesson

13. Independent Literacy Computer Choice Time Computer programs for students to choose from- • News2You – Joey’s Fun Site, Math and Reading games related to current event vocabulary • Brainpop.com • Wordmaker (practice with systematic phonics lesson) • Powerpoints (academic topics/field trips,personal projects) • Tarheelreader.org

14. Independent work • Work folders/work boxes for different skill levels • Practice personal id info/ spelling words • “My Word” books- book they can refer back to for spelling, they add their own words

15. Reading rotations (individual) • Sight word instruction • www.readinga-z.com materials • Handwriting without Tears

16. Self-Selected Reading Self-Selected Reading – -Printed powerpoint books available for students to select – field trips stories, academic concept books - Books pertaining to individual student interests • Printed tarheelreader books • Scholastic Scope “The Language Arts Magazine”-read with regular ed peers

17. Coach class –Reg. Ed Peers join us • (reg. ed peers join for social interaction) Activities: -Practice spelling with peer partners -Scholastic Scope Language Art Magazines -News 2 You - n2yinc.com – review current events article as a group, partners work on packets together -games/puzzles with peer partners

18. Modifying Instruction/Materials for all levels/abilities

19. Independent Writing-modifications • scribbling on the computer • alphabet flip chart , partner assisted scanning • using pictures to complete sentences

20. …modifications for writing • Scribbling on paper • Predictable chart writing • Transferring written work to the computer

21. Comprehension activities-modifications • Answering questions through use of : • communication display • voice output devices (with partner assisted scanning) • large pictures/small array • small picture choices

22. Community Based instruction • Regular trips to community settings e.g. HEB, Dollar General, restaurants, bank, and post office to generalize functional academics in real world settings (reading menus/signs, planning purchases, counting money for purchases, using communication systems to independently interact with persons in the community)

23. Behavior Management System “Circles on Work Chart”/Ticket System • This system ties into counting money and saving/using money to make purchases at snack bar and on field trips

26. Websites/Resources • www.buildingblox.net – ideas for making work folders/activities • www.tarheelreader.org – online powerpoints with simple text and narration • www.uniquelearningsystem.com – can also access through www.n2y.inc – free summer preview -instructional thematic units designed specifically for students with significant disabilities –social studies and science topics which incorporate reading, writing and math activities.

27. www.n2y.com – News2You – a weekly online newspaper designed for persons with special needs appropriate for all ages. (covers national and world current events) www.readinga-z.com – printable leveled books beginning at Level AA

28. www.brainpop.com • www.spellingcity.com • Systematic Sequential Phonics – They Use: For Beginning readers of any age By Patricia Cunningham