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Total Duration:
0 to 30 Minutes
Materials and Resources:
index cards or sentence strips, markers, glue, scissors, metal rings, old magazines
Technology Resources Needed:
desirable but not essential, clip art collection software, multimedia encyclopedia (optional), printer, any assistive technology special needs students would use to access computer
Background/Preparation:
1.)Give students a specific category and ask them to choose a word that relates to that category. Each individual student chooses a word.
2.)Each student spells and writes his word on an index card or sentence strip. The teacher assists in spelling, or if the word is in the classroom the student may be asked to find it and copy it.
3.)The student finds a picture to represent the word in a magazine, from clip art on the computer, from a website, etc. The student glues the picture next to the word.
4.)Laminate the cards. (Optional)
5.)Punch a hole in the card and add it to the student's sight word ring.
Assessment Strategies
Students will be assessed periodically throughout the school year in a variety of ways. The student will read the cards aloud to the teacher. The student will match words to pictures on teacher-made tests. The student will identify sight words in other material (poems, stories, textbooks).
Acceleration:
The activity is already set up to allow each student to work at his or her own level whether it be a low or high level of ability.
Intervention:
View the Special Education resources for
instructional guidance in providing modifications and adaptations
for students with significant cognitive disabilities who qualify for the Alabama Alternate Assessment.