Compiled by Toni Waylor-Bowen, Ph.D. & Jessie Moreau, M.Ed., NBCT; March 2007 ELA/Reading Comprehension • Recite a repeated line in a story/play/poem/speech • Read from a story, chapter book, newspaper, magazine • Name the characters in a story • Sequence events in a story/chapter • Give important details in a story/chapter / recall facts • Ask questions (who, what, where, etc) of others about a story/chapter • Give “stage directions” to others in a play • Follow the steps in multi-step directions/task analysis (e.g., recipe, simple machine) • State the logical order of information in a non-fiction text • Give timeline information about a person in a biography • Retell familiar events/stories to include beginning, middle, and end • Name vocabulary words and define terms ELA/Listening/Speaking/Viewing • Answer questions during calendar/schedule time • Uses oral language for different purposes: to inform, to request, to entertain • Recite the Pledge of Allegiance • Tell others about an event that happened (at home/community/another class) • Ask questions of others about their evening/weekend/special event • Ask survey questions of others • Repeat auditory sequences (letters, words, numbers, rhythmic patterns) • Present an outline of a group report or class project to others • Identify people to participate in a group project/play a game/determine “Who’s next?” • Interview a guest or teacher new to the school • Sing the chorus of a song or music/video • Recite Nursery Rhymes • Recite a poem • Call items for Bingo games related to curricular themes (especially fun with a randomizer) ELA/Writing • Sequence items to go into a story • List adjectives/adverbs to go into a story (especially fun with a randomizer) • Provide vocabulary to be included in a story • Give details about different parts of a class story Mathematics/Numbers and Operations • Count forward • Count backward • Count days of the week/month/year • Count sets of items • Count using 1-1 correspondence • Recite prime numbers with visual models for identification • Skip count • Recite addition/subtraction/multiplication facts • State money amounts (by dollars, quarters, dimes, etc.) • Identify parts of a whole (fractions) • Identify numerals in expanded notation (9 thousand, 3 hundred, fifty, five) • Identify and order percents • Identify and order decimals • Identify numbers on a number line Mathematics/Measurement • State the order of objects based on a dimension (e.g., big/bigger/biggest, long/longer/longest) • State time (hour/half-hour/quarter-hour) • Count the increments while measuring (for length, capacity, time, temperature, etc) • Counts items used in the formula to determine area, capacity • Give steps in formula for finding volume, surface area, etc. • Name measurement-related vocabulary words and define terms Mathematics/Geometry • Count the number of shapes/solid figures identified in the class, school, community • Name the various types of geometric shapes when shown the same • Count the number of sides, edges, vertices, in plane and solid figures • State the properties of different shapes/solid figures (i.e., a triangle has three sides; a cube has 12 edges) • Count points on a grid • Name geometry-related vocabulary words and define terms • Choose geometric figures then identify them with visual/tactual manipulatives Mathematics/Data Analysis and Probability • Count/name the items that are part of the survey • Count the number of responses/tally marks for each item on a table/chart/graph • Skip count number of responses when using different scales • Estimate number of items in a set • Predict the probability of a given event (i.e., numbers on dice, colors of M&M’s) for experimental probability activities (randomizer device works best) Mathematics/Algebra • State items in a pattern • Skip count • State addition/subtraction/multiplication/division rules • Tell other strategies for solving problems (mnemonic devices) • Count using ratios/fractions (i.e., 1/3, 2/3, 1; ¼, ½. ¾, 1) • State formulas for solving problems • Announce simple equations for students to solve • Describe simple story problems for students to solve Science • State science-related vocabulary words and define terms (“A mineral is made from non-living substance found in nature.”; “A rock is made from minerals.”) • Describe items being used in the science task (i.e., minerals, rocks, animals, habitats) • Describe common features between items (i.e., both the tiger and polar bear use camouflage, both the bat and possum are nocturnal) • List reasons/outcomes (i.e., pollution is caused by littering, pouring items in streams or rivers…) • List items (i.e., major organ systems, names of the planets, items that can be recycled…) • Sequence items (i.e., life cycles, planets in order from the sun, steps in the water cycle) • Explain steps in an experiment • Describe changes in items before, during, and after an experiment • State parts of a whole (i.e., parts of a cell) • State parts of a group (i.e., animals that are vertebrates, types of habitats) • Call items for Bingo games related to science standards (especially fun with a randomizer) • Describe physical attributes of items (i.e., shape, color, size, hardness, texture) • Describe characteristics (i.e., habitats, cloud formations, hurricanes, physical/chemical changes) Social Studies • List items (individual freedoms on Bill of Rights, original 13 colonies, ) • Sequence items (steps in the producer/consumer cycle) • State items in first/then and if/then format (“First England wanted to tax, then America wanted independence”) • Give a timeline of events (history of music, transportation, important persons, events in a decade) • List key individuals (presidents, world leaders, Civil Rights personalities, famous Georgians) • List reasons for an event • Recite lines in a play/music video/skit about subject/time period • List items/places in governmental jurisdiction (city, state, country) • List states in regions of the United States • List countries on different continents in the world • List cultures (Indian tribes living in Georgia) • State/list items related to a culture (common words in different languages) • State social studies-related vocabulary and define terms • List/describe geographic regions • List major products of a state, region, country • Call items for Bingo games related to Social Studies standards (especially fun with a randomizer) • Sing a song or chorus from a song of a country being studied • List cultural achievements in the fields of art, music, literature, theater, movies/TV The following devices allow for sequential messaging: LITTLE Step by Step Communicator (AbleNet) BIG Step-by-Step Communicator (AbleNet) Step-by-Step Communicator with Levels (AbleNet) Sequencer (Adaptivation) Partner One/Stepper (AMDi) * Big Talk Triple Play (Enabling Devices) Step Talking Sequencer Switch Plate (Enabling Devices) * Randomizer (Adaptivation) Press Your Luck w/ Built-in Sequencer (Enabling Devices) * These devices offer randomizing options. (Device list adopted from GPAT's list of Assistive Technology D