READING: 5.
After determining the appropriate switch placement, you can begin with fun activities using the Step-by-Step switches, which can be integrated throughout the school day. (Video 2)
Record comments about the book they are reading during shared reading. 6. Repeated lines in a book or song.(“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, “Will there be enough room?”, “He huffed and he puffed”) (Insert repeated Line document). 7. Direct the reading partner to turn the page. 8. Using the recorded yes/no responses to choose a letter of the day to work on. 9. With the recorded yes/no responses to make choices to change the first letter of a word to make new words. 10. Use yes/no to answer questions about the story (was the main character a boy, girl, child, or animal). 11. Select a book that they would like to read using their yes/ no switches. WRITING: 12. Responding when using an Alternative Pencil (See video 3). 13. Completing predictable chart writing. Using partner as- sisted scanning and a robust AAC system, verbally list cat- egories and allow them to respond yes/no. Once in the selected category read off choices and write the selected one on the chart. (example, “Sharks are_______.” choices could be sizes, colors, emotions/feelings, etc…) 14. Using yes/no buttons and all 26 letters of the alphabet, have the student pick the first letter of a word so that their communication partner can act as their word prediction when writing or telling you something.
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Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooMRi5FWdC4 Video tutorial by Brenda del Monte demonstrating how to record on a Step-by-Step switch.
These communicators are essential tools for switch users and can be mounted on a student's chair or under their tray table. They allow you to connect the child's switch directly to the Step- by-Step, which can be used to provide directions, comment, count, answer/ask questions, or share about the day, among many other possibilities. The Step-by-Step lets you record three different levels of messages, each with multiple phrases on each level for added engagement. USING A STEP-BY-STEP COMMUNICATOR THROUGHOUT THE DAY I love to use step-by-step switches to give my students a method of saying yes and no when communicating with teachers and peers in the classroom. This is a great way to get students engaged in activities throughout the school day. I will record multiple ways to say yes and no such as, “Yep, that's it,” “you got it,” “for sure” or “no way,” “that is a hard pass,”“nope”). 2. Making comments during activities, (That’s Awesome!, I like that!, Let’s do it again!) 3. COMMUNICATION: 1. Work with the student using their yes and no to make choices about what they want to report to their fami- ly about their and then record that on the step by step switch. 4. “That’s the one.”When doing partner assisted scanning.
MATH: 15. Using yes/no buttons to choose numbers on the alterna- tive number pencil. 16. With the recorded yes/no or “that’s the one” the student Video 3: https://youtu.be/g3v7h5n-flY?si=Lx7GllfE1CpwlRER Student using her recorded yes/no responses to choose letters to sign her name.
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