45. Board games (Candyland, Shoots and Ladders, Monopo- ly, etc..) can be adapted with hand made spinner back- grounds. 46. Select ingredients for a smoothie or a milkshake. GROUP TIME OR CLASSROOM CHORES: 47. Assign classroom jobs based on student names where the spinner lands. 48. Use the spinner to pick who goes first. The PowerLink 4 and iClick allow students to access and operate real world appliances in real world situations (such as cooking, turning on and off a mixer, etc…). With either of these tools, a plug and any electrical ap- pliance/toy with an on/off switch becomes accessible using a switch. Using either of these tools is easy. Here is a YouTube video demonstrating how to use the Power- Link 4. Spice up shared reading by creating a two-switch, two-function activity using a voice output switch and a PowerLink 4. In this video, the student is engaged in shared reading about the wind and sun. When reading about the wind, he can comment on how windy it is and how hard the wind is blowing. When the wind is the topic of the page, he uses a second switch to activate the “wind guy” to simulate the wind and help make a connection to the text. (Video 6)
Image 4: A student using a spinner background to choose which items to put in her air foam
WRITING: 35. Independent writing (Phrases related to the topic and write what the spinner lands on to create silly spinner writing).
36. Pick a writing topic out of several choices. 37. Pick a character or setting to write about. 38. Write about how the characters are feeling.
MATH: 39. Math facts (One or two spinners - spin the spinner and see if it gets the right answer to the problem. If using 2 spin- ners one can be used to choose the math problem and the second to answer. This is great because the student is never wrong, they get to tell the spinner that it is wrong!) 40. What number comes next-see if the spinner gets it right. Use voice output switches to have the student say, “that’s the one.” ART, SPECIALISTS, AND LEISURE: 41. Pick paint, marker, crayon colors. 42. Pick items to put into (slime, sandbox, water play, play dough). 43. Select a song to listen to. 44. Pick a game board or card game to play.
Video 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPFL1hOEvpM Video of reading the contest between the wind and the sun.
USING A POWERLINK4 THROUGHOUT THE DAY
READING: 49. Using inflatable yard decorations during shared reading. 50. Making a fan blow to simulate the wind in a story or put orange and red streamers on the fan to simulate a fire for a camping story.
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