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Primary Speech Once per week I conduct a group Speech/language lesson in the Early Childhood Classroom (students age3-5 with special needs). Some of goals that many children have on their IEP in the area of Speech/Language is to be able to sequence activities of daily living, and retell a story using grammatically correct sentences and new vocabulary. In Early Childhood, the classroom cycles through various themes throughout the school year. For example, for two weeks the teacher may be talking about "The Sea", with the following two weeks focused on "The Farm", I always try to work my lessons around that week's theme. As part of the 45 minute Speech lesson, we create a snack that somehow relates to the theme also. My idea is to use the digital camera during the Transportation Unit while we make a "fire truck" snack. At each point in the process, each child would... Download: [36 KB PDF]
Articulation Book Student will identify and photograph items that start with the targeted sound/phoneme. Student will use the designed book for practice outside of the speech therapy setting. Student will use the digital camera to photograph items in his environment that begin with the targeted sound/phoneme. Once a minimum of 15-20 pictures are gathered, the student will create a book using the targeted words in a story or picture and label format. The student will create... Download: [48 KB PDF]
Grandparents Day In this project, the students take a picture of another child with their grandparents on Grandparents Day here at school, after a demonstration on camera use. They should stand in front of a "My Grandparents Are Special" sign. Each child can help import his photos into iPhoto and create a Grandparent story, by adding text to the picture. The child would create a 2-3 sentence story about his grandparent, and with the help of the teacher or an aide, type it into the computer. The stories can be... Download: [48 KB PDF]
One-Hundredth Day of School On February 8th, the students will be taking part in seven different
activities for the one-hundredth day of school. Students will use iPhoto to create pictures of their One Hundred Day activities. Working in pairs, the students will take pictures of each other during the various activities. The students will then import their photos into iPhoto and create a book with text identifying the activities and the student(s) involved.
After they have completed their book... Download: [44 KB PDF]
After they have completed their book... Download: [44 KB PDF]
A Walking Trip of Color In this project, students are first reminded about basic camera care and then each student has a chance to Òpull a color from a hatÓ. The directions given are that students will have an opportunity to take pictures of objects they see on their trip that correspond with their given color. Each student should have the opportunity... Download: [520 KB PDF]
Reading Literacy: Book of the Month In this project, students use the Canon Power Shot A75 camera (or any digital camera) to take a picture of their reading buddy with their book of the month. First we will kick off our "Reading is a Picnic" program by having the students bring in their favorite book that they read this month. They can also bring in snacks and blankets to lie on when reading to add to the excitement of reading. The students will then read... Download: [48 KB PDF]
Feeling Good About Myself The teacher discusses goals and strengths first with the group and then with individual students. Feeling proud, having good feelings about oneself, and having goals areconcepts which will be discussed and demonstrated by the instructor.. Each student willcome up with a list of at least 3 things they are good at (strengths). Each student also comes up with at least two accomplishments... Download: [36 KB PDF]
FUN TIME GRAPHING This is a fun activity which will show what recess activity the children enjoy most while reinforcing the concept of graphing and reading at the same time. The kindergarten children will graph their favorite recess activity. Example: playing on the slide; merry-go round; jumping rope; etc... Download: [24 KB PDF]
Getting to Know Your Classmates The beginning of the school year can be a time of anxiety for many students. They are unsure of who will be in their class and what their teacher will be like. This activity is designed to have students get to know their classmates in a fun and exciting way. The students will be given a chance to use the digital camera to take pictures of their classmates doing something that they enjoy. The children will work in pairs... Download: [32 KB PDF]
Pen Pals with BHS Football Players Communicating with others is an important life skill. Students will learn the parts of a friendly letter. They will write back and forth to pen pals. In this project, students will choose a BHS football player to be their pen pal. They will write a letter to their buddy using the parts of the friendly letter. Their buddy will write back to them. Our class will take a field trip... Download: [40 KB PDF]