Today, Tomorrow & Yesterday Shelley Moore Age-appropriate calendar systems for students District Pro D Day with low-incidence disabilities in secondary Richmond, BC schools February 8, 2013 Why do student’s with special needs need a calendar system? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Why can’t I just buy or use the calendar systems designed for primary students? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Why can’t I just buy or use the calendar systems at the teacher store or online? 5. Exposes students to information and interests of their peers 4. Stigma attached to special needs. How can we designing materials that everyone will WANT to use 3. Accessible content builds conVidence and motivation for students, but if it isn’t interesting and relevant they may not engage 2. The language and content is not age appropriate 1. They are not babies … they are teenagers. T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 What does an age appropriate calendar system look like? 0 Age appropriate names 0 An age-appropriate look 0 Age appropriate content 0 Age appropriate resources 0 Age appropriate supplies T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Shape of the Day or Agenda of the day? 0Class Meeting 0Work Clubs 0Work Experience/ P.E. 0Agendas T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Carpet Time Teenager name: Class Meeting Description: The class meeting is the structure for the calendar system. There are daily activities and weekly activities for the students and staff to do which exposes them to a variety of topics. T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Carpet Time Teenager name: Class Meeting Supplies: - Class meeting binder for each student - Title page, dividers - Electrical tape - Magnets - Card stock - Personal student white boards - 1 magnet boards - Planning template - Laminator - Colour printer - Boardmaker - Bingo Dabbers - Your school SLP - Lots of help! - Small baskets for pcs symbols - envelopes Resources: - Michaels, dollar store, IKEA T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 The GOALS of the ‘Class Meeting’ 0 Oral Language 0 Reading & Viewing 0 Writing & representing 0 Health 0 Social Studies 0 Science 0 Numeracy 0 Other goals (behaviour, communication, socialization, self regulation….) T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Goals T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Class Meeting 0 Everyday Activities 0 Sign In 0 How are you feeling? 0 Calendar 0 What’s the forecast? 0 Every Week Activities 0 Top Story 0 Question of the day 0 Communication temptation 0 Bring & Brag 0 Top of the Charts T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Attendance Teenager name: Sign In Description: Students sign in before every meeting. They Vind their name or picture and move it to a chart labeled “here” or “not here.” Teacher/EA debriefs with the class after everyone chooses. How could you make this work for one of your students? What goals does this activity address? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Attendance Teenager name: Sign In Supplies: - Magnets - Photos of each student’s face - Photos of each staff members face - Sign in chart Resources: T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: How are you feeling? Teenager name: ??? Description: Student Vind their name or picture and move it to the column which describes how they are feeling that morning. Teacher/EA debriefs with the class after everyone chooses. How could you make this work for one of your students? What goals does this activity address? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: How are you feeling? Teenager name: ??? Supplies: - Magnet stickers - Photos of each student’s face - Photos of each staff member’s face - Feelings chart Resources: - Google images T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Calendar time Teenager name: ??? Description: Teacher/EA models the calendar activity labeling ‘today,’ ‘tomorrow,’ & ‘yesterday’ with picture symbols. Any special events or activities are discussed. Student follow model in they personal binder either crossing off,, stamping or using sticker to mark off the days of the month. This information is used to write out the calendar sentence: Today is…… Tomorrow will be… Yesterday was…. Students practice write the calendar sentences on their personal whiteboards. How could you make this work for one of your students? What goals does this activity address? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Calendar time Teenager name: ??? Supplies: - Electrical tape - Magnet stickers - Basket/ envelope for pieces - A large calendar - A personal calendar for each student - Bingo dabber - Stickers - Stamps - Personal White board Resources: - Kindergarten teachers. - www.calendarlabs.com T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Weather Teenager name: What’s the forecast? Description: A group of students go outside, or go to a window. With their personal forecast rings, students choose which weather it is for that day. A magnet is put up in the forecast box. To check the temperature and forecast for the next day, Type into Google: ‘What is the forecast’ and a local forecast will pop up. A graph can also be made tracking the days in a month of weather How could you make this work for one of your students? What goals does this activity address? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Weather Teenager name: What’s the forecast? Supplies: - Electrical tape - Portable weather rings/ communication boards - A large graph - A personal graph for the student - Bingo dabbers - Individual weather pcs symbols Resources: - www.google.com T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Current events Teenager name: Top Story Description: Every day or two News2You posts a world news story. It is a paragraph with symbols describing an interesting event in the world. The class reads it together on a projector. A you tube video can then be watched about the news story. The article is then read again after. Stories can be grouped by subject to have a themed week of top stories. E.g. animals, sports, etc. How could you make this work for one of your students? What goals does this activity address? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Current events Teenager name: Top Story Supplies: - News2You ‘World news’ stories - Videos of the stories - Top story reVlection sheet - Projector and screen Resources: - https://www.n2y.com/news2you/ - www.YouTube.com - www.keepvid.com T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Top Story T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Question of the Day/Week Teenager name: ??? Description: A question of the day or week is a class vote or multiple choice question. The question can be connected to the top story for the day or a cumulative one for the week. It can also be a question about previous concepts learned or just to engage the student in an interest survey. Students Vind their name or picture and use it to vote on the answer they want to choice. Teacher/ EA debriefs after everyone has decided. How could you make this work for one of your students? What goals does this activity address? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Question of the Day/Week Teenager name: ??? Supplies: - Questions about the top story - Questions about anything (not about bunnies or colours) - Magnet tape - Photos of each student’s face - Photos of each staff members face Resources: T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 What could be some questions for the popcorn video? Questions need to be: 0 Yes/ no 0 Multiple choice T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: See and Say Teenager name: Communication Temptation Description: A 3-D object is placed in a see through jar with a lid. Students have to make a comment in order for the jar to open. Student can make comments based on 3 descriptors 1. What they see 2. What they want 3. What they think Communication boards are provided for students who have difViculty expressing orally. Content of the jar can be from a variety of areas, e.g. food, toys, games, bugs etc. How could you make this work for one of your students? What goals does this activity address? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: See and Say Teenager name: Communication Temptation Supplies: - A see through container (glass) - Communication board - Cool stuff Resources: - SLPs T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Show and Tell Teenager name: Bring & Brag Description: Students rotate the chance to bring something from home. Before sharing, someone helps the student (if needed) Vill in the Bring & Brag response template. The student present their item to the class use the response sheet as a reference. A picture is taken and added to the template after so that it can go into his class meeting binder. If the student is not able to bring something from home, they can choose something from the school that they like. How could you make this work for one of your students? What goals does this activity address? T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Show and Tell Teenager name: Bring & Brag Supplies: - Bring & brag response template - A home-school communication book/ agenda - Cooperating parents Resources: T, T & Y Shelley Moore 2013 Baby name: Humpty Dumpty Teenager name: Top of the Charts Description: A student is assigned the task of Vinding out what the #1 song and #1 movie is of the week. Using the ‘top of the charts’ research template, students Vind the information and share it with the class the next day. With support (if needed) a music video and a movie trailer can also be shown to the class.