AAC Language Lab

Target Vocabulary:

1. who
2. what
3. where
4. is
5. your
6. school
7. nurse
8. office
9. name
10. of

Target Language Skill: Askling

Suggested Objectives:

1. The person will use words from the target vocabulary list to ask questions.
2. The person will ask a question beginning with "who is." in order to obtain information about a person.
3. The person will ask the question "what is." in order to obtain information about a thing.
4. The person will ask the question "where is" in order to locate something or someone.
5. The person will express questions using "wh" words to obtain information.

Teaching Activities:

A. Speaking

1. There are certain words in the Super Duper® card set for this lesson that are not stored in ®. Before you begin, you may want to store these words, or teach the person to spell them: "mascot", "principal".
2. If the person has not learned to say possessive nouns yet, you can accept the use of the plural key to add an "s" to "nurse". If the person is ready to learn possessive nouns, you can teach possessive for "nurse's office"
3. Model the phrases "who is", "what is", and "where is". Ask the person to copy you to say these phrases with the device. If the person is not ready to say all the rest of the words on each card, then focus on just these question phrases.
4. Model the complete questions on the cards. Ask the person to say the complete questions.
5. Some of the questions use articles such as "the" and "a". If the person has not learned to speak these articles yet, accept the questions without articles. If the person is ready to learn articles, then model and teach.

B. Reading

1. Read together the Power Point slide show for asking "wh" questions at school. Ask the person to read just the "wh" question words the first time.
2. Read the book again, and let the person read as much of it independently as possible. Model the other words in the questions.
3. Look for books at the appropriate reading level that contain the phrases "who is", "what is", and "where is." Read a book together. Ask the person to say the words that he or she is able to say.

C. Writing

1. Using computer access with a USB cable or a BlueTooth adapter, start up a Word document. Let the person write a note to another person asking them questions. Print out the note, and let the person deliver it.
2. Start a Word document and insert pictures of the people and places. Ask the person to write question captions for the pictures.
3. Make up your own Power Point slide show with digital photos. Write question captions, and then let the person show the slides to an audience of his or her choice. Ask the people in the audience to answer the questions.

D. Generalization

1. Model other question phrases with the communication device such as "when is" and "why is". Prompt the person to use other question phrases.
2. Model other question phrases such as "which one",
3. Talk about the person's day at school. What questions does he or she need to ask in math class? What questions does he or she need to ask before a class? Model and practice these questions.
4. Ask the person to remember questions that parents ask at home. "What does your mom say when you get home?" Model and practice questions that the person hears in other situations.
5. Get the Super Duper® Fun Deck® "WH" Questions At School. Ask the person to read as many of the questions as possible. There are many suggestions in the card set for games that you can play. Adapt some of these games and play.

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