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How It Helps
How It Helps
Provides:
word suggestions as you type
develops writing skills
helps construct error-free sentences
How to Use
Click on the Prediction icon to turn it on.
Hover over words in the word prediction suggestion box to hear the word read aloud.
To insert a word onto your page, click on a word or click Ctrl+ the number next to the word.
Student Benefits
Student Benefits
prediction is found on the R&W4 Google Docs, Slides and Web tool bars
provides and helps with word choice
contains pre-made word banks for academic writing
supports for the words suggested can be enhanced if using the Picture Dictionary at the same time
each suggested word can be read aloud by moving mousing over it
supports learners to express themselves during writing tasks and assessments
requires fewer keystrokes
Teacher Benefits
Teacher Benefits
once tool use is taught and practiced it will allow for more students in the class to work independently
struggling writers are producing more written pieces
struggling writers are more engaged during writing workshop
struggling writers are excited about writing
struggling writers are engaging in conversations about organization and ideas thus developing their overall writing skills
How does Prediction support UDL?
Access
supports learners in producing writing assignments
allows learners to participate in writing assignments
Build
engage learners in assessment discussions of what constitutes excellence in writing
celebrate effort and improvement made in writing assignments
Internalize
identification of personal goals
promotes expectations that optimize motivation
Access
creates an enlarged box as you type with suggested words
Build
model using the Prediction during a shared writing activity and discuss how it supports vocabulary building, sentence meaning, fewer key strokes.
Internalize
pre-teach how to use Prediction through demonstrations or models
use various examples of how to use Prediction (ie: Youtube videos, step by step instructions, direct modeling, etc.)
provide explicit supported opportunities to use the Prediction
use cues and prompts to draw attention to how Prediction can be used in conjunction with the Talking and Picture Dictionary AND translator
Access
can be used on various devices (ie: Apple, Chrome, PCs, etc.)
requires student to click on the icon
Build
provide opportunities for others (i.e. teachers, peers, mentors, etc.) to model, encourage and guide the use of Prediction
provide Prediction as tool for writing activities and assessments
Internalize
provide prompts and scaffolds that encourage the use of a learner's vocabulary
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