Describing Prompts

Use the prompts to help your student provide more detail when describing objects.

Green: Group

What group or category does it belong in?

Example: shirt→clothing, couch→furniture, apple→food, dog→animal

BLUE: Do

What do you do with it? What does it do?

Example: Bed→sleep in it, Apple→eat it, Coat→keeps you warm, Cow→says moo

What Does it Look Like?

Size/Shape/Color/Emotion

Example: Basketball→bigger than a baseball, round, orange and black

What is it made of/from?

Example: pencil→wood, shirt→cloth, nail→metal, toys→plastic

Pink: Parts

What are its parts?

Example: Flower→stem, seeds, leaves

White: Where

Where would you see it? Where would you use it?

Example: tree, store, school, kitchen, baseball field

What else do you know?

Prior knowledge and fun facts

Example: Apple→it can be green, worms live inside

EXAMPLES

(coming soon)