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Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Go fast
I want to go fast
Can we go fast?
Commenting
It is fast
You (are) fast
Fast car
(Name) is fast
Asking/Answering Questions
You fast?
What is fast?
Want (to) go fast?
Social Interactions
Live life in the fast lane!
We want fast food
Protesting
Don't go fast
No fast
Listen for the core word in the song or video and model it on your communication tool each time you hear it
Listen for the core word in the book and model in on your communication tool each time you hear it
Ideas on how to use the core word in a naturally occurring opportunity
Have a race with toy cars and talk about how fast the cars are going
Outside or in a gym, contrast going fast and going slow while running, on swings, on a slide, etc.
During clean-up time or other fast-paced tasks, encourage "clean up fast"
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Do a body break activity contrasting fast and slow. Call out commands "dance/move fast" and "dance/move slow"
Show videos of fast and slow animals/movements/vehicles (e.g. cheetahs, race cars, roller coaster) and have students say if it's fast or slow
During clean up time, tell students to "clean up fast"
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
The __ is fast.
I can __ fast (e.g., run, swim, eat, move, read, type)
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word