Not
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Not need
Not that
Not want go
Commenting
Not look
I can not
Not going up
Asking/Answering Questions
Why not?
Not go out?
You not like?
Social Interactions
Not you!
Not it (tag)
I will not do that, no I will not
Protesting
Not want
Not you
You not help me
Not your turn
Songs and Videos
Listen for the core word in the song or video and model it on your communication tool each time you hear it
Books for Shared Reading
Listen for the core word in the book and model in on your communication tool each time you hear it
Naturally Occurring/Individual Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a naturally occurring opportunity
Pair with opposite words (E.g. - Go up, “not” down, up!)
Do a puzzle – talk about which pieces do “not” fit
During snack or meal time talk about what items students do “not” like or are “not” available
Semi-Structured/Group Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Go on a Lion hunt in the classroom (I’m “not” scared)
Give each student a piece of a potato head and then ask each student if they have a specific item (“not” me!)
Use a large box to act out “Not a Box” and have students make up ideas of what the box could be (It’s “not” a box, it’s a ____)
Practice self-advocacy by having students say what they do “not” like/want
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
It's not a box, it's a ____.
I do not like ____.
Not the ____.
Put it on the ____, not the ____.
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word