Do
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Do this
I do
Look what I do(did)
I want to do
Go do
Commenting
Well done!
All done
You did good
Asking/Answering Questions
Are you done?
How do you feel?
Which one do you want?
Do you want to do ___ or ___?
What do you mean?
Social Interactions
What did you do on the weekend?
You can do it!
What do you call ___? (joke)
Protesting
Do not
No do
Don't want
Stop doing that
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
Play 20 questions – start questions with ‘Do you have__?’
Classroom organization – make a ‘do you have’ checklist (e.g., pencil, paper, water bottle)
Arrival/departure routine (do shoes, do jacket)
Semi-Structured/Group Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Modified Simon Says (do jump or don’t sing)
Talk about physical characteristics of everyone in the class. Ask students "Who has ____ (e.g., brown hair)" and students can respond with "I do" or "I do not"
Give students opportunities to decide what activity the class should "do" next!
Follow up to "What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? By Steve Jenkins & Robin Page" - talk about what you "do" with your body parts
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
Let's do ___.
I like to do ___.
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word