Off
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Turn (it) off
Want more off
It off
Commenting
Feeling a little off
I took off
Fell off
Off I go
Asking/Answering Questions
Want off?
Did you turn it off?
Did you doze off?
Social Interactions
Bugger off
Off and on
Back off
Show off
Buzz off
Go off
Protesting
Not off
Not more off
Not get off
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
Talk about how different vehicles take off (e.g., planes, rockets, cars)
Dress up in silly costumes or talk about what ___ (e.g., astronauts) need to put on and take off– items on and off
Semi-Structured/Group Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Wrap a surprise item in multiple layers and play hot potato. Each time the music stops, the person with the hot potato gets to take "off" a layer
Build a snowman (real or make a paper character) and take different items "off" (hat, scarf, nose, arms)
Do a science experiment with magnets. Test different items (with and without magnets, or different strengths of magnets) and see whether the magnet will stay on or fall "off"
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
____ fell off the board. (whiteboard with magnets)
I took the ____ off.
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word