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Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Turn it on
Want turn on
Go on here
Put on shelf
Not put on
Commenting
Light is on
The ___ is on it
Asking/Answering Questions
Who put that on there?
Why is this on?
What goes on the ___?
Social Interactions
I'm on it
What's going on?
Time to get on the bus
Protesting
Keep calm and carry on
Not put on
Stop turning it on
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
During crafts, talk about everything you are going to put "on"
Have a visual scavenger hunt, where students have to say where an object is, rather than going to get it – e.g., I see one on the chair / it’s on the book
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 presents and have everyone pick different things they want to put "on" their wrapping paper
Build a snowman (real or make a paper character) and put different items "on" (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
Turn the ____ on.
I put ____ on.
Come on, ____. (like story, Come On, Rain)
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word