Where
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Tell me where it is
Commenting
This is where it should go
I know where dragons live
Asking/Answering Questions
Do you know where they are?
Where did you see it?
Where should we play?
Social Interactions
Where are you?
Where do you like to go for ice cream?
Where have you been?
Protesting
That's not where it goes
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
Look at I Spy books and ask “where” the items are that we need to find.
When anyone is leaving the classroom, ask “where is ___ going?” or “where are we going?” if going with the student/whole class
Look at "Where’s Waldo?" books and talk about "where" Waldo is. Play a modified version of Headbanz, using locations as the mystery
Semi-Structured/Group Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Set up a treasure hunt around the school (could be items from a theme you are doing, could be a letter hunt where you look for a specific letter in the signs/art around the school) and talk about “where” you are going to look
Hide objects around the room for students to find and ask them “where” is the ___?
Make a "Where's _____" book as a class
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
Where is ___ (make a "Where's ___ " book as a class and put pictures of students/staff in different locations)
Where does the ___ go?
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word