Bad
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
I want you to have the bad one
You get the bad one
Commenting
That's bad
Having a bad day
I feel bad
It bad
Tastes bad
You have bad taste (in music)
Asking/Answering Questions
Which is bad?
Did it turn bad?
Social Interactions
That's too bad
Bad news
Looks like you're having a bad hair day
Protesting
I don't want bad
Stop bad
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
Make paper airplanes – talk about the ones that go bad
Be careful not to use this as an opportunity to focus on the things the student is bad at, or when the student does something bad, we want to have positive associations to language
Semi-Structured/Group Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Make a smoothie. Have good and “bad” things for the smoothie and ask students to pick something “bad” for the smoothie. Once it’s finished, drink the smoothie, and talk about if it is “bad” or not.
Talk about what makes a “bad” friend
A bad friend says mean things
A bad friend does not share toys with me
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
I am bad at ___. (verb+ing)
___ makes a bad smoothie.
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word