Good
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Want good
Make it good
Commenting
That was good
I feel good
Looks good
It's all good
Asking/Answering Questions
What is good?
That good?
You good?
Social Interactions
Good morning/night
Good going
That's a good one
Good job
You're a good friend
I hope you're having a good day
Protesting
No good
Good riddance
Not a good idea
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
Greet each other with “good morning” or “good afternoon”
Each time the student does something good, tell them they did a good job!
Make paper airplanes – talk about the ones that go good!
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 “good” for the smoothie. Once it’s finished, drink the smoothie and talk about if it is “good” or not.
Talk about what makes a “good” friend
A good friend hugs me when I am sad
A good friend shares toys with me
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
___ is good in a smoothie.
I am good at ___. (verb + ing)
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word