Teaching Communication During Daily Routines and Activities

 Universal Core vocabulary can be taught in which of the following activities?

• On the playground

• Getting off the bus

• Going to the restroom

• Moving from one activity to another

• All of the above

Using routines to teach students to use core vocabulary to communicate requires showing them what they could say. All of the following are examples EXCEPT:

• Student takes off backpack and looks at adult. Adult says, “You look like you have a question. You can ask, ‘WHERE GO?’” and points to the symbols.

• Student is trying to put her shoe on and looks at the adult who says, “I see you looking at me. Are you asking for HELP?” Adult says "HELP" while pointing to HELP.

• Student is running in the hall. Adult says, “I know you want to get to class

  but you need to STOP” and points to STOP.

• Student pushes lunch tray away. Adult says, “You pushed your tray, I think you are FINISHED. You can say, FINISHED” and points to the

  symbol.

True or False: Deciding what words to demonstrate starts by watching students

closely and attributing meaning to the things they do.

• True

• False

True or False: After you show students how they might use Universal Core

vocabulary, you should use hand-over-hand to guide the student to point to the

symbols.

• True

• False

True or False: The entire school day provides opportunities for educators to

encourage students to learn to use the Universal Core to communicate for

multiple purposes across multiple contexts and multiple partners.

• True

• False