These ideas are based on, and included in, my newest set of adapted books, but they can be used in a variety of different ways to promote generalization and practice of expressive and receptive vocabulary.
1. Have students find the target vocabulary items in their environment. For clothing they could look in the closet or a department store. They could also look in ads or on the internet. A scavenger hunt, like the freebie in this post, would help with this.
2. Have students match clothespins with words onto cards with the corresponding picture.
3. Have students play I Spy for clothing or other vocabulary items at recess or during waiting time in class or in the hallway. The student could play with a peer or an adult and take turns identifying items by an attribute (feature, function/use, or category) and guessing which items are being described.
4. Put the picture cards in a “mystery bag” like a pillow case, tote bag or box. Have a student pull out a picture and describe it or name it (depending on the skill needed). For instance, if a student pulls out pants, have them name the item, tell what color it is, show where we wear them, and indicate they are clothing. Mix these vocabulary pictures with other pictures to identify categories.
5. Record the vocabulary on a card reader or Language Master and have the students read an adapted book independently, sliding the card through the reader for each page, and finding the appropriate picture. They could also use the Language Master to listen to the word and find the corresponding picture.
Until next time,
