I recently posted a revamped version of a 2015 resource, Mary Wore Her Red Dress.
Being 'on a roll' I decided to also add a 'boy version', Joey Wore His Red Pants. Both versions can be personalized with photo faces of your student/class members using the instructions provided in the resource.
In many ways these resources are reflective of what I've learned in 5 years of developing educational resources using PowerPoint! Each resource offers two distinct interactive activities …. identifying
colors and identifying articles of
clothing. It also provides a forum for pronouns and
name/ letter identification.
General Instructions:
When using this resource I usually read the page first, simultaneously adding one new clothing item to the page/slide using the starred animations. In the process students are invited to find a particular clothing item in a three-choice array, e.g. "green socks" "yellow mitts"
If correct, the requested clothing item will disappear from the choice array and reappear on either Mary/Joey. The item's name is announced.
If incorrect, a mildly negative comment ('huhugh') is heard, and the student is encouraged to "try again".
Personalizing Your Resource to Heighten Student Interest
Instructions are provided to personalize this resource. If you are providing Tele-practice, personalization is a great way to heighten interest and keep your student(s) engaged.
Implementing Differentiated Instruction
The downloaded version offers a colored text cue, 'setting the stage' for an color matching task. If you wish to conduct a more difficult activity, i.e., identifying the item without the benefit of a color cue, simply drag the colored text 'off slide'.
DO NOT eliminate the text … just move it to a location where it will not be seen when triggered in the animation sequence.
The song can be sung during morning meeting. Children take turns choosing an article of their clothing to sing about. " Jenny … what would you like to sing about today? Your pants? Or your top? Your pants? Okay what color is Jenny's pants? That's right! Let's sing about Jenny's red pants. Is Jenny a boy or a girl? A girl … that means we say her (not his). A slide is included to visually support this extension activity. Use thePowerPoint Pen tool to write in the child's name and circle the color, pronoun and clothing item.
Tele-Practice
The revised format is more amenable to interactive tele-practice. The three choice array includes numbers to facilitate choice-making (when able to recognize numbers and unable to directly access the buttons due to distance learning). "choice 1 … or 2 ..,. or 3. You pick; I'll press"
Adding a Literacy Component
Personalize your resource with photo faces your class. The educator can use the PowerPoint pen tool (comman p or Right click p while in presentation mode) to provide the class with a hint to guess the identity of the mystery student (that has not yet been animated to appear on the slide/page).
The type of clues provided can be tailored according to student needs.
e.g. Our mystery student's name starts with the letter 'R' (Randy)
e.g. Our mystery girl's name starts with the 'mmmmm' sound (Maggie)
e.g. Here's a hint …. B __ __ t (Bret)
e.g. Our mystery person's name rhymes with 'fan' (Sam)
I then invite students to sing the verse using the song button to set the pace. As we sing the page/slide, the facilitator follows along, pointing to either the text or the symbols (depending upon the version purchased).
As always there are three versions of these resources: Regular, PCS and SymbolStix. Resources can be displayed on the 'big screen' (interactive whiteboard, large screen TV using Apple TV) or the 'small screen' (computer monitor, iPad/Android tablet or iPhone using the free Microsoft PowerPoint app specific to each).
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Augmentative Communication Consultant
Special Educator
