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In Your Classroom

In Your Classroom. In Your Classroom. Reads aloud any text, highlighting words Shows pictures above words Capitalizes proper nouns and words at start of sentences. In Your Classroom. Use linked sentence-building grids to build a piece of writing Move between grids using the arrows

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In Your Classroom

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  1. In Your Classroom

  2. In Your Classroom • Reads aloud any text, highlighting words • Shows pictures above words • Capitalizes proper nouns and words at start of sentences

  3. In Your Classroom • Use linked sentence-building grids to build a piece of writing • Move between grids using the arrows • Text in Clicker Writer stays the same

  4. In Your Classroom • ‘Forced order’ activities teach left-to-right sentence construction • Only some cells are active at a time, ensuring grammatical sense

  5. In Your Classroom • Provide a model sentence • See and hear the sentence before building it • Hear your own sentence and compare visually and aurally

  6. In Your Classroom • ‘Look-cover-write-check’ • Click to view the sentence in a pop-up • Must close the pop-up before constructing the sentence

  7. In Your Classroom • Use sentence starters and endings in the grid • Match them together to build sentences

  8. In Your Classroom • Scaffold a whole piece of writing – not just a sentence • Each grid has a small number of words • Move to next grid to see words for next part of story

  9. In Your Classroom • Write using the grid AND the keyboard • Grid provides sentence starters and vocabulary • Use keyboard for any further text

  10. In Your Classroom • Use grids for word banks • Enter words into the grid with the class • A great interactive whiteboard activity for any subject

  11. In Your Classroom • Use a word bank as a ‘menu’ • Click on a cell to go to writing grid • Writing grid contains a word bank with relevant vocabulary

  12. In Your Classroom • Use word banks to record an account of an event • Each grid focuses on a specific element

  13. In Your Classroom • Extend vocabulary • As a group, decide on alternatives for words • Add the words to the word bank

  14. In Your Classroom • Word bank grids support keyboard writing • Provide words that are difficult to spell • Provide key words to complete all elements of a subject

  15. In Your Classroom • Writing frames guide learners through a writing activity • Use to support discussion • Provide sentence starters and links to supporting arguments

  16. In Your Classroom • Use for procedures • Add your own words to blank cells • Personalizes the information and vocabulary

  17. In Your Classroom • Use for recounting • Writing frames help learners structure their retelling of a familiar story

  18. In Your Classroom • Use for explanation • Use a writing frame with links to blank word banks • Add appropriate vocabulary to the blank cells

  19. In Your Classroom • Use a structured framework to provide alternative choices for constructing a story

  20. In Your Classroom • Use Clicker to create talking books • Add pictures, text, sound, and video • Recall and share facts or events in an exciting way

  21. In Your Classroom • Learners can create their own talking books, selecting pictures, words or phrases from pop-up grids • Create your own books to focus on a particular teaching point or vocabulary

  22. In Your Classroom • Relevant to any teaching topic • Reluctant or struggling readers can click on a button to hear the text

  23. In Your Classroom • Engage disaffected readers • Adapt text and images in a talking book to the interest and ability of the student

  24. In Your Classroom • Talking books provide opportunities for overlearning • Highlight and reinforce key vocabulary

  25. In Your Classroom • A stimulus for further activities • Ask questions within books to encourage further discussion

  26. In Your Classroom • Create personalized resources • Students’ personal copies provide useful records of their reading fluency and accuracy

  27. In Your Classroom • Provide alternative versions of books • Differentiate using the same pictures/sound/video • Learners have resources matched to their abilities

  28. In Your Classroom • Link reading and writing activities • Learners become familiar with the text in the book, and then create their own books to consolidate their learning

  29. In Your Classroom • Link reading and writing activities • Learners become familiar with the text in the book, and then create their own books to consolidate their learning

  30. In Your Classroom • Link reading and writing activities • Learners become familiar with the text in the book, and then create their own books to consolidate their learning

  31. In Your Classroom • Record an instruction, comment or question • Focuses the learner on a particular issue

  32. In Your Classroom • Create books to support other languages • Many French and Spanish resources on the LearningGrids.com website

  33. In Your Classroom • Create books to support other languages • Many French and Spanish resources on the LearningGrids.com website

  34. In Your Classroom • Write your own stories or accounts using pop-up grids • Provide the words needed for emerging or struggling writers

  35. In Your Classroom • Reinforce vocabulary for reading and writing • Use the same vocabulary in reading and writing versions of the same book

  36. In Your Classroom • Determine the order of the content of a book • First choose a picture and then choose appropriate words or phrases

  37. In Your Classroom • Determine the order of the content of a book • First choose a picture and then choose appropriate words or phrases

  38. In Your Classroom • Record your own account • Use a microphone to record your own voice • Speak the text on the page, or talk about the picture

  39. In Your Classroom • Use for labeling, sorting, matching, and sequencing • Provides reinforcement of learning objectives • Ideal for class, group, or individual work

  40. In Your Classroom • Use for labeling, sorting, matching, and sequencing • Provides reinforcement of learning objectives • Ideal for class, group, or individual work

  41. In Your Classroom • Use for labeling, sorting, matching, and sequencing • Provides reinforcement of learning objectives • Ideal for class, group, or individual work

  42. In Your Classroom • Labeling activities – click on a blank cell to view a pop-up, and select a word from the word bank pop-up • Listen to the options in the word bank before you select

  43. In Your Classroom • Use Clicker’s high-quality graphics library, or your own photos • Labeling activities are ideal for teaching foreign languages

  44. In Your Classroom • Reinforce and enhance math skills • Many free math activities available at LearningGrids.com

  45. In Your Classroom • Label and classify objects • Use two pop-up grids to both label AND classify a picture

  46. In Your Classroom • Engage a whole class or group in an interactive activity • Students take turns to complete the chart

  47. In Your Classroom • Use complementary activities to provide a written record of the activity

  48. In Your Classroom • Let learners show understanding • Pop-up grids can have as few or as many items as you like

  49. In Your Classroom • Let learners show understanding • Pop-up grids can have as few or as many items as you like

  50. In Your Classroom • Let learners show understanding • Pop-up grids can have as few or as many items as you like

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