Reading Gumbo

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Reading Gumbo

• BLENDING DIFFERENT READING PROGRAMS WITH A DASH
  OF IMAGINATION TO CREATE A RECIPE FOR SUCCESSFUL
  READERS

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Reading Gumbo

• Karen Patterson
• Biloxi Public Schools
• Session Code EDU 50
• 26 years teaching experience in all fields of
  Special Education
• SLD, DD, EmD, EMR, TMR, and now with the
  Other Health Impaired (OHI) Program
• 10 years experience with Assistive Technology
• Current class consists of 7 students Autistic
  TMR, EMR, VI, MD, Rett Syndrome most are
  nonverbal with medical issues
• I have a website, www.eyesplease.com , where I
  sell communication kits for nonverbal child and
  adults and consult with parents and teachers.

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Reading Gumbo

• NAME BRAND INGREDIENTS
• Intellitools Balanced Literacy, Classroom Suite,
• Primary Writing, Primary
  Literacy
• Mayer-Johnson Writing with Symbols 2000 and
• Boardmaker
• Sight Words A Developmental Reading Program
• from I Can
  Educational Materials
• Lynjan Solutions, LLC Printable Books and
• 
  Activities

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Reading Gumbo

• SECRET INGREDIENTS
• Student directed activities
• Thematic Play Mats and Place Mats
• Your own creativity and imagination to adapt
  books and make activities.
• Your dedication to giving your students the
  proper tools they need to be successful readers
  or at least to actively engage in reading
  activities.
• Use unique items to enrich literacy experiences.

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Balanced Literacy

• A reading program from Intellitools which uses
  repeated music and predictable storylines to
  teach basic sight words.
• The program teaches phonics and writing.
• Extra features include Primary Writing and
  Primary Literacy Programs that support Balanced
  Literacy through Classroom Suite.
• Students enjoy story themes and animated rewards.
• Program can be set up for each student and tracks
  progress of students.

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Extra Creative Spices

• Flashcards with
• pictures
• Velcro flashcards
• Sentence strips from
• story to match words.
• Fill in the blank
• sentence strips
• Recreating stories in
• unique formats
• Putting stories in
• Intellimation

The Mouse Is On The Hen
Get Off
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Writing With Symbols 2000

• A talking word and/or symbol processor from
• Mayer-Johnson.
• You can change the symbols to match what you
  need.
• You can use symbols without words.
• Large variety of activities can be created fill
  in the blank sentences, vocabulary worksheets,
  and multiple choice questions.
• Students can write their own stories.

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SIGHT WORDS A DEVELOPMENTALREADING PROGRAM

• A reading program from I Can Educational
  Materials that teaches 220 high frequency words
  and 80 nouns.
• Each of the ten units contain visual
  discrimination activities, flashcards, sentence
  games, vocabulary sheets, tracking progress
  sheets, and a story.
• This program also comes with a Supplemental
  Activities Guide and a Step-By-Step Spelling
  Program. A Primary Phonics Program and
  Step-By-Step Math Program are available too.

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COMMON ELEMENTS OF ALL PROGRAMS

• Teaches Basic Sight Word vocabulary, so you can
  transition to other programs
• Predictable lines and patterns
• Shorter lessons to accommodate attention spans

• Endless activities
• Student friendly and accessible
• Can be individualized for each students exact
  needs and strengths
• Most will track and report students progress

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STUDENT DIRECTED ACTIVITIES

• Students can lead you to their specific needs in
  reading observe them with books and follow their
  lead.
• Play Mats are great for story comprehension.
• Map-A-Story from Lakeshore Provides cards for
  nonverbal students to select characters,
  settings, story events, and conclusions in order
  to create their own stories. Stories can be put
  into Classroom Suite as books and activities.

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ADDING IN YOUR OWN UNIQUE FLAVOR

• Adapt books and more books
• Use other items when adapting books or songs
• Use themes to tie vocabulary together with books
  and objects
• Use favorite characters to get students excited
  about reading

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READING GUMBO

• The proper blending of these programs and ideas
  can make every student a successful reader or an
  actively engaged participant.
• Remember the recipe is likely to vary for
  each student but the results should provide the
  same successful results.
• The following slides will demonstrate some of my
• favorite recipes over the last few years.

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SUCCESSFUL RECIPES

• ERIC CP WITH VERY POOR
• SPEECH

• MATHEW AUTISTIC SPOKE
• WHEN HE CHOSE TO

• Completely student driven
• teaching
• Where Do Monsters Live?
• Teacher created materials
• Limited word books
• Writing With Symbols 2000
• Balanced Literacy

• Balanced Literacy
• Teacher created
• materials and symbols
• from Boardmaker
• Classroom Suite
• Dinah Zike creative
• book formats

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MORE SUCCESSFUL RECIPES
NICK - SLD
RAYMOND - SLD

• Sight Words Program
• Teacher created practice
• Writing With Symbols 2000
• Wall Reading

• Primary Writing
• Sight Words Program
• Teacher created practice
• Wall Reading
• Classroom Suite

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LIZZY EMR AND VERY VERBAL

• Phonics Activities
• Balanced Literacy
• Primary Writing
• Primary Literacy
• Sight Words Program
• Play Mats

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MARY BETH RETT SYNDROMECOMMUNICATES WITH EYE
GAZE

• Favorite Character Books
• Lynjan Solutions Books
• Play Mats for comprehension and retelling stories
• Place Mats for Activities
• Map A Story for Creative Writing
• Classroom Suite
• Balanced Literacy

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Adapting Books

• Adapted books can be the most engaging part of
  your reading recipe. There are so many ways to
  create unique activities with a variety of
  materials along with PowerPoint and IntelliPics
  Studio.
• PowerPoint - Five Little Pumpkins
• IntelliPics Studio Five Little Pumpkins

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OTHER FORMS OF ADAPTATIONS

• Digital pictures
• Intellikeys
• Overlays
• Speech devices
• Boardmaker and the many add-on programs that
  Mayer-Johnson offers

• Use props
• Use favorite characters
• Use familiar songs

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QUESTIONS

• Contact information Karen Patterson
• 
  klp.dw_at_hotmail.com
• 
  www.eyesplease.com
• 
  karen_at_eyesplease.com
• 228
  669 7294
• Please feel free to contact me if you have any
  questions about these programs or you want to
  consult about a students reading difficulties.
• I also have some Play Mats and Games for sale on
  my website and a few here if you are interested.
• I also have some of my communication kits here
  from my last presentation, Tell Me How You Feel
  Medical Solutions.

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Resources

• Balanced Literacy, Primary Writing, Primary
  Literacy, Classroom Suite, and IntelliPics
• Studio from Intellitools, Inc. , Part of
  Cambium Learning Technologies
• 1726 Corporate
  Circle, Petaluma, CA 94954
• Writing With Symbols 2000 by Widgit Software
  LTD from Mayer-Johnson
• Boardmaker TM is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson
  LLC.
• Mayer-Johnson LLC
  P.O. Box 1579 Solana Beach, CA 92075 USA
• Phone [phone] Fax
  858-550-0449 Email mayerj_at_mayer-johnson.com
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  Web site www.mayer-johnson.com
• Sight Word Developmental Reading Program written
  by Sharon Richard, M. Ed.
• Published by
  I Can Educational Materials
• 10356 Parkview
  Dr. Baton Rouge, LA 70815
• Lynjan Solutions, LLC - This company is no
  longer in business.
• Big Book of Books and Activities by Dinah Zike,
  M. Ed.
• 
  DinahMight Activities, Inc.
• 
  P.O. Box 39657 San Antonio, TX
  78218
• Map-A-Story Pocket Chart Program from LakeShore
  Grades 1-2-3
• 
  2695 E. Dominguez St.
• 
  Carson, CA 90810
• Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino

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Resources

• Hot Dog by Molly Coxe
  Step Into
  Reading
• Walt Disneys Cinderellas Countdown to the Ball
  Random House
• 
  
  www.stepintoreading.com
• Elmo Likes and other Elmo books
  Bendon Publishing International, Inc.
• The Bert and Ernie Book
  Ashland, OH 44805
• Big Birds Guessing Game About Shapes
  www.bendonpub.com
• 
  
  www.sesameworkshop.org
• Where Do Monsters Live? By Rozanne Lanczak
  Williams Creative Teaching Press
• Spot At The Beach
  www.funwithspot.com Ventura Publishing Ltd.
• Barneys Hats by Mary Ann Dudko and Margie
  Larson - Barney Publishing
• Barney Plays Nose to Toes by Margie Larson,
  Mary Ann Dudko, and Dennis Full
• Maisy Plays and other Maisy books by Lucy
  Cousins Candlewick Press
• Disneys Polite As A Princess by Melissa Arps
  A Random House PICTUREBACK Book
• Display boards are from Augmentative Resources
  www.augresources.com

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Resources

• Contact person for Sight Words Reading
• Loryn R. Whittington loryn.jean_at_gmail.com
  
• Slides from Sight Words PowerPoint by Loryn
  Whittington
• Additional books shown
• Barney, What Will I Be When I Grow Up? by
  Maureen Valvassori
  
  Disney Babies Baby Donalds Day
  At The Beach and Disney Babies At The Big Circus
  by the Walt Disney Company

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