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Theme: Beginning Language Concepts

Beginning Language Concepts

Goals and Objectives:

• The student will use core words to participate in a cooking lesson.

• The student will use verbs to say simple phrases.

Targeted Vocabulary:

• clean • drink • learn • get

• make • eat • put • mix

Materials Needed:

• Materials will vary based on the News-2-You recipe

Direct Instruction:

• Describe and model each target word on the device. If possible, you may want to act out the words as well.

• Model two word phrases that include the target words. For example, “make cookies”, or “get that”. Prompt the student to say simple phrases.

• Read the News-2-You recipe with your student. Review all the target words in the list. Talk about the core words the student can use to talk about the recipe.

• Have your student role play with another student. Have them use their device to direct the other student’s actions to

Beginner AAC Language Lab Lesson Plan: Cooking

Beginner: Stages 1 & 2

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complete the recipe. For example, “get bowl”, “mix in” or “clean bowl”. Have the other student pretend to do these things without ingredients.

Differentiated Instruction:

• Have your student help with a cooking lesson by using what the learned when role playing. Follow the directions for making the recipe in the News-2-You newspaper. Have your student direct the activity by using their device to read the directions to the class.

• Connect the device to the computer with a USB cable or Blue Tooth module. Let the student practice writing the target words into a word document. Insert

• Make a picture recipe book by importing graphics into a word document. Ask the student to write captions using core words. For example, import a graphic of a bowl and spoon. The student can use the words mix, turn or clean in a simple phrase.

• Extension Activities:

• Model and teach other core words that you may use in your lesson. Make sure that the student knows the meaning of each word before teaching the lesson.

• Take pictures during the entire cooking process. Add the pictures to a document to create a picture recipe. Be sure to include pictures of all your students. Have your student use their device to tell what is happening in each picture. Include a final page where each student comments on whether or not they liked what they made. For example, “yuk”, “good” or “I don’t like” etc.