Writing

=Webinar by Deanna on 12/3/15 - Shared Writing and AAC: Core Words & Sentence Starters = = =

**Core Words Display Board based on DLM Top 40 + 5**
[] =Predictable Chart Writing: Another Webinar=



Predictable Chart Writing Webinar

: How To + Standards

 * This how-to from the Center for Literacy & Disability Studies is VERY helpful and easy to follow!**

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The Power of Developmental Spelling - Even at the SemiPhonetic Stage!!
====This blog post discusses the power of using semiphonetic spelling, even just writing initial letters (ex: M for Mommy, Z for Zach, P for Pepsi). This is especially powerful for students who use AAC, as they can give great clues using semiphonetic spelling!==== Importance of SemiPhonetic Spelling

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Writing E-Books
====Many apps help students quickly create e-books to share with others. Here is a sample app that we have used to create our own stories. Then you can open you stories from iBooks. What a great idea for self-selected reading!====

Book Creator This flexible app includes text, pictures, and audio. Special features include:
• Very easy changes (e.g., fonts, sizes, colors, styles) • Multiple audio buttons on a page • Invisible buttons when exported to iBooks Also has an older students ‘feel’

The book below was made after students visited a food bank. They took photos and wrote a book. Note the 2 sound files:
• Adult reading the text • Student using device to comment on the picture

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====In the book below, we took a screenshot of pages of one of the student's favorite books (note - you MUST own the book to do this! And do NOT give away the e-book afterwards, unless others also own the book!)==== The three audio buttons represent: • Adult fluently reading the text • Student using device to comment on the picture • Student using device to add a sound effect (BURP!)


 * Posted by Caroline Musselwhite, 10/19/12**


 * posted by Deanna on March 20, 2011**

Check out this handy Stages of Writing

Handout from our friends at http://fourblock.wikispaces.com


as well as these the directions for shared Predictable Chart Writing and Remnant Books (to stimulate writing) from Dr. Gretchen Hanser at the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies: