Secondary Communication: Expressive Language

Activity

• Strand A – Students needing extensive supports
• Strand B – Students needing moderate supports
• Strand C – Students needing minimal supports
• All Levels – Suggestions for differentiation at each level

Assessment

• SOLS Assessment (Language skills portion of assessment)
• Vocabulary Assessment 

Strand A

• SOLS Requesting Using Sounds or Words (Imitating Lesson, Phase 5)
• SOLS Requesting with Verbal Imitation (Nouns Lesson, Phase 5)
• SOLS Requesting Using Spontaneous Words (Vocabulary Lesson, Phase 4)

Strand B

• SOLS Requesting Using Phrases (Following Directions Lesson, Phase 5)
• SOLS Using Various Words and Phrases to Request (Information Ordering Lesson, Phase 5)
• SOLS Using Various Words and Phrases to Make a Request (Expanded) (Verbs Lesson , Phase 3)

Strand C

• SOLS Social Communication (Expressive portion of this lesson)
• SOLS Advanced Language Concepts (Expressive portion of lesson)
• SOLS Answering Questions (Expressive portion of this lesson)
• SOLS Understanding and Asking Questions (Expressive portion of lesson)

Teaching Tools

• Teaching Vocabulary Tip Sheet (Expressive portion of tip sheet)
• Common Language Poster (Expressive portion of tip sheet)
• Behavior Visuals
• First/Then