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 EDU 37
• 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 9 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
• Unfortunately, this company closed
  and products are no
• longer available.

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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.
• Use unique items to enrich literacy experiences.
• Your dedication to giving your students the
  proper tools they need to be successful readers
  or at least to actively engage in reading
  activities.

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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

• Activity Samples from
• 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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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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READING GUMBO RECIPES

• 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

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

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

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MORE SUCCESSFUL RECIPES

• RAYMOND - SLD

• LIZZY EMR AND VERY
• VERBAL

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

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

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MARY BETH RETT SYNDROME COMMUNICATES 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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LETS START COOKING!!!

• Select story
• Identify target skills and vocabulary
• Identify two programs that will support your
  objectives
• Create two activities with those programs
• Attendees may purchase make and take materials
  during session, as well as, an activity CD with
  materials made at conference.

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Karen Patterson
228-669-7294 karen_at_eyesplease.com www.eyespl
ease.com I will be here through Sunday, so
please feel free to contact me if you would like
any further information or if you need help with
a specific student or problem. I do have some
materials for sale along with items from my
website.
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Thank You!
Thank you for attending this session! Watch for
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submitted as you exit or to staff at the
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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 9495 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 920754 USA Phone
858-550-0084 Fax [phone] Email
mayerj_at_mayer-johnson.com
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 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 Published by Harper
Festival a Division of Harper Collins Publishers
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Resources continued 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.seasmestreetworkshop.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
Switches are from AbleNet www.ablenetinc.com
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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 Any other resources used will be
listed in a handout provided at the time of the
presentation.