If I Can See It, I Can Understand It

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If I Can See It, I Can Understand It

• Structuring the Classroom

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Do you..

• Have a calendar/PDA ?
• Use a meeting agenda?
• Have a list of things to do on your
  desk/refrigerator?
• Make a shopping list?
• Follow a recipe?
• Read a sign to tell you what line to stand in or
  what door to exit from?

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How about..

• Use a menu at a restaurant? (Really like it when
  there are pictures)
• Prefer pictorial directions when assembling
  something?
• Use a map?
• Use place cards at a dinner party?

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A Little Test!

• Number your paper to 10
• Name each thing, animal, place, etc.
• Were going fast so be ready

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If I Can See It I Can Understand

• About 40 of all learners are visual learners
• Visual learners think in images
• If the largest group of learners in a classroom
  are visual, why are we talking so much?

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Do You Rely On Visual Cues?
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Clear Structure in the Classroom
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Higher-Level Graphic Organizers

• Venn Diagram
• Cause Effect
• Hamburger
• Pros Cons

• Character Study
• Notetaker
• Vocabulary Sketches

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Table Discussion

• Discuss with the people at your table ways you
  use visual structure in your classroom.
• As a group, make a list of 10 examples of visual
  structure
• Choose one person to report back to the group.
• You have 15 minutes

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Ways Schools are Already Structured

• Visual
• Lines in hallways
• Rows of desks
• Place for finished papers
• Posted schedule rules
• Auditory
• Bells
• Timers
• Music

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Predictable Routines

• Posting a daily schedule
• Specific to that day
• Library
• Computer Lab
• Assembly

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Routines Within the Day

• Morning
• Colored folder containing work
• May contain incomplete work from day before
• May be morning work for entire week
• When complete placed in same color basket, box,
  etc.
• What to do when finished
• Different colored folder with brain teasers, math
  logic problems, etc.
• Work which can be completed independently
• When complete placed in same color basket, box,
  etc.

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One corner of the board

• The morning routine
• For non-readers use pictures
• Permanent placement for easy reference
• Easily referenced by substitutes

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Red Folder
Blue Folder
Read Until Time for Spelling
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Lists

• Dont Forget List for Art, Computer, Library,
  etc.
• Posted by the door
• On board on appropriate day
• Materials needed for classroom project
• Post on board when time to get ready
• Visual Directions

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Areas of the Room

• Reading Corner
• Group Table
• Writing Center
• Clear Defined Labeled
• Use Physical Boundaries if Possible
• Bookshelves
• Carpet tape colored
• Area rugs

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Behavioral Social Prompts

• Class rules
• Social Reminders
• Listen Discuss cues
• Transition Directions
• Line up
• Time for lunch
• Go back to seat

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Choice or Not a Choice

• Activities
• Computer
• Reading corner
• Outdoor games
• Listening to story on tape
• Rewards
• No Homework
• Free time activities

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Settling an Argument!
Talk About Differences Calmly
Discuss it Later
Go Your Separate Ways
Flip a Coin
Compromise
Scissors, rock, paper
Get Help from a Mediator
Agree to Disagree
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A Little Imagination And Some Creative Thinking