SharedWri*ngandAAC:
CoreWords&SentenceStarters
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SessionObjec*ves
•  Thiswebinarwillprovideinforma7onand
strategiesforusingsharedwri7ngexperiencesto
supportaugmenta7vecommunica7onskills.
•  Learnhowtostructureexperiencesforstudents
thatsupportandcelebratetheirearliestwri7ng
a=emptsusingcorewordsassentencestarters.
•  Thesesequencescanalsobeembeddedinpoetry
framesforrepe77onwithvaria7on.
BasicToolsforWri*ng
•  Access to some form of AAC
•  “Alternative Pencils”
–  access to writing with the alphabet without
a conventional pen/pencil
•  Meaningful Activities
–  With an authentic purpose/audience
There are NO pre-requisites to writing!
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BLC Webinar 12/3/15
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AAerthissession,par7cipantswillbeableto:
1.  Iden7fycommoncorewordsand
combina7onsthathavegreatestimportance
2.  Explainwhysharedwri7ngexperiencesfor
studentswhouseAACisessen7al
3.  Describehowpredictablechartwri7ngcan
beusedtosupportAACandexpressive
wri7ng
AAC&CoreWords
•  Limi7ngAACdevicestoonlynouns,resultsin
onlyreques7ngandlabelingbehaviors
•  Corewordshavehighu7lityforavarietyof
communica7vebehaviors
•  DynamicLearningMaps™(DLM)CoreVocabulary
isalistofwordsthathavebeendeterminedto
behighlyusefulforcommunica7nginbothsocial
andacademiccontexts.
h=ps://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/files/core-vocabulary-pdf
Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
Selec*onProcessforTop40:
JourneytotheCore:Developinga
CoreVocabularyfortheCommon
Core
presentedbyDr.PenelopeHatch,
AllisonDennis,andMarleneCummings
atthe2013ASHAConferencein
Chicago,IL.
•  Startedwithwordsranked1---60ontheDLM
rankedcorewordlist.
•  Triedtoorganizewordsingroupsof4thatwould
lendthemselvestoexpressionandmodelingof
language.Thiswasinsteadoforganizingwords
accordingtogramma7calfunc7onorcategory.
•  Eachpagecontainsatleasttwo2---word
combina7onsforexpressivephrasesandfor
recep7veinput.Somepagescontainwordsthat
couldcomprise3wordphrases.
•  Ingeneral,wetriednottoincludeoppositesat
thisstagebutusednega7ngwordstoindicatethe
opposite.
•  Forthisfirstsetof40words,wetriedtocreate
groupingsofwordsthatcouldhelpstudentswith
bothcommunica7onandlanguagegrowth.
–  Forexample,theques7onword,who,isonapage
withpronouns.Whensomeoneasksa“who”
ques7on,youtypicallyrespondbyindica7ngaperson.
–  Anotherexampleisthatwecombinedtheword,
where,withwordsindica7ngloca7on.
aaclanguagelab.com
•  Thefounda7onoftheAACLanguageLabisa
compila7onofinforma7ononlanguage
developmentgatheredfromavastnumberof
resources.
•  Languageisusuallydevelopedinafairly
predictablemanner.
•  TheAACLanguageLabprovidesguidancefor
selec7nglanguageac7vi7esthatareagoodfit
withyourchild’scurrentskillsandencourages
progressioninlanguagedevelopment.
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EarlyBeginner-Stage1
•  Usesinglewordstodirectac7vi7es
–  alldone,help,more,stop,go
•  Request/directwithspecificac7ons
–  drink,eat,make,play,read,sleep,work
•  Expressnega7ves
–  don’t,not,stop
Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
Stage2-Beginner
PRC20CoreStarterWords
•  willcombinetwoandthreewordstomake
phrases
•  willincreasethenumberofwords/phrasesheor
sheusesmeaningfully
•  willusetwoandthreewordphrasestodirect
anotherperson'sac7ons
•  willusetwoandthreewordphrasestoexpress
nega7ves
•  willusetwoandthreewordphrasestoexpress
requests
h=ps://aaclanguagelab.com/resources/CoreStarter
PRCVocabularyBuilder
WordPower
BLC Webinar 12/3/15
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CompassCoreFirst
Proloquo2Go
Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
PODD-CoreWords
Wewantstudentsto
useALLofthese–but
across7me,wewant
toseemoreofthe
ALPHABET!
BasicToolsforWri*ng
Core Words + Supplemental
•  Access to some form of AAC
•  “Alternative Pencils”
–  access to writing with the alphabet without
a conventional pen/pencil
•  Meaningful Activities
–  With an authentic purpose/audience
There are NO pre-requisites to writing!
SlidefromGretchenHanser,PhD
WritetoTalk–Categories!
h=ps://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/resources/core-vocabulary
h=ps://www.boardmakeronline.com/ac7vity-CoreWords40+5
AlphabetDisplays
•  Lowercaseandupper
case
•  Usealphabetorderfor
beginners,butcanmove
tootherarraysoncethey
knowthele=ers
•  Color-codethevowels
•  Adderror-correc7on(orat
leastspace)early.
Musselwhite&Hanser–aacinterven7on.com
BLC Webinar 12/3/15
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www.aacintervention.com
Tip of the Month, April 2011
Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
Look No Hands! Write With
an Alternative Pencil!
Writing With Alternative Pencils CD, $35
Center for Literacy & Disability Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sample High-Tech Alternatives to Pen & Paper
PortableKeyboards
Labelers
Fromofficesupplystories
Tiny~¼”keys,~$30
Neo
www.alphasmart.com
Forte
www.writerlearning.com
EnlargedComputerKeyboards
AlphabetPageon
Communica*onDevice
BigKeyscomputerkeyboard
1”keyswww.bigkeys.com
!
PredictableChartWri*ng
•  PredictableChartWri7ngisashared,group
wri7ngac7vitythatresultsinaclassroom
book.
•  Thiswri7ngac7vityhasbeenadaptedbyCLDS
(GretchenHanser,PhD)forstudentswhoare
unabletospeakandunabletoholdapencil.
•  Ithasbeenmodifiedfromtheac7vi7es
describedinPredictableChartWri7ng,by
Williams,Carson&Dellosa.
StepsforPredictableCharts
•  Day1:WriteChart(ex:Ilike_______,with
eachstudentcontribu7ng)
•  Day2:RereadtheSentences
•  Day3:WorkingwithCutupSentences
•  Day4:BetheSentence
•  Day5:MakeaBook
h=ps://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/resources/deaf-blindmodel-classroom-resources/predictable-chart-wri7ng
h=ps://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/resources/deaf-blindmodel-classroom-resources/predictable-chart-wri7ng
Implementa*onIdeas
Who?How?
•  Ido
•  Wedo
•  Youdo
•  Teacher(orother)models
language,modelswri7ng
•  Think-aloudasyouexplore
vocabularyandwritedown
words(givechoices,usedevices)
•  Offer7meforstudentstochoose
theirownwords(orle=ers)
IntelliKeys
www.ablene7nc.com
!  Increaseordecreasethepaceasneeded
!  Repe**onwithvaria*on
changeAACcategorybutkeepsentenceframe:
Ilike…things
Ilike…people
Ilike…animals
Ilike…verbs.
!  Repe**onwithvaria*on:newpeers,same
task
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BLC Webinar 12/3/15
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Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
StepsforPredictableCharts
ClassroomChart
•  Day1:WriteChart(ex:Ilike_______,with
eachstudentcontribu7ng)
•  Day2:RereadtheSentences
•  Day3:WorkingwithCutupSentences
•  Day4:BetheSentence
•  Day5:MakeaBook
h=ps://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/resources/deaf-blindmodel-classroom-resources/predictable-chart-wri7ng
PredictableChart
WhatMakesaPoem?
•  Descrip7ve,illustra7vewithfewwords
–  Completesentencesnotrequired
砪
•  Rhyme,Rhythm,and/orRepe77on
ř
–  Buildinrepe77onwithvaria7on
ľ
Listscanmakeapoem
Mark
Age9
Exploringthenew
vocabularyonhis
device
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“Ilike”poems
•  Eachstudenthasmul7pleopportuni7esto
prac7cethecorewordsinaslot-fillerlist.
•  Teacherwritesherpoemfirst(usestudent’s
communica7ondevice)
•  Writeapoemtogether
•  Studentthenwriteshis/herownpoem
Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
AddingEndings
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ClassroomSuite(Ablenet)
ErrorlessWri*ngTemplate
Ilike___
Ilike___
Ilike___
Idon’tlike___
Howaboutyou?
I can:
I like to…
I like (people: jobs, family; things: animals,
vehicles, toys; actions: sports
I like to
I like to go
I like to eat
I like to drink
I can…
I can go (places)
I can (actions)
I can eat (food)
I can (thinking/sensing/telling verbs)
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StepsforPredictableCharts
SlidefromErinSheldon,MA
ReadtheSentences
•  Day1:WriteChart(ex:Ilike_______,with
eachstudentcontribu7ng)
•  Day2:RereadtheSentences(likeapoem)
–  Prac*cefluencywithwholesentences/lines
•  Day3:WorkingwithCutupSentences
•  Day4:BetheSentence
•  Day5:MakeaBook
h=ps://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/resources/deaf-blindmodel-classroom-resources/predictable-chart-wri7ng
BLC Webinar 12/3/15
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Compass with PODD
Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
FocusonPrint
StepsforPredictableCharts
•  Day1:WriteChart(ex:Ilike_______,with
eachstudentcontribu7ng)
•  Day2:RereadtheSentences
•  Day3:WorkingwithCutupSentences
–  Findwordsontheirdevices
•  Day4:BetheSentence
•  Day5:MakeaBook
Proloquo2go – using “Recents”
h=ps://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/resources/deaf-blindmodel-classroom-resources/predictable-chart-wri7ng
Boardmaker
BoardmakerOnline
SimpleWordProcessor
Prac*ceMakingSentences
BoardmakerStudentCenter
Clicker Sentences by Crick
First Author – Don Johnston
Heretheyare,thetoptwoword
sequencesforvocabularyusein
earlywri*ng(Clendon,Sturm,&
Cali,2004)
–  Ilike
–  Goingto
–  Iam
–  Wentto
–  Tothe
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–  Iwent
–  Inthe
–  Itwas
–  Mymom
–  Andmy
Iwent…
•  Keepnoteswhenstudentssharenews
•  Prac7cefindingplacesontheAACsystem
•  Lookforlogos
Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
Goingto…
UseaPoemtoReviewRules
•  Goingtothelibrary
– Wewilllineup
– Wewillfindbooks
– Wewillread
– Wewillshhhhh!
– Wewillnotshout
– Wewillnotsleep
•  Goingtothebeach
studentshelpedthe
teacherwritethis
–  Iwilltalk
–  Iwilljumpandrun
–  Iwillwalkandeatandwatch
–  Iwillnotsleep
3rdgradestudent
withAACdevice
prac*cingverbs
Iam…Iamnot
•  Pretending,ac7ngoutexample
–  Nouncategories
•  Adjec7veexample:
–  Mad,happy
•  Verbexample:
–  Running,jumping,etc.
StepsforPredictableCharts
•  Day1:WriteChart(ex:Ilike_______,with
eachstudentcontribu7ng)
•  Day2:RereadtheSentences
•  Day3:WorkingwithCutupSentences
•  Day4:BetheSentence
–  shoutoutwords,actitout
•  Day5:MakeaBook
h=ps://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/resources/deaf-blindmodel-classroom-resources/predictable-chart-wri7ng
BeSilly-Pretend
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Iambunny
Iamcrocodile
Iamfish
Iamduck
Iamdog
Iamnotmonkey
Whataboutyou,ki=en
CelebrateCrea*vity
Iamangry
Iamexcited
Iamhorse
Iamredcirclecircle
circle
•  Iamfun
•  Iamnotoutside
•  Whataboutyou?
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Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
Writetogether(Wedo)
•  Webroughtthisposter
tocamp.
•  Eachgrouppicked
wordsthatweputon
post-itnotestomake
differentpoems.
•  Were-usedthisframe
many7mes.
Repe**onCanBeEmpha*c
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CopyingaPeerCanBeaGood
Thing…
•  Beforethisac7vity,Isaiah
didn’tknowhowtousehis
deviceforteasing.
•  AAerIsaiahheardGilbert’s
poem,hedecideditwould
befunnytoadd“You’re
Crazy”totheendofhis
poem,too.
•  Nowheteaseshisteachers
withthisphraseallthe
7me!
Another3x3Poem
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Title
3wordstarter
3verbs
3wordending
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Sheba
Ilikeit
comegostop
Shecanplay
–  ByDeanna
Iamfunnyand
Iamexcited
Iamexcited
Iamexcited
AndIamnotcrazy
Iamnotcrazy
Gilbert
SimpleWordsmithing–
3x3poem
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Title
3wordstarter
3adjec7ves
3wordending
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Friends
Friendsarebest
Coolawesomesilly
Lovemyfriends
–  ByCarolineMusselwhite
StepsforPredictableCharts
•  Day1:WriteChart(ex:Ilike_______,with
eachstudentcontribu7ng)
•  Day2:RereadtheSentences
•  Day3:WorkingwithCutupSentences
•  Day4:BetheSentence
•  Day5:MakeaBook
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Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
AudienceResponse
Someare…
•  Some(trucks)are(adjec7ves)
h=p://tarheelreader.org/2008/07/31/trucks/
www.tarheelreader.org
TwoVoiceVerse
•  Think“GreenEggsand“Ham”
•  Ques7on/Response
•  Nega7veComment/Posi7veComment
•  Examplefromaaclanguagelab
–  “No,No,Don’tEatThat!”
•  RAPSbyCarolineMusselwhite
–  PizzaToday
RepeatedResponse
•  Areyoumymommy?
•  Whostolethecookie?
•  Didyoudothis?
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ClassroomChart
Whocan___?
Canshe?
Canhe?
Canwe?
•  Notme
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Shecan___
Ican____
Hecan___
Yes,wecan!
PredictableChart
Thanksgivingiswhen…
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Wecangets7ckers
Wecangivehigh5s
Wecancallfriends
Wecanplaycards
Wecanplaywithfriends
Wecanswim
Wecanhavefun
ThanksgivingTime
•  Itis7metoeatco=on
candy
•  Itis7metoeathamburger
andfries
•  Itis7metoeatsushi
•  Itis7metoeatdessert
•  Itis7metoeatvegetables
(“we” is #64 and “time” is #97 on the DLM core vocabulary)
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Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters
References
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Denman,G.A.(1988).Whenyou'vemadeityourown:teachingpoetrytoyoung
people.Portsmouth,NH:Heinemann.Dias,P.X.(1987).
Hall&Williams(2001).PredictableCharts,GradesK-1:SharedWri7ngfor
KindergartenandFirstGrade(Four-BlocksLiteracyModel).PublishedbyCarsonDellosa,availableonAmazon.
Hopkins,L.(1998).PassthePoetry,Please!NewYork:HarperCollins.ISBN:
0-06-446199-8
Koch,K.(1970).Wishes,Lies,andDreams:Teachingchildrentowritepoetry.New
York:HarperPerrenial.ISBN:0-06-095509-0.
Musselwhite,C.&King-DeBaun,P.(1997).EmergentLiteracySuccess:
MergingTechnologyandWholeLanguage.ParkCity,UT:Crea7veCommunica7ng.
Musselwhite,C.&Wagner,D.(2006).PoetryPower:Jump-starDnglanguage,
literacy,andlife.LitchfieldPark,AZ:AACInterven7on.
Musselwhite,C.&Wagner,D.(Feb/March2008).ClosingtheGapSOLUTIONS
FeatureAr7cle:“Poetry...forlanguageandforLIFE!”
Wilson,L.(1994).WriteMeaPoem:Reading,wriDng,andperformingpoetry.
Armsdale,Australia:EleanorCurtainPublishing.
WebResources/References:
•  BoardmakerStudentCenterapp&www.boardmakeronline.com
•  Farrall,Jane-postJune6,2013
–  h=p://www.janefarrall.com/predictable-chart-wri7ng-group-wri7ngfor-all/
•  Hanser(2005)PredictableChartWri7ng-compiledbytheCenterfor
LiteracyandDisabili7esStudies(adaptedfromCunningham,2001,Hall&
Williams,2001)
–  h=ps://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/resources/deaf-blind-modelclassroom-resources/predictable-chart-wri7ng
•  Jacobson&Ker7sLiveBinder-SharedPredictableChartWri7ng
–  h=p://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=455015
•  Jacobson&Ker7spresenta7on-SharedPredictableChartWri7ngfor
StudentswithSignificantCogni7veDisabili7es
–  h=p://www4.esc13.net/uploads/low_incidence/docs/BTH2013/
Friday/Jacobson_SharedPredictChartWri7ng.pdf
BLC Webinar 12/3/15
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•  Musselwhite(2010,2011).AACInterven7on.PredictableWriDngPlanning
Form.UsingAlphaBoardstoSupportEmergentLiteracy
–  TipsoftheMonthwww.aacinterven7on.com
•  Musselwhite,Caroline–PinterestPage
–  h=ps://www.pinterest.com/carolinemussel/predictable-chart-wri7ng/
•  PrentkeRomichCompany-LanguageStages,GoalsandLessonPlans:
–  www.aaclanguagelab.com
•  Proloquo2goCrescendoCoreVocabulary
–  www.assis7veware.com
•  TobiiDynavoxPageSets:
–  h=p://www.tobiidynavox.com/pagesets/core-first/
–  h=p://mydynavox.com/content/resources/pdf/PODD/
US_PODD_UserGuide.pdf
Shared Writing and AAC:
Core Words & Sentence Starters