| Science Sign Picture Cards - 'Animals and Habitats' |
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| 'Animals and Habitats' contains the following cards: |
Adaptation
Animal
Bacteria
Beak
Bird
Canine
Condition (animal)
Consumer
Desert |
Dog
Dry
Feathers
Fish
Food chain
Forest
Fur
Habitat
Incisor |
Interdependence
Key
Meat
Molar
Nutrition
Organism
Pond
Predator
Prey
Producer |
Rain
Shell
Snow
Tortoise
Virus
Wet
Wings
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| These Sign Picture Cards have been created for any child who
requires a visual representation in order to support their language development. This is part of a series of support materials for teaching the ‘curriculum language’ throughout the primary years. There are 35 cards in this pack. |
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| These cards support a wide range of visual learners including children who have: |
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Language delays / dyslexia
English as a second language
Difficulty learning new concepts
Difficulty remembering and using keywords in their writing
Or who are deaf...........and many more.
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| The cards are also designed to help: |
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Head teachers to develop an inclusive school
Teachers to develop inclusive classrooms
Differentiation
Explicit language teaching and learning
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| How to use them: |
| Stick the Sign Picture Cards on the white-board and highlight the key words/signs/ concepts that you will be focusing on during the lesson.
During group work or ‘write up’ time, select and give each group a selection of words that they need to include.
Cover part of the Sign Picture Card and ask the children to guess what the English word or Sign could be.
Quiz the whole class on the Sign, spelling and meaning of the cards.
Give the selected cards to the support teacher and child before the lesson so that they can prepare.
Compare the different lip patterns on the cards.
Point to the key word as you use the language during the lesson. This can be very useful during the plenary stage.
Parents/Guardians can learn the same sign and key words as their child in school.
Parents/Guardians can use these cards as a starting point when finding out and discussing what their child learnt in school. |
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