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One pile is "Animals," another is "Tools," and a third pile is "Clothing." Teacher puts down 2 examples of each. Give instruction "Sort." Student sorts rest of cards into piles so there are 5 cards in each pile.

Picks item each time after being given 3 different category, feature, and function prompts

Names picture that does not belong in a field of 8 based on one or more features or functions

"Which one doesn't belong?" (Cup, Mug, Plate, Glass -> Not Plate, drink from) - No prompt like "Which one don't you drink from"

You may need to start with a prompt of "Which one don't you …" or "Which one isn't …" Ensure any tested items without a prompt are new.

(Show picture of laundromat) "What is this?" <Launromat> "What do you do here?" <Wash clothes> Other ideas: doctor's office, dentist, grocery store

With a family tree containing individual family pictures, point to one picture and say "Who is that?" then ask "How is he/she related?" <Sister, brother, aunt, uncle, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, cousin>

Picks 10 known features, functions, categories and associations from field of 10 in under 1 min

Identifies known categories, features, and functions with different voices (tone, loudness, pitch, cadence)

Picks different example of a single feature, function and category with "wh" prompt from a field of 10

Show picture of car, a cat, a shirt. "A type of vehicle is …" <Points to picture of a car> "A kind of animal is …" <Points to a picture of a cat> "A kind of clothes is …" <Points to a picture of a shirt>

"The London …" <Picks picture of bridge> "is falling down, falling down" "The itsy bitsy …" <Selects picture of spider> "went up the water spout"

Picks item in surroundings within the same category, feature, or functions that matches a given fill in the blank

Picks item from surrounding or book given question with verb, adjective, preposition, and pronoun

You are trying to expand language using descriptors, adjectives, prepositions, and pronouns. The longer more descriptive sentences are the objective here.

Picks item from field of 10 that can't do or be something given a question with category, feature or function

Show 10 pictures with all but one a container. "Which isn't a container?" Student picks the dog from pictures that include a shoe box, jar, snapware, tupperwear, and other container like items that hold or transport things. Container has already been taught to mastery.

(10) items identified as "not belonging" from field of 10 pictures

(25) items/pictures from a field of 10 with 1-4 categories showing at a time

(25) items/pictures from a field of 10 with 1-4 categories showing at a time

(100) items/pictures from a field of 6 with 1-4 categories from 10 categories showing at a time

Picks categories, features, functions and associations of item/picture with altered prompts

(5) items from 3 categories for 10 categories and 25 items/pictures

Go to zoo and makes monkey sounds when seeing one. Go to library, student points to bench and says <Sit on> Go to toy store and points to specific toy and says <That is a toy> or <That has wheels> Go to park and sees a dog and says <It barks> Go to grocery story, see a banana and says <That is yellow>

When needing to sweep the floor say "Can you get the thing that I sweep with?" or "Can you get the thing with bristles that you clean floors with?"

Picks items/pictures based on categories, features, and functions in books, environment, or activities

Identifies the category, feature, and function of a new untaught item/picture based on other item/picture previously learned

Sorting shapes and cut out colored shapes could be used for this.

Picks item from book after listening to a portion and given a question with category, feature and function

Read 1-2 sentences in book that contains answer and ask: "Who ate the medium porrage?" Student points to character in book.

Picks item/picture given location (preposition) and a category, feature or function from a field of 10

(10) generalized items across identifying (using category, feature, function), requesting, commenting

With picture present "Name some parts of a car" or "What's that?" <It has wheels, door, steering wheel> "Tell me about an orange" <It is orange colored, round, grows on tree, good as juice>

"Which is bouncy and has a pouch" <Points to kangaroo> "Which is tall and has a long neck" <Points to giraffe> "Which is scary with sharp teeth" <Points to shark> "Which has a fluffy tail and long ears?"

One pile is "Orange things" and another is "Things with muzzle", teacher puts down picture of Orange and picture of Dog. Then teacher puts down Orange flower and Horse on each pile. Give instruction "Sort." The student then sorts rest of cards into correct pile (cat, horse, fox, donkey, mountain lion vs orange butterfly, orange scarf, carrot, orange car).

Picks a place from a field of 10 given 2 things found in that place using a fill in the blank

"Give me the one you dry yourself with" <Student selects picture of towel> "Point to the ones you use to brush your teeth" <Student points to toothbrush, toothpaste> Other ideas: "Which one do you ... with"

Verb preposition question

Picks item from field of 10 parts that is missing given a picture of item with missing part

(20) items or pictures that don't belong in category in a field of 6

One pile is "Has tail" and another is "Things you eat" teacher puts down picture of a Banana and picture of Dog. Then teacher puts down Cereal and Horse on each pile. The student then sorts rest of cards into correct pile (cat, fox, donkey, mountain lion vs hamburger, carrot, broccoli). Other ideas: have wheels, blue items, striped items, you wear, used for cutting

(25) items/pictures sorted into 4 features/parts and 4 functions

Asking "What do you ..." questions are specific and easy, especially after introducing several functions of items. The student only needs to point to the right picture.

(100) items/pictures from a field of 20 with 1-4 categories from 20 categories showing at a time

One pile is "Things you eat" another is "Things you eat with" teacher puts down picture of a Banana and picture of Fork. Give instruction "Sort." The student then sorts rest of cards into correct pile. Other ideas: you wear, used for cutting

Sorts items into piles with same function