Creating a Sentence Starter & Word Bank Activity with Pictures

Clicker (Win/Mac) v.6

Creating a Sentence Starter and Word Bank Activity with Pictures

Introduction

Sentence frames (sometimes called pattern sentences) are widely used by teachers to support writing. This tutorial shows you how to create a sentence frame activity in Clicker.

This tutorial assumes...

? Basic computer skills. ? You have experience adding pictures to a Clicker grid using a Quick Wizard

Matching or Picture Word Bank. ? You know how to use a Clicker grid once it's made.

Learning Objectives

Completion of this tutorial will give you experience with the following: ? Creating a new Sentence Starter grid. ? Setting the grid properties in Clicker Sets to automatically use additional symbols sets such as the PCS metasymbols. ? Editing the grid to add the sentence starter, words with pictures, and punctuation.

Case Study

Thomas is a grade 2 student with cognitive challenges who is an emergent writer. The class is studying Weather and recording a sentence about the weather every day in a weather journal. The teacher would like to include Thomas in this activity. With the help of a Clicker Sentence Starter grid with picture support, Thomas will be able to both write his daily sentence and read it back.

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Create a Sentence Starter Activity

To create a new Sentence Starter Activity using the Clicker6 Quick Wizard:

? Launch Clicker6 ? From the Quick Start screen

choose Make a Clicker Set.

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Tip: From any Clicker6 document, you can also choose Clicker Set, New Clicker Set from the top menu.

From the Templates list, choose Writing Frames.

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3 Clicker automatically selects Starters

and Words.

On the right-hand side of the screen, use

the arrow keys to choose the number of

grids you would like to create and the

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number of rows and columns you would like in each grid.

If you check Use Tabs, each grid will have its

Tip: Create multiple grids for writing a

own tab instead of appearing sequentially in

complete paragraph or pattern writing

the set.

such as I like/But I don't like.

5 Click Create.

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Edit and Save Your Grid(s)

Clicker creates a blank grid. To edit your

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grid: ?

Click Edit Clicker Set in the lower

left hand corner of your screen.

It will be much easier to add pictures to

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the grid if you use Instant Pictures in the grid cells. To enable instant pictures:

? Click Properties on the lower left

of your screen.

In the Clicker Set Properties dialogue

box on the Media Tab:

? Check Use Instant Pictures in

cells

? Check PCS Symbols

? With PCS Symbols selected, use

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the arrow keys to move it to the

top of the list. In searching for

symbols, Clicker will first look for

symbols in the PCS symbol set.

? Click OK.

Tip: You can also register folders of your own photos to use.

Clicker returns to the main Edit Mode

screen. To edit the Sentence Starter:

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? Hold down the Shift Key ? Left-mouse click in the

Sentence Frame

? Type your Sentence Starter

? Click Enter.

To edit each cell on the grid:

? Hold down the Shift Key

? Left-mouse click in the cell

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? Type your word or phrase ? Click Enter (or Tab to quickly

move to the next cell)

? Repeat to fill each cell with

weather words.

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If you don't like Clicker's picture

selection, you can edit the picture:

? Click the cell to select it

? Click the Picture icon on the

Appearance Tab

? Choose Browse to find a picture

in the symbol sets or on your

computer

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? Choose Paint to create your own

picture using drawing or stamping

tools

? Choose Take photo with

webcam... to use the computer's

camera

? Choose Add picture from another

cell to use a picture already in the

gridset

You may want to add punctuation such

as a period to your grid. To add a

period, for example:

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? Hold down the Shift Key ? Left-mouse click in the cell

? Type a period

? Drag over the period with the

mouse to select it.

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A set of text options will now be visible

on the Appearance Tab. To enlarge the

period on the grid:

? From the drop down font size

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menu, choose 72.

Your finished grid will look something like

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Remember to save your grid: ? Under Clicker Set in the top menu, choose Save Clicker Set. ? Give your new grid a name ? Click Save

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