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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