Asking a Question the Right Way
The six question words, and what separates a question that gets answered from one that gets a shrug.
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All-Day Plans
One page per skill — what the morning teacher, afternoon teacher, social worker, para and principal each do
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Program Overview
The whole unit at a glance — weekly structure, lesson shape, notes for staff
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Print Pack
Every printable in this unit, in teaching order — one file to send to the copier
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Where to Start
Placement checklist — tick what he already does, and it tells you which skill to teach first
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Week by week
Answering in a Full Sentence
Answers that stand on their own, so the listener does not have to do the work.
Staying on Topic
A conversation is a chain — every comment links to the one before it.
Tone of Voice
Five voice levels for five places — and why the same words land differently depending on how you say them.
Following Directions
Listen, repeat it back, do it in order, check — for directions with more than one part.
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Do / Not Yet Poster
Listening to all of it beside walking off mid-sentence — photo poster
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Telling About Something That Happened
Four words that put an account in order: first, then, next, last.
Three things that make this unit work
- Use identical wording every session. “Say the whole thing” should sound the same in week 2 and week 6.
- Correct by pointing at the poster, not by naming the student out loud.
- A one-word answer is the starting point for a follow-up question, not a failure.
- Off-topic comments usually mean he wants to talk about something he loves — offer a later turn instead of shutting it down.