CAROLINE'S CLUE GAME FOR AAC!

 Caroline's Clue Game:

WHAT:  I love playing vocabulary password with learners who use AAC.  But I’ve also enjoyed playing ‘clue’ as a ‘starter’ activity. 

WHY:  Clue is a great way to:

1) Model language on an AAC system, especially words that describe an item

2) Help students develop critical thinking skills

3) Build engagement!

HOW:  

Here’s how it works.  I think of something fun to share, then model the language using an AAC system.  Several teens I work with love to see my jewelry, so I keep the jewelry offscreen, and give them four choices.  I just bought new earrings with an owl on one (see picture).  That will be a great topic for a game of Caroline's Clue!

 

Sample Script:

 

Me:  I GOT NEW EARRINGS.  MIGHT BE . . . CATS,  OWLS, PARROTS, HUMMINGBIRDS.

<Partner writes those four choices on a whiteboard>

 

Me:  CLUE ONE.  IT CAN FLY. 

 

<Partner helps student decide which one to cross out – they remove the cat>

 

Me:  CLUE TWO.  IT IS A BIG BIRD.

 

<Team decides to cross out the hummingbird>

 

Me:  CLUE THREE.  IT DOES NOT TALK.

 

<Team talks about the negative.  They decide to cross out the parrot because it DOES talk.>

 

Me:  CLUE FOUR.  IT CAN <‘I’m going to the alphabet’> H-O-O-T.

 

<Team agrees that it’s the owl> 

 

Me:  YEP.  NEW OWL EARRINGS!  WHAT DO YOU THINK?

 

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