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S.M.A.R.T. NEWSLETTER - March '21 DISTANCE LEARNING

2/25/2021

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Send your students on a shape hunt!
 
Download our shape sheets or draw shapes on a sheet of paper, have your students hunt around the house to find items that are the same shape and place the items in the correct shape.
You can also ask parents to tape the outline of a shape on the floor.
 
In this photo, the child has decided to use blocks to make the shape before hunting for items that are the same shape.
Download:
  • Shapes (PDF)

Resources:
  • Pre-K MORE Guide pgs 56
  • ​Curriculum Guide pgs. 186-187
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S.M.A.R.T. NEWSLETTER - March '21 IN-PERSON LEARNING

2/25/2021

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We are always looking for ways to combine skills, so when one S.M.A.R.T. OT, Sarah, shared this video from Its Totally Therapy, we knew we had to share it! Sarah has the students cut the squares and hole punch them to work on their fine motor skills before they begin the Eye Activities.
​Materials needed: paper, scissors, hole punch, straw
  1. Cut paper into strips.
  2. Cut strips into squares.
  3. Hole punch the middle of the square.
  4. Gently bite the straw.
  5. Pick up a square using your pointer finger and thumb.
  6. Watch each square as you slide it all the way onto the straw. (convergence)
  7. Watch each square as you slide it all the way off the straw. (divergence)
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Watch the video for more eye exercises!
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S.M.A.R.T. NEWSLETTER - March '21 HYBRID LEARNING

2/25/2021

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We are always finding new reasons to use Tactile or Vision Trackers. This month we love the idea of using Tactile/Vision Trackers to help the brain connect information!
 
Seeing the pronoun ‘he’ and connecting it to a picture of a boy, helps our brain make the link the two pieces of information.
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We use Tactile/Vision Trackers to show the relationship between math concepts too. For example, we might have a picture of 5 goldfish and connect it to the numeral five.

Download:
  • Pronoun Tracker (PDF)​
Resources:
  • CORE Guide p. 64-65
  • Curriculum Guide p. 148-150
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    Cheryl Smythe
    Director of Education Services at ACTG
    csmythe@actg.org

    Katie Hansen
    S.M.A.R.T. Mentor / SLP

    katie.hansen@actg.org


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