Description: Students learn to identify and organize attributes and to use that information to make word definitions. The step-by-step lessons work well for students with language processing disorders and English Language Learners. Busy clinicians rely on the SPARC series for: -convenience and portability -loads of pictures and practice opportunities -a systematic progression of discrete skills The book is organized into sixteen themed units (e.g., fruits, furniture, zoo animals, and sports). Each unit has five two-page activities. Each activity consists of a page of pictured items and a page of corresponding stimuli for the instructor. Each unit targets four skill areas: -Understanding Attributes—identify important attributes such as category, size, color, parts, and uses by pointing, naming, and using prior knowledge -Naming, Sorting & Identifying Attributes—brainstorm items in a category, use a picture scene to name eight items in a category, sort items by one or two attributes, and identify one or two common attributes for a small group -Comparing Two Members of a Category—describe how two items are alike and different -Understanding & Completing Definitions—identify the critical features of items and use them to make word definitions

Series: SPARC Stimulus Pictures for Assessment, Remediation, and Carryover

Author: Kathy Donnelly / susan Thomsen

Publisher: Linguisystems

Format: SOFTCOVER/REPRODUCIBLE

Keywords: language disorder; understanding attributes;