Word of the WEEK GO
Ideas for around the school
1.Teaching Go works really well with a great big expectant pause… So when playing, say
“Ready, set (wait) …….”, or “1, 2, 3 (wait) …..”. Remember that if the student does not add
“GO”, you can go ahead and model GO anyway.
2. When modeling GO, make multiple opportunities to model the word, by stopping and
pausing throughout the activity.
3. Pair working on GO with “stop” or “come”, as appropriate.
4. There are many toys/games where you can model GO. Here are some examples:
• Swinging - stop the swing and model “go”.
• Slide - at the top of the slide, model “go”.
• Spinning tops - wind it up and model “go” when you release it
• Wind-up toys - wind it up and model “go” when you release it
• Cars, trains (or any wheel toys).
5. Musical instruments and musical statues.
6. Balloons - blow up balloons and model “go” as you let it go to fly around the room
• Card games/ board games - you can model “go”, or “my go”, to request a turn during the game
• Racing/running/walking/riding/pushing - model “go” for the start of any of these.
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7. During cooking lessons, use GO, as you turn on blenders, start stirring, turn on the
microwave, set the timer for the oven and more.
8. During science experiments, use GO to start the experiment or during relevant steps.
9. Explore a unit of work about “things that go” (transport/vehicles).
10. Model GO + places: discuss places students like to go, places they went to, places they
wish to go to, places to go to around the school, classroom, home, etc.
Ideas have been generated from various sources, but primarily are from
https://www.assistiveware.com/blog/assistiveware-core-word-classroom
Tarheel Readers
Go IN
Go 5
Go Not Go
Dr Jean Go
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