Food+and+Not+Food

=Food and Not Foods =

**Lesson Objective ** : Given pictures, real and plastic food items, students will utilize their individual communication goals to expressively label and receptively sort between the categorical item of food and its discriminate not food with 100% accuracy as measured by multiple teacher directed activities.
 * 1. Pre planning: **

** 2. Lesson opening ** The objectives are related to their same age peers. Children need to be able to recognize items names along with their category. In addition, children need to recognize what food is, its function, and what they can eat. This is important because some of the students are learning to feed themselves independently, while others are learning to serve and make foods.
 * The technology integrated within the lesson provides opportunities for all students to participate. One student who is nonverbal uses an Ipod touch to expressively communicate along with other students. The Smart board incorporates a new presentation of the material and provides a motivational tool for the students.
 * I introduce the lesson by explaining to students that we eat food at snack time. I talk about where else we eat food. I use examples by showing a picture of each child eating food in school and at their house.
 * Three of the four children currently will consistently label names of foods but do not yet know the category of the food to sort. I will connect the material by first allowing the children to name actual food items before extending teaching to the categorical name of food.

** 4. Lesson body ** Procedure- Model, Lead, Test ** Model: ** I model the lesson with the hungry child puppet. I touch the item and say food or not food ( I pair verbal directions with a behavior cue picture card of my turn). I model the response (i.e. food, not food, not food, food, not food, food, not food, food, food, not food, not food). ** Lead: ** I lead the children ( pairing verbal directions with a picture cue card). The children chorally respond with me (food, not food). I reset the foods several times for practice. ** Test: ** I test each child independently ( pairing verbal directions with a picture of each child to respond). After several trials, one paraprofessional documents the # of correct responses. ** Differentiation for Students ** : A paraprofessional assists one child who uses the Ipod touch. On the Ipod touch there is a page with two defined choices of food and not food. I provide immediate positive feedback and correction as needed to assist with the children learning the categorical name of the item.

** 5. Extended Practice ** Children have been previously taught how to utilize a smart board for small group lessons. The children are motivated and know expectations during this time. I have created a smart board page with foods only and a second page with foods and not foods. I give verbal and visual directions to demonstrate task of circling foods. The first page the children will circle all the items and the second page the children will have to discriminate between food and not food items to circle.

** 6. Lesson Closing ** I tell the children they will help me clean up by sorting the food and not food items. I have a bucket labeled food with pictures, and a bucket labeled not food with pictures. Model sorting two items, lead by sorting two more items while the children respond food, and not food, and test each child by having them sort the actual materials. The paraprofessional documents the number of correct responses when sorting food and not food. End with the closing song “Go Bananas” tie together by a banana is a food; the song is not a food. The children use their individual schedules to transition to the next activity.

** 7. Evaluation ** The children, who are not currently mastering the activity with 100% practice, have a one on one teacher activity with extended practice. Provide them with independent practice of sorting foods and not foods. Explain in more depth that a food is something you eat, and not foods are things you cannot eat. ** Tally the # of responses correct **

Itouch: expressive Getting: receptive || /10 || /4 ||
 * || Expressively label (name) categorical of food and not food || Receptively get by sorting between categorical of food and not food ||
 * ** James **
 * ** John ** || /10 || /4 ||
 * ** Jake ** || /10 || /4 ||
 * ** Joe ** || /10 || /4 ||

//**Part 1:**// Children circled or colored the foods: no discrimination //**Part 2:**// Children will circle or color the food images with discrimination of not foods.
 * Smart board images: **