Sentence Key WHOisDOingWHAT vs Access Language Arts Lite

Beginning language learners create a sentence with words or picture symbols, then see the sentence animated! Suitable for special education needs including AAC users and learners with autism, orthopedic impairment, or language disorders. Features: · Select four symbols or words to "write" a sentence. · 72 possible animated sentences. · Text and speech in correct grammatical form · Touch the text below the animation to replay and hear it again. · Word-by-word highlighting promotes word recognition. · Choices are color-coded (Yellow-subject, Green-verb, Orange-object) · User-friendly: no in-app purchases, ads or links. Teacher Options: · Show symbols only, words only, or both. · Reset and review data for an individual session. · Choose from 8 pre-arranged sets. · Easy mode: Show 4 instead of 8 symbol choices for "What". · Match mode where the learner describes a random picture. The object is to select the four most meaningful components of a sentence which follows the structure WHO IS DOING WHAT. Successful completion of a possible sentence is rewarded by a short animation combined with the spoken sentence. The learner is able to explore choices until successful. Stars can be earned when a sentence is made with no wrong choices. Sentence Key supports the common core standards in Language Arts. · Writing: Use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to compose informative text. · Reading, Foundational Skills: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of text. · Language: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar. · Reading Informational Text: Describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear. The Picture Communication Symbols ©1981–2010 by Mayer-Johnson LLC. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Used with permission.

Access Language Arts app is based on the curriculum Teaching to Standards: English Language Arts, which was created by Attainment Company and East Tennessee State University. Research has shown both the app and curriculum to be highly effective in teaching language arts skills, that are directly aligned to the Common Core Standards, to students with an intellectual disability or autism. The literature pieces chosen for read alouds in Access Language Arts app are among those typically used in the middle school curriculum. The adapted stories in the app are Neighbors, Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes, The Diary of Anne Frank, We Beat the Streets, The Outsiders, Number the Stars, Holes, and Dragonwings. Note: We Beat the Streets is included in this free version. The rest are available as an in app purchase. Components of systematic instruction are embedded in the app's script are: constant time-delay procedure, system of least intrusive prompts, and feedback. Support for research and development of this app was provided in part by Contract ED-IES-13-C-0031 of the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, awarded to Attainment Company, Inc.