Edmark Functional Word Series: Signs Around You

Teaches functional sight words to students who have a variety of learning differences, including students with autism spectrum disorder, developmental delay, intellectual disability, hearing impairment, reading disability, or learning disability, as well as learners of English as a second language.

Implement the series as part of a functional living and community skills program or as a supplement to other reading programs. Uses a word recognition method, involving repeated exposure to target words within a variety of engaging learning activities.

Signs Around You teaches 100 words that will help students read commonly occurring signs, such as First Aid, Taxi, Do Not Enter, No Smoking, and Poison. The program includes the following components.

Teacher’s Guide  detailed program guide addresses the research supporting the program and fully describes the program components and how to implement them. Includes answer keys for the Stories Activities and the Reading and Social Skills Games lesson plans.

Lesson Plan/Record  Reproducible guide for lesson planning also provides for continuous progress monitoring for the individual student. Useful in adjusting the pace of instruction to meet the needs of individual students.

Word Recognition   Two spiral-bound books contain the target words in order of presentation. Target words are first introduced within the Word Recognition activity.

Posttests   Tests measure retention of each group of 10 words and are included in the Word Recognition books.

Vocabulary Exercises   Five storybooks containing 50 stories allow students to practice using the newly learned target words while listening to, reading, and discussing the stories. Character Illustrations aid in comprehension. Stories Activities provide pre-reading and post-reading exercises to strengthen comprehension at the sentence, paragraph, and story level.

Reading and Social Skills Games   Games reinforce the functional vocabulary and promote generalization by requiring students to use reading skills in a social setting. Students also develop social skills and a basic understanding of various game playing procedures. Includes a full color game board, playing pieces, and dice.

Photo Cards   100 full color photo cards reinforce vocabulary, comprehension, and extend students’ understanding of the newly learned words.

Word Cards   100 word cards in handy playing card format with lesson numbers in the upper right corner.

CD-ROM   Includes printable files for Lesson Plan/Record, Vocabulary Exercises (300 reproducible pages per kit), Stories Activities and Character Illustrations, Reading and Social Skills Games lessons and materials, and Word Lists.

Complete program includes: Teacher’s Guide, 100 Word Recognition Lessons, one 5-book set of Stories, Board Game, pack of 100 Photo Cards, pack of 100 Word Cards, and a CD-ROM, all in a sturdy storage box.