Picture+This

=**__ Picture This __** = a SDAIE Strategy By: Karielle Fakatoka __Description of Activity:__ This is a SDAIE strategy that uses a visual to provide authenticity to the abstract concepts and/or vocabulary being presented.

__How to use this strategy:__ 1. A blank paper is divided into eight sections. 2. Students draw pictures or symbols to represent words or major concepts. Students are not to label the drawings. 3. Students exchange papers with a partner and partners try to correctly label each others drawings.

__Who this activity is for:__ **-ELL Students:** This activity is especially useful for students who are English Language Learners (ELL). This activity gives the students a basis for connecting a picture with a word or concept, which will help them with memorization. The use of a visual can help the language learner both in acquisition of English and the understanding of abstract concepts. **-Visual & Artistic Students:** This strategy can also be useful for students who are visual learners or who learn artistically. The visual learners will be able to understand to a fuller extent what their are learning. Artistic learners will enjoy creating their pictures and will use these concrete drawings to help them understand the abstract words or concepts. **-ALL Students:** Teachers will benefit all other learners as well with this strategy because it will only strengthen their knowledge of the vocabulary or concept and give them study skills for using in the future for words or concepts they find hard to understand or remember.

__When to use this activity:__ This activity should be used when students need to remember vocabulary words or new concepts in their curriculum. This activity will help the students with matching a visual to their word or concept. For student who find it hard to relate definition or concept to a word or phrase, this would be a great strategy to use.

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__Benefits of this Strategy:__
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Facilitates intentional communication
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Increases the individual's attention
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Easy to use
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Requires little training
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Inexpensive
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Individualized
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fosters word recognition

__<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Resour<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ces: __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/suh/---suhionline/SDAIE/glossary.html <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-"Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE): More Than Just Good Instruction" By: Zulmara Cline and Juan Necochea <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Adapted from: Hodgdon, L. (1995). Visual Strategies for Improving Communication. Volume 1:Practical Supports for School and Home. Troy, MI: Quirk Roberts Publishing.