April 11 , 2017 Alexa Good Morning!

Alexa reminds us that today is National Pet Day!

My students are writing what they have for pets on small post its and putting them on the white board.

We have also done some brainstorming about what pets other people might have.  My extension question for this has been something along the lines of "Why would it not be a good idea to have an elephant for a pet?  What could happen if you had a tiger for a pet?

Here is the white board with post its on it taken at about noon:



Some of my students use augmentative communication devices.  Here is a short movie of a student using an ipad and clicker connect software to access the Alexa:



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