3rd Grade Level Fiction- Bing AI Mario and Luigi were taking a walk in the Mushroom Kingdom when they saw a strange portal. They had never seen anything like it before. "What do you think it is?" asked Luigi. "I don't know," said Mario. "But let's go find out!" Mario and Luigi jumped into the portal and disappeared. When they opened their eyes, they were in a strange new world. The sky was purple and the trees were blue. Mario and Luigi had never seen anything like it before. "Where are we?" asked Luigi. "I don't know," said Mario. "But it looks like we're going to have an adventure!" Mario and Luigi started walking through the strange new world. They soon came across a group of friendly creatures called Yoshis. The Yoshis told Mario and Luigi that they were in the Land of Yoshi. "Welcome to the Land of Yoshi!" said one of the Yoshis. "We're so glad you're here." T...
“Use your words.” To me, the most ineffective teaching method is telling a child to “use their words.” No one is innocent, and I will admit that first. I have used that prompt in the past. There are a number of reasons I feel we should be cueing our students in different ways. Students with Autism, emotional challenges, and developmental disabilities often hear these words- “use your words.” As educators, family members, and people… we can do better. For students with Autism, I see “use your words” as a problem because we are assuming something; that the student has the capability of “using their words” but isn’t. For students with emotional challenges, we are figuring that there is something that we will unlock for the child when they “use their words.” For students with developmental disabilities, we are guessing that there are words in there and that there is hope they will use them. This is not even to consider the prompt dependence that we might foster by giving...