3-5 Assistive Technologies (TC.3)

3-5.TC.3. understand and discuss how assistive technologies can benefit all individuals

Assistive technology helps people do something even better than they are arleady are doing it. For example:
    Animated books can help you to become a better reader.
    Wearing glasses can help you to see better.
    Braces can help you chew better (and make your teeth straighter).
    Body scans help doctors see what might be wrong on the inside of your body.
    Blood glucose help you know if your body is handling sweet foods properly.

I Can

I can use technology to help me become a better reader.
I can understand how wearing glasses can help some people to see better.
I can discuss how glasses are a form of technology that helps to see better.
I can understand that glasses and braces are a kind of assistive technology.
I can understand how braces can help someone to chew better
I can discuss how braces can make your teeth straighter.

SMART Goal

"[Schools with teachers who learn and kids who achieve] use clear, agreed-upon student achievement goals to focus and shape teacher learning." (WestEd, 2000, p.12)

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Tumble Books

These animated, talking picture books will help you become a better reader. You will have more fun reading too! Tumble books are a form of "assistive technology" that everyone can have fun with.

Can you search for electronic books that are close to your SRI Lexile reading level?