How to be a Viking, SEND support symbol pack, talk for writing, Language through Colour
Pack of 5 Language through colour resources to support SEND children to access teaching of How to Be a Viking, using the talk for writing , Pie Corbett method.
included are:
Picture Matching Task to reinforce vocabulary
Word Mat with Symbols
Story Recount task with multiple choice symbols to check understanding.
Sentence building task cut out the words and the child puts the sentence together.
Imitation task to change one thing to create own version of the story.
‘Language Through Colour’ (LTC) was developed by a Speech and Language Therapist who
worked with children with language difficulties in Kent.
What does LTC do?
Helps children understand information through visual reinforcement.
Helps children understand questions and how to answer them appropriately.
Helps children to understand and learn curriculum words.
Helps children to understand word groups and categories (e.g. noun, verb).
Helps children plan verbal responses and written work.
Helps children self-assess, revisit and improve written work (not enough green = not enough adjectives describing things)
How is LTC used to support children?
As well as being used in 1:1 or small group sessions for children identified as needing
Speech and Language Therapy, LTC can be used as a whole-class approach.
it is consistently used as a framework to support children across the whole school, written into planning and shown in vocabulary displays and word banks across the curriculum.
It is ‘inclusion by differentiation’ and allows children who may not have been able to access auditory learning to be included without making them feel different.
to support language in the classroom and act as a reminder for all the tasks, vocabulary and information required. Symbolised instructions and learning intentions can help students remember what they need to do to complete a task independently and successfully.





