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%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 103Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5sS5%u2022 Answer %u2018The child had to understand three words because there are now three choices; did I say cow or horse, pig or sheep, trailer or truck (hold up fingers to indicate the 3 choices as you say them). Now three words carry essential information for the child to understand the instruction. This is a three Information Carrying Word instruction.%u2019%u2018Put the cow and pig in the trailer%u2019 3 ICWs horse sheep truck%u2022 Use a different coloured pen. Underline the ICW writing the choice i.e. %u2018truck%u2019 under it. %u2022 Write %u20183 ICW%u2019 at the end of the sentence.5.2.7 Include Describing Words/Linguistic Concepts at 3 ICW level%u2022 At the 3 ICW level you can also start to include the Describing Words/Linguistic Concepts we discussed in session 4. %u2022 It is important to teach the Describing Word first, but ICW activities can then provide excellent opportunities to reinforce the concept at a sentence level and also encourage the child to use the concept too.Demonstrate:%u2018Put the big cow in the trailer%u2018small horse truck = size%u2022 Can the learners think of other describing word/concepts which could be included? %u2022 When learners suggest a direction that starts %u2018Put%u2026.%u2019 Write this down. Then ask the learners what equipment is needed so they work this out for themselves.%u2022 Finally ask whether a word other than %u2018Put%u2026%u2019 could be used. Encourage them to be more imaginative with the target sentence structure e.g. The brown cow wants a ride in the trailerblack horse truck = colourHide the cow in the trailerhorse under truck = positionCount one cow into the trailertwo horses truck = number