Ink jet paper designed for color printers will give you and your students the best result. These pages use regular letter-size paper and are printed in the portrait orientation. If you prefer a color page for your students or to laminate it for multiple use, it is highly recommended you use ink jet paper. Laser printers utilizing laser paper print high-quality black and white pages.
Printers:
Ink Jet: Ink jet printers vary in how they put the ink on the paper and the amount of ink that is used. The quality of the finished product is related to the higher number of dots per inch (dpi) used when printing. 300-360 dpi will produce an acceptable page in most printers. 720-1400 dpi will give a superior product. Faster speeds of printing as well as lower quality of printing (draft vs. proof) generally produce a lesser quality page. Please check your printer by trying different dpi, different speeds of printing, and/or different quality before selecting the settings you wish to print for Companion Activities.
Laser printers: Laser printers will give an exceptional black and white image.
How to print:
You can use any program which supports pict files (Macintosh) or bmp files (Windows) to print the pages. Some word processing, paint, or draw programs such as Word Perfect, Corel Draw, or Adobe Photoshop will work well.
Macintosh Users: SimpleText for Macintosh is included in this CD. It supports picts files and can be used.
1. Click on the CD icon. Open the folders and display the page you wish to print.
2. Click on File and scroll down to print.
Windows 95 Users: Windows uses bmp files. Windows 95 can print these pages through the Imaging program included in Windows 95.
1. From the Start Bar, open Programs, then Accessories and finally Imaging.
2. Now click File, Open, My Computer, your CD drive, Big/Little and then whichever theme you wish to use, and finally the page you wish to print.
Windows 3.1 Users: Windows uses bmp files. Windows 3.1 can print these pages through the Paint Program included in Windows 3.1 .
Please note: pages printed through Windows Paint will be approximately 25% smaller than the full letter -size page. Images will be of lesser quality when utilizing Paint Program or enlargements.
1. Open Program Manager, double click Accessories, then Paintbrush.
2. Under File, click Open.
3. Under Drive, select your CD drive.
4. Double click on Big/Little, then the theme you wish to open.
5. Double click on the file name you wish to print.
6. Once the image is displayed on your computer screen, select Print and then Ok.
Optional for 3.1 Users: To print almost full-size pages via your Paint Program, under File use Page Setup to set your margins at .01” (top, bottom, right and left). Then under File select Print and change the Scaling to 135%.
Worksheet Optional Styles:
• Print, in color or black & white, and use as is.
• Print, laminate, use wipeable markers or a grease pencil for student use. (NOTE: Rubbing alcohol will remove any remaining marks.)
• Print, laminate, add a piece of Velcro underneath each picture. Then also attach Velcro to shower curtain rings, tag board circles, etc. Students “circle” correct answer by using the curtain rings.
• Print and put in acetate paper holders. Have student point to correct answer.
Choose Concept
Decide whether the concept the student is learning is
big
little
or both.
Initially it is important to start with one concept such as “big”. Present all worksheets with the same instruction, i.e. “Circle the big one.” As the student understands that concept, then change concepts, i.e. “little”. Once the student grasps both concepts, then intersperse the instructions. One time it might be “ Circle the big one.” then the next would be “Circle the little one.”
Choose worksheet
There are two types of worksheets
• real pictures
• black and white symbols (Mayer-Johnson PCS)
Real pictures are easier for students to discriminate than black and white line drawings. If the student is just beginning to discriminate, use the worksheets with real pictures. As the student progresses, use the black and white line drawings. Discrimination of black and white line drawings eventually leads to discrimination of letters.
Choose Number per worksheet
Each worksheet type has a choice of
• one on a page
• two on a page
• three on a page
• four on a page
If the student is highly distractible, start with one problem per page. As the student succeeds, progress to the more difficult two problems per page, then three on a page, and so forth.
Possible Goals for using these worksheets:
• student will be able to pick an answer.
• student will be able to differentiate between a big picture and little picture when two color pictures are presented.
• student will be able to differentiate between a big picture and little picture when two black & white symbols are presented.
• student will circle an answer
a. with marker (pen, color, pencil, etc.)
b. manipulative device such as a shower curtain ring..
• student will circle one answer in each row when two rows are presented.
• student will circle one answer in each row when three rows are presented.
• student will circle one answer in each row when four rows are presented.
• student will verbalize vocabulary presented in each picture or symbol.
