TAPAS Original Products
TAPAS (Pick a Topic–Associate–Predict–Access–Summarize) is a flexible discourse program that supports language, literacy, and learning by using selected Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 vocabulary to build connections, make predictions, access key information, and summarize learning.
TAPAS-Narrative is a procedural discourse strategy that can be used with any picture, story, video, or movie. Select relevant concrete and abstract vocabulary or topics to make connections and predictions before, access information during, and summarize after viewing, reading, or listening. This is a Powerpoint presentation.
TAPAS-Expository is a procedural discourse strategy that can be used with any educational/ factual article or video. Select relevant concrete and abstract vocabulary or topics to make connections and predictions before, access information during, and summarize after viewing, reading, or listening. This is a Powerpoint presentation.
TAPAS Completed Plans
TAPAS-Narrative is a procedural discourse strategy that can be used with any picture, story, video, or movie. This TAPAS program has been filled out and breaks down a narrative video. This is a Powerpoint presentation.
TAPAS Mini Lessons
ICHFLR is an acronym that stands for the words is, can, has, found, looks like, and reminds me of. These are the underlying syntactic links that drive the semantic associations which allow us to access background knowledge. This is a mini lesson that provides support to an essential foundation skill needed for TAPAS. This is a Powerpoint presentation.