This is a simple retell visual. Laminate the visual. Cut on the dotted lines so that you can fold up the flaps. Place Velcro above the pictures and on the flap, so the students can fold up the flap once they’ve retold each part of the story. If you like this resource, check these out: Retell That Story (Story Grammar Elements) Stories with Visual Supports for Retell Ice Cream-y Cones for Story Retell (FREE) © 2017 Teach Speech 365
StoryBird is very helpful for using technology to develop story telling and story writing skills. However, while providing artwork and a very simple platform for adding text, it does not provide the narrative structure necessary for writing the actual text of the story. Using Story Grammar Marker, students can have the structure to know what parts go into the story. The Common Core State Standards call for the blending of narrative and expository text in lessons as well as integrating technology and multimedia. The following lesson demonstrates it...
What is the purpose of the message? When students use only one word utterances/pictures we don't always know. Most often we rely upo...
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Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) includes all forms of communication (other than oral speech) that are used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas. We all use AAC when we…
Howdy! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKarma.com. Synonyms are SWEET! While we are diligently focusing on comprehension instruction, sometimes we need to take a step back... and decide how we can help our kiddos move forward with their reading comprehension progress. Vocabulary! Vocabulary! Vocabulary! Our students need to be able to have a "better than good" grasp on vocabulary before they can deeply comprehend the text they are reading. Good vocabulary knowledge = good comprehension!! I have a few FREE vocabulary resources for you today. To get your FREE resources and read more about vocabulary strategies, please click here.
I use this worksheet along with a describing cue sheet if needed. The cue sheet includes questions such as: What category is it in? What do you do with it? What does it look like? Click here to download! Please consider donating a dollar or two if you want to see more SLP materials!
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Scripts are an evidence-based practice for autism, but knowing how to use them is a bit more complex. These 7 steps and examples will help.
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Describing, categories, object functions, and other attributes in speech therapy: The research, therapy ideas, goal suggestions and more!
First grade anchor charts are great tools for reminding kids about concepts in math, writing, spelling, science, and more! Check out these great ideas.
Here is a great game for centers or fast finishers during those first few weeks of school. All you need is a set of Jenga Blocks and these question prompts. Kids love this game! Happy teaching, Rachel Lynette You Might Also Like:Zoom into Cause and Effect!Science + Community Service = Holiday Fun!Snowball OlympicsTooth fairy day
20 March 2017 – Many autistic people of all ages can, and do find using public transport stressful. Planning and…
Check out these tips and teaching strategies to structure language therapy using the EET (expanding expression tool).
Prompting Hierarchy- How I got duped! What you need to know about the prompting hierarchy. Snag the infographic and info perfect for working with your staff!
Many of you have asked where I got my visuals for conversation in my 5 Tips for SLPs Working with Students with ASD. I have worked on these over the years, and I am ready to share them with you! Let's Have a Conversation is a packet that has helped me and the school social worker at my school give our students with ASD a way to learn how to have a very simple conversation. Using visuals and removable icons, we have expanded utterance length in our students and helped them to learn the skills needed to have a conversation. We try to do this during our peer support times with our SNAPs students (Students Need A Pal), but also practice with just ourselves and the students with ASD. When we have SNAPs students, we have them ask the questions. When they are not there, the social worker or I ask the questions. The questions are simple such as, "What is your favorite color?" We give students a variety of options to choose from. Sometimes, they may start with just answering with one word. We try to quickly work up to complete sentences just to expand utterance length. In reality, students don't usually answer a question with "My favorite color is blue." They may typically just say the word, or something like, "I like blue." I have included two different visuals in this packet for that reason. You can choose which carrier phrase you would like to use. This is the visual used to ask questions. This visual is used to answer the question using the carrier phrase: "My favorite ____ is ____." This visual is also used to answer the questions using the carrier phrase: "I like ____." There are also ten topic cards included that can be used with students who are ready for the next step in conversations. On the left of the card is a topic question. On the right hand side are some additional comments or questions that the student may use in the conversation. Additional topic cards. These visuals have helped so many of our students make gains with asking and answering questions with their peers. We have had so much fun watching our students grow in their conversational skills! You can get these visuals HERE and hopefully watch your students grow too!
According to the Content Standards for California Public Schools-“The ability to communicate well–to read, listen and speak- runs to the core of human experience. Language skills are es…
Are you looking for a fun, easy way to target speech and language skills, such as Categories, Associations, and Negatives in speech therapy? If so, then this product is for you! This PRINT AND GO product includes: 7 pages of Categories 7 pages of Associations 3 pages of Negatives Your students will enjoy using dot markers, colored pencils, or other art supplies as they work on their language goals and objectives. If you're interested in this product, you can check out the FREE VERSION by clicking here. Dot "Artsy" with Pictures - Language Edition - FREE SAMPLE You may also be interested in the WH Questions Edition. If so, you can find it by clicking here. Dot Artsy with Pictures - WH Questions Activities/Worksheets Or, you can check out the WH Questions Edition - FREE SAMPLE - by clicking here. Dot Artsy with Pictures - WH Edition - FREE SAMPLE
I recently shared a new tab for social skill resources. We have a new student at my school that has propelled my research into all things social story related. I've even tried writing one about balls hitting people when they bounce. (It's quite possibly the worst thing I've written since about 5th grade. I will not be subjecting anyone to that eyesore.) One of the products that kept appearing in my search was the Social Thinking curriculum. I know there is a team of bloggers writing about these products and they can do a much better job at explaining them. My district doesn't have the program and probably won't be getting it soon due to the budget cuts. However, I can still make some coordinating materials in the hope that things will change next year. All it took was a little inventiveness and the discovery of Jill Kuzma's character description freebie. I printed out three copies of the character descriptions. Two of them were cut up for DIY projects and the third visited the laminator immediately upon printing. The first DIY project is a file folder matching game. -Take two vanilla folders and glue them together. You need to make sure that you can still close the folder up before you glue them. -Character descriptions, which should be glued directly to the folder. -Laminate the folder and separate character pictures (you may want to print these on cardstock or glue to poster board for added strength) -Attach Velcro to the folder and the character pictures. -Stick the character picture above the correct description The project took me 3 days due to our lamination policy. If you have access to your own machine, it doesn't take long at all. The second DIY project is another matching activity. It can also be used for role-play. -Glue the character pictures to poster board and cut into small squares. -Glue character descriptions to sentence strips or print on heavy cardstock. -Laminate descriptions & character pictures. -Attach character pictures to craft sticks with glue or tape. (I used tape.) Again, this project took about two days due to the lamination rule. My plan is to eventually let my students have a specific character trait to look for when we read stories. When they notice that a character is behaving like an "Unthinkable", they will raise up their character stick and explain what they noticed. It will take plenty of work before they are ready to try this activity; however, I think it will be a great way to connect the curriculum to other experiences when the time comes.
Howdy! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKarma.com. Synonyms are SWEET! While we are diligently focusing on comprehension instruction, sometimes we need to take a step back... and decide how we can help our kiddos move forward with their reading comprehension progress. Vocabulary! Vocabulary! Vocabulary! Our students need to be able to have a "better than good" grasp on vocabulary before they can deeply comprehend the text they are reading. Good vocabulary knowledge = good comprehension!! I have a few FREE vocabulary resources for you today. To get your FREE resources and read more about vocabulary strategies, please click here.
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) includes all forms of communication (other than oral speech) that are used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas. We all use AAC when we…
Snowy evenings often inspire poets, musicians and writers. One that I love is Robert Frost’s famous poem entitled Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. I have a beautiful copy of this poem with illustrations by Susan Jeffers. This poem happens to be an exemplar poem listed in Appendix 2 of the Common Core State Standards. The last page of the book has a note written by the illustrator about her mother, an artist, who would take her daughter for walks on snowy evenings: “My mother’s favorite thing to do was simply to walk outside and look. She was a painter and my first painting lessons came from her. They were really lessons in looking. She would ask me: What is the color of the tree shadow? Is it blue? Blue- green” Violet? She was teaching me to paint what I saw, not what I knew. What I knew would never be enough.” Color often is a clue to the author’s, poet’s or illustrator’s theme. Robert Frost’s poem, so beautifully illustrated in this version, reminded me of Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr, due to similarities of the winter night’ setting, the owls and the mention of colors...
Rory's Story Cubes are an amazing tool you can use in your speech therapy room for all kinds of speech and language targets! Click through to read more.
Blank comics are engaging for both younger and older students and allows for targeting many skills. Access a board of free blank comics!
Groovy Cat Week: Fun ideas for teaching prepositions to your preschool or kindergarten students using Pete the Cat story book character.
In this grammar worksheet, learners will turn one noun into two using their plural noun know-how.
