Speech Time Fun: Speech and Language Activities
Sharing the fun from one speech room to another!
Today, I’d like to talk about some very cool people- high school students! Yes, high schoolers are some of the coolest people on the planet. For the most part, you can have great conversations with them, and their interests, hopes, and dreams for post-high school are so much fun to hear about. However, some high school students will need some…
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If you’re an SLP working in an elementary school, the bulk of your caseload may be made up of students in the younger grades. There is a good reason for that! According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), “The prevalence of voice, speech, language, or swallowing disorders is highest among children ages 3-6 (11.0 percent),…
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Figurative language can be such a fun part of language arts instruction for all ages! When students read about and write with figurative language, it is playful and imaginative. Things like similes, idioms, and hyperbole do not use English words in a literal sense. This can make working with figurative language very difficult for students with language delays. However, there…
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As SLPs, an important part of our job is to support what the general education teachers are doing in their classrooms. One of the ways that general education teachers teach reading comprehension of nonfiction texts is through the use of text structures. Learning about text structures can lead to some fun activities in the speech room! Let’s take a look…
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Have you ever heard of “chunking”? Many students have a “chunking” accommodation on their IEP in order to assist with reading comprehension. This is a great strategy, but just what is chunking? How can we use it to aid reading comprehension? What is Chunking? Simply put, chunking is breaking down a text into smaller pieces, or “chunks”. Think about it….
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As speech therapists, we teach a wide range of skills. One of the skills that is the hardest for both speech therapists and classroom teachers to teach is inferencing. Most students can answer literal questions a lot more easily than inferential questions, so it takes explicit instruction on thinking skills to help our students learn how to answer inferential questions! …
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Have you noticed a trend with any of your older speech students? Perhaps some of the little children who used to eagerly skip off to speech time are now dragging their feet. Their friends are testing out of speech services, but they still need some work. All of a sudden, students who you may have had for years no longer…
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When you think of project-based learning, you might think of something cross-curricular, done in a large group, where all of the students in the classroom participate. This model lends itself to utilizing inclusive practices, and is a great model to use for inclusive classrooms! However, if we reframe our thinking of how project-based learning “should” look, we can see that…
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Author’s Purpose is a reading strategy that is commonly taught in elementary schools across the country. According to the Common Core State Standards, beginning in second grade, students need to be able to determine why an author has written a passage. Additionally, as students advance, they are expected to be able to use text evidence to show what the author’s…
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With St. Patrick’s Day happening this week, I have prepared a round-up for you! I have included my St. Patrick’s Day activities present and past and more! Check out my favorite activities and freebies for St. Patrick’s Day! My St. Patrick’s Day Activities: St. Patrick’s Day Word Fun (Pre K – 8) When I created my popular word fun downloads…
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