Wondering why and how you can be using Venn Diagrams to work on compare and contrast with your speech and language students? Speech and language students can struggle in various ways. They can struggle with vocabulary, memory, organization of language, and comprehending what they heard/read. Graphic organizers are a great tool to help our students. […]
Fun Ways to Work on Story Recall in Speech Therapy
Want your speech students to retell a story in their own words but want it more exciting than just expressing it? One goal many of our students have is to retell a story in their own words. It can be challenging for them. They need to comprehend the story, recall the order of events, and […]
Using Graphic Organizers To Work on Critical Thinking Skills in Speech Therapy
Do you have students continuously struggling to grasp critical thinking skills and strategies? Graphic organizers can help! I always get asked, “isn’t critical thinking skills for the teachers and reading specialists?” Yes! But we can help too! If our students can’t comprehend what to do with these types of questions when we take the […]
Cariboo Comprehension Cards For Speech Therapy
Are you a Cariboo obsessed SLP like me?! Do your older, higher functioning students stare at the game and wonder why they can’t play? Check out these Cariboo comprehension cards! I had a problem. My older students were constantly asking to play Cariboo. I did not have a way for them to meet their goals […]
Winter Summarizing Card Game
Did you LOVE my New Year’s Summarizing Card Game FREEBIE?! I know my students did SO well with it that I wanted to create a follow up activity to continue to practice using “somebody-wanted-but-so-then” to summarize. My students are learning to identify when stories have a problem and a solution they can use this strategy […]
Making Inferences and Expressing Evidence ROCKSTARS!
My students have been working really hard to answer questions using their higher level thinking skills and identifying and expressing evidence. I have been using Webb’s depth of knowledge questions A LOT! I decided to create a fun card game to work on this skill in a fun and interactive way! What is included? -Visual […]
New Year’s Summarizing Card Game FREEBIE!!!
Are you kinda sorta freaking out wondering what in the world will you do with your students when you return from holiday break?! Well…I have a freebie that will solve that problem (well at least for several of your groups)! Have fun working on summarizing with this New Year themed card game! What does this […]
A new cause/effect strategy!
I am always looking to figure out new ways to get my kids to understand and express their understanding of higher level concepts! While working on cause/effect, with groups of all ages and levels, I came up with a visual on the fly! I apologize for my VERY dirty dry erase board!!!!!! With that said, […]
Teaching Main Idea Worksheets and Activities!!
Looking for a new way to teach main idea and supporting details?! I am constantly trying to find new ways to help students comprehend the concept. I have created activities to teach main idea using an umbrella! Why an umbrella?! A main idea COVERS the whole story or all of the details! What does this […]
Story Elements Road Trip! QR Code Fun!!
Have you been loving my QR code activities? Are you looking for more activities to address curriculum vocabulary and concepts? Have fun understanding and identify story elements (character, setting, problem, and solution) with this fun QR code activity! What is included? -Visual aid provided -Graphic organizer to document responses through the activity -Students will pick […]
