Are you using nonfiction texts in speech?
I know as speech-language pathologists, we love our storybooks. It’s so easy to reach for a comforting story for any activity in the classroom. However, there is a ton of evidence to back up the idea that nonfiction texts are more beneficial to our speech therapy students than fiction texts are.
One of the main reasons they are more beneficial is that they provide background knowledge. Our students may really struggle in this area. Using nonfiction texts will help you work towards those important speech therapy goals while also providing your students with the background knowledge they really need.
This will in turn help them answer higher-level thinking questions in the classroom and help develop their reading skills and reading comprehension.
In other words, you are setting them up for success as they read nonfiction more and more in their regular classrooms!
In This Episode You’ll Discover:
- Why using nonfiction texts in speech therapy is so beneficial to our students
- How nonfiction texts help provide background knowledge
- Tapping into student’s interests
- Places to find great nonfiction texts
- Goals you can work on using nonfiction texts
Our students will get so many benefits out of using nonfiction texts. Not only does it build up their background knowledge and increase reading skills, but it will also prepare them for higher-level grades where they will be reading nonfiction more and more in their classroom.
We can give them the boost they need to keep up in the classroom by making the simple switch from fiction to nonfiction! Just keep it fun, keep it functional, and don’t overthink it. I hope these tools and resources help you get started incorporating more nonfiction texts into your therapy sessions.
If you are looking for more information on why you should be using nonfiction texts in speech therapy, I encourage you to check out my blog post here. I cover my top reasons why I love using nonfiction texts in speech therapy and how to use them.
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A: The kind with a lot of frosting.
Resources Mentioned:
Why We Should Use Nonfiction Texts blog post
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