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Snowmen at Night

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

 
My mom shared this book with me a few years ago. It's great for working on verbs! 

Snowmen at Night by, Caralyn Buehner

Ideas for completing the sentence: 
Another blog with more pictures 

Great ideas to have the students act out being a snowman and make it a game, it can even involve following directions!!!
I wanted to go through the book and pull out vocabulary to target. I made these into flash cards and quizzed the students after.
slipped
(fall down) slide by accident for a short distance, typically losing your balance
footing
A secure grip with one's feet
drooped
Bend or hang downward
fright
sudden intense feeling of fear.
wonder
a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected.
anxious
to be worried, uneasy, or nervous, typically about an event.
pond
small body of still water.
pitcher
player who delivers the ball to the batter. OR A large container  to hold liquid
height
measurement of how tall someone or something is,
tuckered
exhausted or worn out (tired)
thrill
feeling of excitement and pleasure
gather
Bring things together
crooked
bent or twisted out of shape or out of place.


BONUS: If you didn't know already the books have hidden pictures on each page!
Another bonus there are more Snowmen books:
  Snowmen At Christmas, Snowmen All Year, Snowmen At Work



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Grinchmas

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Don't be a GRINCH! Follow the code!

I might just enjoy Christmas a little too much.  I always check myself that I am not just "making crafts" because in speech therapy we target GOALS GOALS GOALS! 

Our school has adopted the Code of Conduct-consisting of 4 rules- Responsible, Respectful, Trustworthy, and Safe. 4 simple rules allows for maximum memorization, and almost anything students do can fall into 1 of the 4 categories.

I had students fill out "ornaments" to target social skills, vocabulary and syntax, that said "This holiday season I will follow the code by being____"

First, talk about your school rules and examples for each one as a group. Then have each student pick a rule and a way they will follow them at home over the winter break. For example: Helping mom clean up toys without being asked or not fighting with brothers or sisters and so on. 

I got some creative responses! We shared them all as a group, and students got to decorate the tree. Now my massive speech mirror looks festive!



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Product Review: The Bridge of Vocabulary

Monday, December 10, 2012

The Bridge of Vocabulary-By, Judy K. Montgomery, PhD

 

3 out of 5 crowns

Who? Written by Judy K. Montgomery, PhD

What?  
  1. "Addressing the need for research-based vocabulary intervention", with public schools moving toward a Common Core Curriculum, SLP's have to keep up with our Evidence Based Practice (EBP). Everything we do in therapy should be backed up by evidence (research).  
  2. Evidence, evidence, evidence, which finding can be time consuming. This book does it for you.  Each lesson has a note about the evidence behind why it works to improve vocab skills.
  3. Addresses semantic (vocabulary) skills ages Preschool through Adults! Target speaking, listening, reading, writing, nouns, verbs, antonyms, synonyms, categorization and more!
  4. Specific lessons, with script, picture cards ready for lessons in vocabulary.
  5. Comes with a CD to print all lessons.
Why only 3 crowns? Remember that CD I just told you about? It takes forever to print out and get each lesson set up. I finally have all mine set-up and I have owned the book for well over a year. The book only gives you examples, the CD has everything you need on it. Then you have to find a way to organize it all...I will post about that later.

How? I start out with the preschool levels for many of many students with semantic needs and then move up quickly if they master the skills. Another option is just pulling out lessons for a specific area of need (e.g. verbs)

Want to learn more? Take a tour

The opinions expressed in this review are mine. No other compensation was provided. 


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