Hopping DOWN the Bunny Trail

Monday, February 25, 2013


I have been working with a number of preschoolers, kindergarteners and first graders who do not know: comparatives, superlatives, opposites and prepositions!
Available in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store for only $1.50

  I love these graphics Jessica Weible and My Cute Graphics, I was inspired to make a packet!

 I includes 30 sets of questions/answers for prepositions alone!
 Also includes sets of opposites and comparatives/superlatives. Great for the little guys!

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Targets: receptive/expressive language, comparatives/superlatives, opposites and prepositions.

All graphics property of http://www.jessicaweible.com  and mycutegraphics.com

Ages: 3+

Includes: 24 pages (not all pages shown on the thumbnail it wouldn't fit!)= 

Page 1 title, Page 2 Information 

Comparatives and Superlatives (pages 3-5)=5 sets with 1, 2, 3 card for sequencing.

Opposites (pages 6-11)= 18 sets of opposites cards. Ideas for use: drill, play matching/memory game or a quick game of Go Fish! 

Prepositions (Pages 12-21)=Where is the______?  30 sets (60 cards total!) of questions and answers. Drill students or use with a board game for fun! 

Generic Easter Game Board (Page 22)-help the boy and girl find their way to the chocolate Easter bunny and jelly beans

Page 23 terms of use, Page 24 credits page.

Game play: Cut out cards. Have students play a memory game or Go Fish with the opposites. Practice the preposition questions together as a group, then work with each student to test their ability to use prepositions by asking where the Easter object is located. For fun play with the game board! 

 ENJOY AND HAPPY EARLY EASTER!

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Are we done yet?

Thursday, February 21, 2013

"How many more?", "Is it recess", "Can I get water?" and "What are we doing next?" are common questions I hear when conducting a standardized test, but not anymore!


I  attended a seminar last year on assessing students with Autism. I learned a great trick that I now use with students with and without Autism! I find it especially helpful for students with AD/HD or who are generally antsy to be done.

Materials: whiteboard, dry erase marker and eraser.

Instructions: 
  • attempt to determine how long the student can attend. I usually start with 5 questions. 
  • I draw (or have students draw) 5 circles, lines or in the case above Angry Birds to represent # of questions before a small break. If 5 seems to short, add more and more each time. (Today I got to draw 20 lines on the board!)
  • After each question the student erases one of the drawings. This gives them a visual. They should no longer have to ask, "Are we done yet!?"
  • When all are erased I give the student a very small break (water, 2 mins of iPad time, play Angry Birds once). 
  • During the break I ask other questions or play. That way I can gather some informal language samples. 
Other ways to use this technique: use a small container with  a set number of tokens (chipper chat chips, marbles, small toys) on the table. Then have the student put a token in the container each time they answer a question.  I have also seen this using big plastic tubs with 3 or 4 categories on them, put out vocabulary cards (5-10) and when they are done with each question they can categorize a picture (then you can see how their vocabulary and their categorizing is!)

I also try to let students stand, or wiggle around if they want. Sometimes kids just work better when they are not sitting for a long time! It helps with AD/HD students to have something in their hands or a goal when conducting long, boring tests like the TOPS-3. 96 questions with a 6 year old!? That's long even for me!

One more helpful hint: some of my students are hesitant to say, "I don't know", or don't even guess! We end up sitting for 10-30 seconds or more in silence. A presenter suggested making a "skip it" card that students can point to! Love this!

What do you do to help your students and yourself get through long standardized tests? 

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My love of Colin Firth

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Girly post here, but mostly speech related! Promise!

Facts:

1. I have always adored Colin Firth, he is my ultimate older man crush! One of my favorite movies is Bridget Jones's Diary! Perfection.


2. Colin was cast in King The King's Speech as King George VI.  Which is the perfect excuse to have his picture hanging in my office! A movie that brought to light what SLPs are all about! Now if only people would understand we do more than treat fluency disorders!

3.  I have also always enjoyed My Fair Lady. I still have the My Fair Lady ballgown Barbie in my closet in her original box. Some of you may or may not know that famous linguistic professor Peter Ladefoged was  in the movie! Check out your old textbooks, I bet you have his, "A Course in Phonetics".
Click here to read more about the movie and his involvement

4. Clive Davis is thinking of casting Colin Firth and Anne Hathaway in My Fair Lady on Broadway. This would only make me adore Colin more! Another speech related venture for him! Hooray! Now if only they would remake the movie (I do not say that often). Read the oh-so classy Perez Hilton Article:http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-20-clive-davis-wants-anne-hathaway-colin-firth-my-fair-lady-broadway

Opinion: There is no better actor to fill this role on Broadway and frankly I might have to go out to New York City just to see him if and when he is cast! It would make a great first trip to NYC.

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Specialized Academic Instruction Objective Companion

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

My lovely coworker asked if I could make a Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI) or "Resource Room" version of the companion. Now available for 75 cents! (Full Binder coming soon).  
Includes: -blank objective page -daily progress -graph for progress on all goals -page for students to write their goals for the year to practice memorizing what they are working on. If you have suggestions-I will add more pages and send it to you free! 


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Objective Binder Companion!

Monday, February 18, 2013

  My objective binder was so popular, I decided to make a companion! On sale tonight for 64 cents!

Blank to add your own, send home with parents, work on it at home.
 Includes daily progress printables
Goal printables with graph (perfect for progress report time)

If you have not yet purchased my Speech and Language Therapy Objective Binder, it is on sale for $1.28 Get it cheap while you can! 

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Feeling so LUCKY!

Thank you for all the support with my sale and helping me reach 150 likes on Facebook!

Here is the freebie I promised! I know there are few "lucky idioms" out there, but I tried to make mine extra special and cute!

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President's Day Sale


In honor of my store being open about 2 weeks, I am throwing a sale! 
15% off all products today only!

Please add me on facebook, when I reach 150 likes I will add a new Saint Patrick's Day Freebie! I am almost there and I have appreciated all your support and love so much in these first few weeks!

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