Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
Story Retell: Story Retell is one way to measure listening or reading comprehension. This is usually done using a rubric as there are so many elements that need to be measured as well as the support that you may be giving to the student. Reading…
My plan this summer was to create units using literature and having all the resources in one place. Â As I have been using children’s literature I have been able to discover that there are some stories in which some of the extensions to create deeper…
In the summer of 2015 students at Providence College had a project to examine communication disorders and to construct a lesson plan for a read aloud. They needed to take a trade book with a multicultural theme and prepare a 3-day lesson plan that incorporated…
In class we have been reviewing the three tiers of vocabulary which basically are: Tier 1: Everyday words ( Car, oatmeal, school, lunch) Tier 2: Vocabulary used by mature language users across several content areas. Because of their lack of redundancy in oral language, Tier…
Mindwing’s Story Grammar Marker is a great tool to teach story grammar. Â You use Braidy for the younger student. The older children use a story braid However, there are times that students have difficulty with some of the concepts presented in the program.…
When choosing a book for speech and language therapy you want to make sure that the text matches your student’s reading level. Â There are several tools that you can use that will make this easier. Scholastic has a tool called Book Wizard:Â http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/ This will…
Similar to evaluating oral language we need to evaluate written language. When we are looking at writing we want to examine the student’s sample in several ways. Conventions/ Mechanics (spelling, punctuation) Structure/ Organization (Does it have a beginning, middle and end, is there use of…
Each year I chose a classic story and use that has the basis of my lessons. I Â feel that it is important that our children learn the classics and not just the Disney versions of stories. So much of our literature is part…