Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
The internet has allowed us as clinicians to have research-based resources at our fingertips but sometimes finding these resources can take a treasure map. Here are some great resources: Reading Comprehension: Readworks The nonprofit ReadWorks provides K-12 teachers with what to teach and how…
Wish that writing therapy goals were as simple as child’s play but alas they are not. In the clinic, there is a need to write these goals according to the practices that you learned in pre-practicum. Here is a PowerPoint that explains the procedure. Writing Goals and…
My students love stories with a twist!. This has twelve verses that have my students giggling especially when the Elephant tries to climb the clock! Hickory Dickory Dock is a nursery rhyme that is great to also teach some story grammar features while using a…
I have been working with great children’s literature within the whole classroom environment to develop student’s Tier Two vocabulary, understanding of story grammar and listening comprehension skills. I have always embedded some social language skills into these lessons with the set up of class expectations,…
Besides learning to break the phonetic code and sounding out words knowing sight words is crucial to being a reader. Sight word recognition is one of the important building blocks in a child learning to read. If a child is successful with sight words they will…
Common Core curriculum recognizes the importance of vocabulary in learning. Refer to this blog to learn about the three tiers Blog on three tiers of vocabulary. Background knowledge of the topic being taught in the classroom is a key component of learning. It becomes the foundation…
I love using literature to teach. It gives me a jumping off point to teach vocabulary and story grammar. It Takes A Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher Book Companion is a great story that is set in an African village. Yemi is given the responsibility…
As part of my group work within the special education room, I have a story as part of the routine. I have a variety of students in this room who are all are different levels of expressive language and who have different goals. In order…
Often the students that we are trying to teach tenses to are very young so that they are not readers. This can complicate how we teach them regular and irregular verbs. One way is to display pictures and to teach the tenses as a sequence.…
Listening Comprehension skills versus Reading Comprehension Skills I know that it may be confusing when you are writing goals but if you are the person that is reading the story to a child what we are measuring is listening. If the child is the only…