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Sight Words Games | Free Activities to Teach Sight Words
Sight Words Games: Free Activities to Teach Sight Words Sight words are words that we expect children to be able to read or decode as soon as they see them, without having to sound them out. Some of these words are difficult to sound out, as they don't
Boosting Reading Skills for Children with Dyslexia: 5 Tips from SLPs
Boosting Reading Skills for Children with Dyslexia: 5 Tips from SLPs Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in
5 Inferencing Activities for Speech Therap
5 Inferencing Activities for Speech Therapy An inference is when you use clues present (in text or in real life) along with your background knowledge to make a guess about something that's not explicitly known. For example, if you see an "out of order" sign, you can use
Keeping Wiggly Kids Engaged During Circle Time or Large Group Activities
Keeping Wiggly Kids Engaged During Circle Time or Large Group Activities Do you have trouble keeping your wiggly preschoolers engaged during large group activities? Lisette from Speech Sprouts joined us on The Speechie Show to talk about how to keep those little ones engaged with storybook activities! #speechieshow
How to Improve Vocabulary Skills by Teaching Prefixes and Suffixes
Do you struggle to help expand children's vocabulary skills during speech therapy sessions? You can't possibly teach a child every word he will ever need. Instead, you need a strategy that you can teach the child that will help him learn and remember many words. Kristin Immicke from Talkin'
How to Assess Written Language Skills in Children
In this video, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark outlines how to assess written language skills in children. Links http://www.corestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/ELA_Standards.pdf http://www.schoolimprovement.com/docs/Common%20Core%20Rubrics_Gr9-10.pdf More Resources for Speech-Language Pathologists: Looking for more therapy ideas and resources to help you provide the BEST services to your clients? Join us in The
Using the Expanding Expressions Tool (EET) in Speech Therapy
Using the Expanding Expressions Tool (EET) in Speech Therapy In this video, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses the EET tool (expanding expressions tool) and how it can be used in speech therapy. Join the Hub to Access (Free Trial)
Making Literacy Therapy More Relevant for a Teen with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia
In this video, Speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses ways to make literacy therapy more relevant and helpful for a teen who has dyslexia and dysgraphia. Use Classwork: Find opportunities to work on reading practice within the student’s homework or assignments: Look for and practice specific spelling
The Speech Therapist’s Role in Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents
In this episode of The Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses what speech therapists can do to help with literacy (reading and writing) skills in children and adolescents. What is Literacy? Pre-reading skills like phonological awareness and basic language skills Reading skills Writing
Persuasive Writing for Kids: How to Teach Persuasive Writing
Persuasive Writing for Kids What is Persuasive Writing? Persuasive writing is a type of writing skill that is expected of high schoolers in the United States. According to the common core curriculum, children in 9-12th grades must be able to express their ideas in discussions persuasively. The goal of
Improving Phonological Awareness Skills for Older Children who are Already Reading
Find out how you can work on phonological awareness skills with older children to improve their literacy skills even if they're already starting to read some words or even books! Notes: Work on the same phonological awareness skills you would for your younger students –http://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/ultimate-guide-phonological-awareness-pre-reading-skills/ Start
Online Reading Materials for Story Recall and Other Literacy Activities
Let me show you the best resources for finding online reading materials that you can use for story recall or other literacy activities during speech therapy! Notes: www.BookSource.com Lists of books that support various common core curriculum areas Can buy the books through the website or
How to Teach Prefixes to Improve Decoding Unknown Words when Reading
Learn how to teach a child prefixes so they can use them to decode unknown words when reading: Notes: For Production (Spoken or Written) Collect a writing sample or spoken language sample and check off which common prefixes the child uses spontaneously and correctly (http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/vocabulary/pdf/prefixes_suffixes.pdf) Choose
Improving Summarizing Skills in Children Through Literacy
Today, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark explains how to help a child learn to summarize an event or story through the use of literacy activities. Listen below! Show Notes: Step One: Teach Main Idea Click Here to See How to Teach Main Idea Click Here to Download my
Supporting Details and Main Idea Examples & Teaching Tools
Main Idea and Supporting Details This learning guide will demonstrate how to help a child learn to identify main idea and supporting details in a written text as well as to include them in their own writing. We'll provide examples and definitions along the way. We use
Ultimate Guide to Teaching Written Narratives by Grade Level
Breaking Down the Common Core Standards for Working on Written Narratives The common core standards are the set of curriculum guidelines that the department of education has set forth as a method of making sure that all students are taught the skills needed to be successful in college or
Dyslexia Speech Therapy: How SLPs Can Help with Dyslexia
Dyslexia Speech Therapy: How SLPs Can Help with Dyslexia Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological
Idiom, Figurative Language Speech Therapy Activities
How to Teach Idioms and Figurative Language to Kids and Teens Have you been bending over backwards trying to teach your students idioms? Are they left high and dry when idioms are used in their classrooms? Well I’m going to take the bull by the horns and knock your
How to Teach a Child to Form Narratives
Summary: Explicitly teach narrative structure to children: Introduction: settings and characters Details/Body: Use first, next, then, and last to describe the details in order. Make sure the problem is presented in this section. The solution can go in here as well or in the next section. Conclusion: The
Phonological Awareness Hierarchy, Skills, and Goals
What is Phonological Awareness? Phonological awareness refers to a set of skills that children typically develop in the preschool years as pre-reading skills. These include skills where the child begins to understand how words are made up of individual sounds and those sounds can be
