Thanksgiving and Categories

As we continue to work on our Thanksgiving unit today we focused on categories regarding food. I have created an activity for my students to sort Thanksgiving food into categories (drink, vegetables, meat, and desserts). Students took turns picking a food and determining which category it belongs in. After we completed this activity each student got to create their own Thanksgiving Feast (see picture above). After my students created their own feast they had to tell the group which items they choose and which category it belonged to.  This activity also gave us an opportunity to work on formulating grammatically correct sentences and answering wh-questions. See link below for this activity on TPT which is currently on sale!!


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Thanksgiving Language Activities

During the next few weeks our theme for speech-language therapy will be Thanksgiving. I have created a unit (see TPT link below) which focuses on different types of language objectives with the theme of Thanksgiving (categories, prepositions, attributes). Today we worked on Thanksgiving categories. First, we made a web as a group of things that are associated with Thanksgiving (i.e. pumpkin pie, turkey, football, Native Americans). After the students independently worked on sorting Thanksgiving nouns (see picture below). This was a great way for me to progress monitor how the students understand the lesson we did as a group.

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In The Fall-Adaptive Book

Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away.  Before I start to work on Thanksgiving themed therapy with my students I am going to revisit fall for a week or two. With my students with severe disabilities I plan on focusing on fall vocabulary. This week I will be reading a book with them that I created called In The Fall. This book only has a few words change per page so students can focus on fall vocabulary. This book discusses fall vocabulary (chilly, squirrel, jacket, pumpkin, leaves change colors, leave fall, soccer, football, masks). After we read the story we will work on identifying fall vocabulary words out of a field of two or three. See link below for this book and lesson on TPT!

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PECS and "I see" Sentence Starter

I found a great book to use with students who are working  on using the sentence starter "I see"with PECS! The book is called I See Fall by Charles Ghinga. For this lesson, I have set up a structured activity for my students who are beginning to use the sentence starter "I see".  The student and I read the book together. After each page I ask the student "What do you see?" They then create a sentence using their sentence strip ("I see"+noun). The book sentences all begin with I see and focus on one or two nouns per page! So far this activity is working great with my students. It is available for every season on Amazon. Below is a link for the visual I made for this activity on TPT! Enjoy!

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Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins!

Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins! This week with my students who have severe disabilities we did a pumpkin unit! We began by reading the adaptive book that I created called Pumpkins (see picture above and TPT link below)!  The students learned about what pumpkins look like and how they are grown. After we worked on turn taking. I brought in a blow-up pumpkin and the student sat in a circle and took turns passing the pumpkin. After, I had the students request the pumpkin if they wanted to play with is by using their various communication devices.  Next, we made our own pumpkins (see pictures above). I found this easy craft on Pinterest. It was a hit and I highly recommend this craft! When they were completed we hung them up as decorations in the classroom! Enjoy!

TPT Link for Pumpkins Adaptive Book: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkins-Adaptive-Book-888091

Halloween Language Activites

I love working on language skills with a Halloween theme because what student doesn't love Halloween!?  I created a Halloween Language Activities Unit (see TPT  link below) based on my students IEP objectives (categorizing, describing, sentence formulation, following directions, conversation skills, and more). After working on these various activities throughout the week I wanted to share one of my favorites which was the Halloween conversation starters. I cut up the conversation starters and had each student take turns picking a card from the jack-o-latern. After the student picked a card they asked a peer the question. This gave me a great opportunity to work on sentence structure and conversation skills with my students. All my students love Halloween so much so they had tons to say!
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Fall Language Activites

This week with my students we began our theme is fall theme! We will be doing various language activities about fall throughout the week. After looking at my students individual IEP goals I created materials. A majority of my students are working on formulating grammatically correct sentences and attributes. First, I gave the students a brown paper bag and gave them two minutes to collect as many leaves as possible on the playground. We then went inside and talked about the attributes (size, color, textures) of the leaves we had found. Next, put all the leaves into one bag and the students went around the table and picked a leaf out of the bag (without looking)! Depending on what leaf the student picked they had formulate a sentence using one or two attributes (depending on their IEP objectives). After, we completed this the student choose a leaf and filled out the worksheet (see above).  See link for my fall language activities available on TPT! Enjoy!

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