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!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-See-Fall-Visuals-945251

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!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Speech-Language-Therapy-Materials-Austism-and-Language-delays-673542

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!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Speech-Language-Therapy-Materials-AutismLanguage-Delays-662425

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves

Since it is starting to finally feel like fall this week in Chicago I started my fall unit with my students. I created an adaptive book called Leaves (see link below) that I read with the students. As we read the book we talked about where leaves grow and the colors of leaves during spring, summer, and fall. After we read the story the students went on a scavenger hunt (see link below) to find different colored leaves.  The students each got their own bag to put their leaves in. This lesson was great for everyone! The kids had a lot of fun and they learned a lot! :) Next week, we will use the leaves that we collected for an art project!

Leaf Adaptive Book on TPT:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Leaves-Adaptive-Book-and-Color-Sorting-Activity-901613 

Scavenger Hunt on TPT(FREE!): 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Leaf-Scavenger-Hunt-922994