Nat's Notes

This check-in is a tool I created to screen patients as a quick activity for stimulation, or progress indicator. It includes 13 questions/prompts.

The Urban Legends and Myths: Vampire Inferencing product includes Google Slides with vocabulary content to pre-teach before indulging in this spooky historical recount of events. In addition to the vocabulary, these slides contain speaker notes with discussion questions, examples, and videos to further comprehension of vocabulary. *You can also download the slides as a PowerPoint document to access speaker notes.

Teach vocabulary and inferencing with this spooky historical recount of Vampirism. Teachers and clinicians can also use this resource to teach summarization skills, writing skills, and understanding facts vs myths. The Urban Legends and Myths: Vampire Inferencing bundle includes Google Slides with vocabulary content to pre-teach before indulging in this spooky historical recount of events. In addition to the vocabulary, these slides contain speaker notes with discussion questions, examples, and

This story goes along with the Urban Legends and Myths Google Slide product. The PDF contains the educational text and comprehension questions. Comprehension questions 1-7 are inferential questions while questions 8-11 are higher-level discussion questions.

This product can be used as an extension activity for students who are learning to write compound sentences. I suggest conducting a few lessons prior to using this activity. Students should understand when to use each conjunction, and should be able to demonstrate choosing conjunctions to create compound sentences before engaging in this writing activity. This activity is great to use as a comprehension check, and to allow students to demonstrate their creativity.

The CTOPP-2 evaluation report template will make report writing quick and easy! Just fill in the blanks with personal information (e.g student name, age, scores, and performance examples) to customize the report for your student- the rest is taken care of.

This true ghost story is perfect for targeting comprehension, inferencing, and vocabulary. Middle school and high school students will enjoy this spooky read during the month of October. Included: ghost story, vocabulary definition chart, and inferential question chart.

This is a short story packed with /l/ in the final position of words. Perfect for targeting articulation as well as asking and answering comprehension questions. This story comes with 7 comprehension questions.

This PowerPoint contains 27 slides of vocabulary that can be used for previewing before reading the story The Little Match Girl. The vocabulary slides contain images, and questions for further expansion. Additionally, there are two slides that contain comprehension questions (e.g. literal and inferential) for students to complete after reading the story. The last slide contains a graphic organizer for students to refer to for completing a story retell. You can download the story The little Mat

This PDF contains 7 festive task cards. This activity can be used all month long or on Saint Patrick's day! Each card requires students to put their inferencing skills to use. These cards are packed with vocabulary. I would suggest pre-teaching the vocabulary before presenting the cards. Vocabulary words include: magical, prideful, floating, luscious, mischievous, mighty, and celebrate.

This PowerPoint story is great for Teletherapy and socially distant learning. Packed with medial L words and festive green colors for Saint Patrick's day, this story is great for articulation practice! PowerPoint includes: Luke's Not So Lucky Day! Medial L StoryTeacher answer key (all medial L words listed)Comprehension questions to elicit target sounds

This PowerPoint explains how to find the main idea of a short story. Included: 4 tips for identifying the main idea2 practice slides containing a short story and space for identifying the main idea and writing a topic sentence.

This is a short story packed with /l/ in the initial position of words. Perfect for targeting articulation as well as asking and answering comprehension questions. This story comes with 7 comprehension questions and a space for students to draw.

These fall riddles are a fun way to target multiple goals at once! Included: 14 spooky riddles perfect for targeting inferencing, context clues, vocabulary, and rhyming. All slides have a 1-click animation that is the answer to each riddle. *Riddles are not my own. They have been adapted to fit the PPT for learning purposes. Images were taken from the web to enhance learning experience. Source: https://kinghalloween.com/halloween-riddles/https://www.rd.com/list/halloween-riddles/

The Elves and The Shoemaker is a multi-paragraph story that contains higher-level language. It is great for middle school and high-school students that need to work on answering literal and inferential questions. It is also great for vocabulary expansion, and story retell activities. Included: The story: The Elves and The Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm9 literal comprehension questions 4 inferential questions7 vocabulary questions, and a vocabulary extension activity

Introduce and practice conjunctive adverbs with this 6 page packet! With this activity students will: - define and identify conjunctive adverbs - use multiple choice to complete sentences using conjunctive adverbs - unscramble sentences containing conjunctive adverbs **Telepractice friendly. Intended for middle school and high-school aged students.

This is an activity based on W.W. Denslow's story Humpty Dumpty. The PPT slide contains selected vocabulary from the story to preview, the digital story link (slide 11), and comprehension questions (slide 12). * Story and images are not my own. Comprehension questions are original. This can be used as a paperless activity.

My Dog is a multi-paragraph story written by Kevin O'Neall. This document contains: 11 comprehension questions (literal and inferential) 4 vocabulary questions a summary organizer This story is suitable for middle school and high-school aged students.

This mini-lesson is designed to introduce simple and compound sentences. Students will be able to identify parts of a sentence (e.g. subjection, action, complete thought) and identify sentence types (e.g. simple and compound). Throughout this presentation there are several interactive slides for students to put their skills to use. By the end of the lesson students will be able to formulate their own unique compound sentences. Happy writing!

In this PowerPoint presentation you will find an informative video presented by Nessy Reading Strategy that explains the use of the past tense verb -ed. Following the video, there are 11 interactive slides containing root words, past tense verb -ed, and related images. Students are instructed to combine the root word and past tense verb -ed to formulate target regular past tense words. There are 5 slides with pictures for students to utilize to formulate sentences. In addition, there are 2 slide