Speech and Language Thematic Gardening Unit

Do your students have green thumbs? Help them discover their growing potential as they learn about gardening and target their speech and language goals in a hands on and practical way!

❀ Easily incorporate real world activities into your speech sessions to help students make more meaningful connections to their goals!

This resource contains:

✿16 vocabulary words and matching definitions with worksheets for reinforcement of words.

❁ Help the gardener sequence the steps to plant his garden with a cute and paste visual activiy.

✿Read or have students read the concept words. Place the object in the correct position in relation to the designated item.

✿ Label the parts of the flower. Students may use the included word bank for assistance.

❀ Use the included worksheets to have your students practice their describing skills. Use the include organizer to describe a flower. There are pre-written descriptions that you may want to use for younger students to cut and paste their responses.

❁ Have students categorize different garden items.. There are 8 of each cards: vegetables, fruits, flowers, and tools. Use the included sorting mats to assist in grouping the cards.

✿ Have students practice their syntax skills by writing letters to the gardener and a snail.

❀ Use the included Venn diagram to compare and contrast different fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc.

✿ The included cards target answering WH questions, predicting, and inferring. There are 6 of each cards. The WH question cards have gardeners, the predicting cards have snails, and the inferring cards have worms to distinguish them.

❁ More extension activities and ideas for you to use with you students: These include books and craft ideas

Looking for more real world speech activities? Then you will want sneek a peek at: CRAYONS - Project Based Langauge