Doyle Speech Works

This product contains 8 nonfiction passages relating to The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Each passage is offered at 2 levels. The approximate Lexile® was found using the Lexile® analyzer found at Lexile.com. When I made this product I had my upper elementary aged and middle school students in mind and wanted to expose them to material that was seasonal, historical, unfamiliar, and motivating. Melissa Sweet’s book, Balloons Over Broadway (book not included in download), provides rich text, rob

Instructions: These mats are used while playing Don’t Break the Ice by Milton-Bradley® (follow the game directions for play). Print the desired number and type of Don’t Break the Ice mats (I would suggest 1 mat per player). Either laminate the mats or place in page protectors. Students select the actual ice block they want to tap out and match it to the ice block on the mat. Have students use a dry erase marker to cross out the ice block and either say the word, answer a question, explain the me

These task cards are intended for helping students develop early main idea identification and labeling skills. Cards depict three pictures related by theme or category and three choices of "main idea." Students select their answer to the questions using dry erase markers to fill in the circles (only do this IF THE CARDS ARE LAMINATED). Other options include laying a piece of extra laminating film over the cards and washi taping it to the table or using a plastic page protector (washi tape and pa

Standard playing cards for middle and high school vocabulary development Two 52-card decks addressing: Synonyms Antonyms Word in sentence Definition Part of speech sound Multiple meaning Association Category Taste Smell Texture Sound Location Parts Size, Shape, Color Plus: 52 editable cards to add your own option Instructions: These decks can be used while playing any traditional card game. Print the desired deck and pair with vocabulary specific to your students needs. If possible la

Just a simple tool to establish baselines or assess progress for middle school students. Tool includes: Auditory memory, Inferencing, Absurdities, Categorization (by change, function, attribute, exclusion), Auditory closure, Expressive tasks (comparisons, negative why), Associations, Explanations, Reasoning, Question Comprehension, and Defining and Describing. There are 10 items for each category for easy data collection. Adapt it as you need and enjoy!

Just a simple tool to establish baselines or assess progress for elementary school students. Tool includes: Auditory memory, Inferencing, Absurdities, Functions, Categorization (by function and inclusion), Auditory Closure Action Agents, Associations, Grammar (plurals and irregular past), Antonyms and Synonyms, Following Directions, Wh-Questions, Main Idea, Expressive tasks (why, prediction, comparisons). There are 10 items for each category for easy data collection. Adapt it as you need and en

Using context clues is a very important skill for students. Knowledge and use of context can help students learn vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, and improve overall comprehension. This is a one page worksheet that can be used in class or as homework, to help students learn how to use context to determine meaning.

This is a fun and educationally relevant game that can be played in conjunction with Pop-Up Pirate (not included). Students select cards and describe pirate-themed pictures according to the attribute indicated. How to play Pirate Describing Game: Game can be played with any number of players. Place all cards face down on the table. Players take turns drawing a picture card and describing it according to the attribute listed on the card. Player then chooses a pop-up pirate sword that matches the

This is a fun and educationally relevant activity that can be played in conjunction with the Pop-Up Pirate game (not included). Students select cards and answer the question on the card. Social language areas targeted: Emotions: Identifying the pictured emotion (real-life photos) Tone of Voice: Expressing the same message with different emotions Body Language: Identifying nonverbal messages and Expressing nonverbal messages How to play Pirate Word-Finding Game: Game can be played with any number

This download includes 2 EDITABLE planners that when assembled will keep any SLP organized! Logs and checklists contain editable fields so users can tailor the pages to preference. The monthly calendar can be edited to include dates and month. Cover pages are also editable to add school year and name. The paperwork planner includes the following organizers: consult log, RtI log, eva./reeval. log, screening log, blog log, professional development log, materials purchase log, and referral log.

This product contains activities that can be used in conjunction with the storybook Monster Needs a Costume by Paul Czajak (book not included with download). Download includes 8 usable pages; People and associated tools/objects/parts Cariboo cards with the questions “Who uses…? Cariboo cards with the questions “What do you do with…?” Cariboo cards with comprehension questions from the storybook Monster Needs a Costume (not included)

24 winter themed riddles for inferencing. Copyright ©2015 by Annie Doyle, M.A., CCC-SLP Clipart by: My Cute Graphics, www.mycutegraphics.com

This product contains nonfiction passages summarizing 4 classic Christmas films. The approximate Lexile® was found using the Lexile® analyzer found at Lexile.com. When I made this product I had my middle school students in mind and wanted to expose them to material that was seasonal, classic, unfamiliar, and motivating. I think it is appropriate for high school speech-language students as well. Each passage is followed by several comprehension questions calling for higher-order thinking and con

This product contains 3 nonfiction passages relating to severe storms and 1 passage relating to meteorology. Each passage has an approximate Lexile Level included. When I made this product I had my middle school students in mind and wanted to expose them to material that was both motivating and interesting. I think it is appropriate for high school speech-language students as well. Each passage is followed by vocabulary, context clues, and more. Also included are vocabulary matching worksheets f

This product contains a wonderful assortment of organizers including 10 monthly goal sheets, a blog log, professional development log, lesson planning form, SLP's to-do checklist, and template for printing To-Do notes on post-its. Each month I determine the goals/objectives to be addressed over the course of four weeks and monthly goal sheets are a great way to keep them organized. The lesson planning sheets are by the day, so I print five per week and include an SLP to-do checklist.

Rainy Day Formulating Questions A rainy day card game for practicing formulating questions using wh-words and interrogative reversal. Instructions: Print the cards and if possible laminate for durability. **Printing suggestion: Be sure to select “scale to fit paper” in the print dialogue box. Two Ways to Play: Pages 2-4: Place cards face down on the table. Have students select and read the card. Students then pose the question form of the statement indicated on the card. Pages 5-20: Build-a-

A fun and easy activity for developing defining and describing skills Download includes: 8 Describing reference cards 1 game board 1 spinner 2 visual cue cards If desired, laminate the game board for durability. Print, laminate, and assemble the shamrock spinner provided. Students take turns spinning the spinner. Have students select a picture on the game board that corresponds to the criteria on the spinner. For instance, if when spinning, the arrow points to “category” shamrock, the student

We had a surprise visit to one of our kindergartens this week; it was a goat! I created this little book to supplement the visit for one of our students who needed just a little more. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did (even if a goat doesn't come to visit). This interactive book contains basic goat facts. Targets addressed include: Comprehension of informational textCompleting open-ended sentencesAnswering wh-questionsSentence formulationAnswering yes/no questionsAssembly instructions are p

This is a fun and educationally relevant activity that can be played in conjunction with the Pop-Up Pirate game (not included). Students select cards and respond to the questions targeting multiple meaning words. Perfect for developing vocabulary and metalinguistic skills. How to play Pirate Multiple Meaning Game: Game can be played with any number of players. Place all cards face down on the table. Players take turns drawing a picture card and responding to the question listed on the card. Pla

This packet contains comprehension question cards corresponding to six Thanksgiving themed books. When the cards are cut they fit the doors of Cranium Cariboo, a speech favorite. You can use the comprehension questions with any fun positive reinforcement, nevertheless. Questions correspond to the following books: A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting 10 Fat Turkeys by Tony Johnston Turkey Trouble by Wendy Silvano ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilky Spookley: A Family to be Than