Laura Jay

Issac Newton/Science History Speech lesson Description: Here is visual biography for Issac Newton. This is a lesson that students are given factual information that is visual and there are comprehension checks. The questions are WH questions and are asked providing with new vocabulary words for enriching their lexicon. Students are equipped with strategies on how to read factual information. It can be used on a computer , smart board,, or projector with large or small group. Enjoy!

This powerpoint looks into the Mexican culture and has students take an intrinsic look into their own culture. The power point shows Mexican foods, clothing, and holidays. After activity it might be a good idea to make a Mexican dish with students and celebrate Mexican culture.

This Power Point has scaffolding providing written visuals and coloring. As the activity progresses the assistance with visuals decrease giving students the opportunity to independently answer the question. Given that they are provided an introduction of understand then examples with visuals, your students are sure to discriminate the subjective gender pronouns he and she.

Students have difficulty with WH QUESTIONS. The first step is to get them involved. Students who are interested in PEPPA would benefit from this, learning WHO is a character or person and WHERE is a PLACE. THey are all related to Peppa Pig

Students have difficulties with spatial concepts such as; in on under above below...ect. These prepositions are important to our expressive and receptive language skills. Here is a visual to supplement their learning and to keep them engaged so they can learn with Thanksgiving vocabulary. Enjoy

Speech at the Beach! Students are getting restless and craving summer. Therefore, why don't we give them a little fun?! Here are some beach nouns that students can learn or review. Students can answer the prepositional phrases while answering WHERE while looking at beach pictures. In here you will have some irregular plurals, regular plurals, ect. By the end of this powerpoint you will want to back your bags and head for the beach!

Thanksgiving: Communication is about being able to answer questions, comment, and have relevant ideas with a partner. Use this power-point and have students answer questions and comment about thanksgiving. It is current with pictures of cartoons and people they see daily. You can get a lot of language out of this activity and get to know your students better! Enjoy!

Lets go to the Beach! This activity uses practical thinking and asks students to perform the functional activity of packing. Students are required to know what they should bring to the beach. It also works on skills such as; categorizing, sequencing, and more. This activity would be good if used with actual beach bag and the items. Students will put the items in the bag as you go through the activity! Pack your bags and go.

A yes/ no Wh question activity about the Fourth of July and how people celebrate with parades, fireworks, and food.

VOCAB LESSON The pictures in the PowerPoint will co-inside in order with the book so you can read along with PowerPoint. You can also do the PowerPoint after. They will give real life examples to vocabulary words which students should explain and provide their own relevant definition and meaning. Afterwards the students will use in a sentence . With repeated drill and practice by associating a meaning and providing their own example will help them learn the target word

There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Trout story has a bunch of animals that students may not know too much about. This story shows the actual pictures of the animals with a fact of each of them. It shows the animals in sequential order so students can follow along with the story. The powerpoint provides a visual aid and a fun follow along! Enjoy! Laura

Wh questions for Click Clack Moo with Wh question for post activity and recall. Vocabulary application

Spring in, under, between, over and more into Spring pictures. This activity targets prepositional phrases when answering WHERE questions. Enjoy this activity while looking at some beautiful spring pictures.

Look into the different types of birds. Have your students observe them and learn about them with a visual slideshow. The slideshow gives facts about the birds and at the end there is a quiz. Post lesson, take students for a walk or look out the window to note the birds they see. You could even create a bird feeder! Students can create a graph to see which birds they saw the most or the least.

How are leaves different; type, color, shape, size? Have your students look at beautiful leaves while discussing how they are different. If the weather permits; collect the leaves on a nature walk with your students. If not, bring some in- FREE lesson! There is a post arts and craft activity for this. All you need is paper, paint and leaves. Beautiful and fun activity to learn adjectives! (Great on a smart board or your computer)

Where is the Sun?! It is no longer here because we have WINTER! Have your students answer Winter Where questions; associating where is a place, while learning prepositions; in on, under, between, ect.

Included is a fall "What would you rather?" I like this for several reasons. It is nice for a conversation piece for pragmatics. You can work on WHY questions, turn taking, getting to the main idea and vocabulary. It is truly good for any age because students can express their opinions. It is visually appealing and relaxing.

Happy Earth Day! What better way to celebrate Earth day than to appreciate all Mother Earth has to offer and appreciate her beauty. This slide show shows the beautiful sea creatures while students answer WHERE questions with prepositional phrases. Obviously this is not the only goal that can be targeted. We can look at new nouns, categories, and there are possessives (dolphin's mouth) and plurals in this power-point. Enjoy!

Here is a getting to know you visual powerpoint so the teacher and the student can BOTH get to know another. It is designed for a speech therapist, but one can easily change the name to teacher. Enjoy

Martin Luther King Lesson and activity Here is a Martin Luther King lesson for a lower grade, life skills or Autistic Support Classroom which can be used on projector, computer, or smartboard. It tells the story of Martin Luther King which appeals to our students while answering WH questions for comprehension check. It also has opportunities to comment, answer prepositional phrases, mand, so it can appeal to most students at different levels. The objective is to have then answer the question an