Let's Grow Language
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Willard, Utah, United States
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I am a speech language pathologist in my clinical fellowship year. I work in the public school setting supporting children of all ages, disabilities, and skill levels. My strength in language acquisition and sentence generation provides me with insights others may not see.
Prior to being an SLP, I previously taught secondary education with endorsements in English Language Arts, German as a Foreign Language, and English as a Second Language. I taught literature, writing, grammar, and cultural lessons for nearly 10 years before discovering my "home" in speech language pathology.
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Millie Fleur's Poison Garden Narrative Unit
**This resources includes 4 individual activities created to extend "Millie Fleur's Poison Garden" by Christy Mandin. Narrative interventions are fantastic ways to target growing language while giving children something to talk about that is interesting and relevant (see explanation and evidence below). This particular book will stretch your imagination while requiring students to reflect on their own inclusivity and growth mind set. The extension activities included in this bundle are: Growth
1st - 6th
Grammar, Literature, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
Millie Fleur's Poison Garden: Emotional Inferences and Complex sentences
This is a narrative extension activity that builds off of "Millie Fleur's Poison Garden" by Christy Mandin. This is a great springtime narrative that generates conversations about inclusivity, growth mindset, and perseverance. See other resources in my store to find other extensions for the same book. As with most narrative extensions, this is best used after reading the text at least one time. This particular extension activity requires children to make inferences about emotional states and i
2nd - 7th
Literature, Reading, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, TEKS
RL.2.3
, RL.3.3
, RL.4.1
 +8
Also included in:Â Millie Fleur's Poison Garden Narrative Unit
Millie Fleur's Poison Garden extension activity: finding the main idea
This is an extension activity designed to jump off of Millie Fleur's Poison Garden, by Christy Mandin. This is a great book to read during springtime to allow for connections with all the plant life sprouting. In this narrative, Millie Fleur grows strange and exotic plants. After reading the book, my students and I discuss that although that story is fiction, strange plants actually exist in our world. We dive into a nonfiction text about carnivorous plants. This text is written at around a 3r
3rd - 8th
Biology, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RI.4.2
, RI.4.4
, RI.5.2
 +4
Also included in:Â Millie Fleur's Poison Garden Narrative Unit
"Strictly No Elephants" social language extension
In the book "Strictly No Elephants" By Lisa Mantchev, a young boy is excluded by the other children because they don't like his pet elephant. Instead of getting angry and being mean in response, the young boy starts his own club that is completely inclusive. This activity provides practice for students to turn angry responses that the boy could have used, into calm, respectful responses. This book and extension activity help students practice empathy and inclusivity. Transforming potential nega
1st - 6th
Literature, Reading, Social Emotional Learning
Thanks for Nothing! Extension Bundle
This is a bundle of 3 extension activities to target language along side the narrative: "Thanks for Nothing! A Little Bruce Book," the mini books that follow Bruce the Bear. These resources can be purchased individually in my store, or buy them all at a discount here. Each resource includes an explanation page, and extension activity designed to be printed, laminated, and used over and over with the book. Why do I use narrative interventions?Narrative intervention activities are efficient and
PreK - 6th
Grammar, Literature, Reading
Thanks for Nothing! Compare and Contrast extension
This is an extension activity to use with Bruce The Bear, Little Bruce Book, "Thanks for Nothing!" After reading the narrative with the child, this activity pushes a child to analyze two characters in the story by comparing and contrasting their features. This resource includes an initial page with instructions, two following pages with tips/tricks and explanation, and two different levels of prompts to use with the Venn diagram. Why do I use narrative interventions?Narrative intervention act
PreK - 7th
Literature, Reading
CCSS, VA SOL
CCRA.R.3
, CCRA.R.7
, CCRA.L.6
 +1
Also included in:Â Thanks for Nothing! Extension Bundle
Graphic Organizer Menu
This resource is designed to support metacognition and reasoning skills. It works well as a class set, or 1 per pair of students. Printed two-sided on card stock and laminated. The purpose is to help students see and decide how to organize different types of texts. Students will "order" the desired graphic organizer from the teacher for each text. When you download this resource, be sure to follow my TPT store to get updates on other awesome resources! Studies done and evidence based practic
3rd - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RI.7.8
, CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
 +7
Main Idea Hand *Manipulatable*
What is this?I created a hand that I use with my students when discussing the main idea. I have seen many worksheets, but I wanted something concrete, without taking a sharpie the tiny fingers. This hand serves as a great introduction and reminder tool when finding the main idea. After students use The Main Idea Hand a couple of times, they find that they can rely on their own fingers as a visual reminder instead, thereby generalizing the skill and helping themselves. This file also contains a
K - 9th
English Language Arts
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, LA.6.5.F
 +4
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About the store
Experience
I am a speech language pathologist in my clinical fellowship year. I work in the public school setting supporting children of all ages, disabilities, and skill levels. My strength in language acquisition and sentence generation provides me with insights others may not see.
Prior to being an SLP, I previously taught secondary education with endorsements in English Language Arts, German as a Foreign Language, and English as a Second Language. I taught literature, writing, grammar, and cultural lessons for nearly 10 years before discovering my "home" in speech language pathology.
Teaching style
As a speech pathologist, I incorporate my experiences as a teacher to create worthwhile extensions to narratives. I use evidence based practices in my speech therapy sessions and specifically employ narrative intervention methods to target academic and social language needs. Narrative unit extensions also allow for natural lessons and practice opportunities specific to different contexts.
As a teacher, I stood by the idea that project based learning is the best method. We incorporate all of the different content areas in each unit and make connections.
I like a classroom with lots of little routines. Tongue Twister Tuesday, Math Facts Monday, weekly book talks, Fluency practice on Fridays, and even Reading for Fun every Wednesday.
My own education history
*Bachelor's of Arts in German as a Foreign Language Teaching from Weber State University*
*Bachelor's of Arts in Language Arts Teaching from Weber State University*
*Endorsement for English as a Second Language in Utah fulfilled by Southern Utah University*
*Bachelor's of Science in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education from Utah State University*
*Master's of Arts in Speech Language Pathology at Utah State University*
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