Practically Speeching

School is about to let out, but the golden mascot is missing from the library! School can't close without it! Have students use the clues and their inferencing skills to solve the mystery! The key is in the hair color, and who wears glasses! Print the chart at the end of the powerpoint and have students fill in the details to solve the mystery! Teachers/SLPs: Please note, this is a .ppsx file. It will save to your flash drive or hard drive, but you will NOT be able to edit it. You will only be

The speech warm up is a great way to start off your sessions! These are done weekly and cover a vocabulary word, idiom, synonym, antonym, and compare/contrast. A quick way to target many goals! PLEASE NOTE: This is a SMARTBoard activity, this will only work for you if you have a SMARTboard or the SMARTnotebook software.

Here in NY, the schools are opening Monday (some of them) and I wanted to be prepared for my students! With all that happened last week, I felt something fun was in order! I mean, the poor kids didn't even get Halloween! So, Election Whack-a-mole was born! (Please note, this is a smart board activity.) The rules are simple, spin around and then whack-a-presidential candidate (nicely, of course!). The questions are election-related. They deal with fill-ins, inferencing, problem solving, and ca

Week 4 Tier 2 Vocabulary Speech Warm Up. Word: Reap Idiom: "A" for Effort *Please refer to Week 1 listing for information about what is contained within these do-now's

Week 3 Tier 2 Vocabulary warm up! Word: Cornucopia Idiom: Hit the books *Please refer to Week 1 Speech Warm Up for a description of what is included within these do-now's

Week 3 of Tier 2 vocabulary word warm up Word: Harvest Idiom: Pick your brain *Please refer to Week 1 for a complete listing of what is included in the warm up!

Have your students play a part in Christopher Columbus' discovery. The play is written in modern-day language using the first set of Tier 2 vocabulary words. The mission: use context clues to figure out the unknown vocabulary!

Smart Board activity geared towards sorting and receptive language. Great for kids of any age. Helps with identifying clothing and choosing answers from a group of options.

This is an activity that utilizes receptive sorting skills! Use this chant "we're going on a bear hunt" with your kids and have them tap out the rhythm on their knees. Then pack up your backpack for the hunt with everything you'll need! At the end, play a great "spot the bear" game!

Use this during the first 5-10 minutes of your class/session. THIS WILL BE A WEEKLY UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD! This warm up includes: -Changeable date -Tier 2 Vocab Word ------->Synonym/Antonym ------->Compare/Contrast ------->Category ------->Definition -Idiom of the Week ------->2 pictures ------->Often a video ------->Concrete and Figurative meaning represented

Have your kids figure out who the criminal is! They collect clues, use inferencing to guess who the thief is and solve the mystery! Great way to work inferencing and problem solving goals into the lesson! Super fun! Print the last two slides and have the kids take part in the action! Instructions: Please note, this is an adaptable ppt so you can reuse it. YOU decide who the thief is before you begin the game. Have students sort through the information on the slides, deciding what is important a

Use this Smart Board game to teach students to think before answering. Have them move the options into the thought bubble and speech bubble based upon what the questions ask. Includes questions about Fall, and one idiom "apple of my eye". Other questions relate to common language terms "synonym" "antonym" "compare/contrast" Interactive! Fun! Students love it! Use the thought bubble strategy within your classroom!