Speech Nook

Most students have a difficult time getting started with the writing process. This product serves as a useful guide on topic sentence writing. It provides six different ways and examples of how to begin a new paragraph or essay.

This product is a graphic organizer used to assist students with composing a paragraph inclusive of a topic sentence, three supporting details and a conclusion sentence.

This product is based on the children's fairy tale The Three Little Pigs. It targets story elements such as characters, setting and placing story events in sequential order. Students will cut and paste captivating visuals into a "Story Map" as a way to organize key elements of the text.

This product serves as a graphic organizer for Opinion Writing. It provides sentence starters for those who have difficulty "getting started." It has a statement/reminder of what an opinion means. It gives a fun flare to writing by using a mnemonic device aimed to help students include all necessary parts of an opinion writing piece (i.e. OREO - Opinion, Reason, Examples, Opinion (restated)). I mean, who doesn't love an OREO cookie?! Tip: Print out a few sheets for each student if you would lik

This tools contains 3 open-ended checklists that help students follow routines and/or multi-step directions (i.e. unpacking/packing up their backpacks, morning routines, daily schedule, steps of task completion during reading/writing/math workshop). The checklists come in varying sizes (larger size/pocket size) to allow for placing them in folders or directly on a students' table top. They come with either smiley faces or a simple check box, which is more popular among the older students. Once a

This product can be utilized for verbal and/or nonverbal students learning to identify, label and request body parts.

This product is based on the children's fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It targets story elements such as characters, setting and placing story events in sequential order. Students will cut and paste captivating visuals into a "Story Map" as a way to organize key elements of the text.

This product can be used to treat the phonological process of syllable reduction at the single word and phrase/sentence levels. Utilize the pacing dots below each picture as a tool for including each syllable.

This chart serves as an organized reminder to practice speech therapy skills on a daily basis. It encourages carryover of skills into the home environment. Tasks are placed into the left-hand column and children are encouraged to mark corresponding boxes with a check mark or sticker when tasks have been accomplished.

This product serves as a reference for comprehension and use of short and long vowel speech sounds. It helps to promote phonemic/phonological awareness and early literacy skills.

This product targets increased words per utterance as well as complete sentences. It ensures that children do not leave important parts of a sentence out. Students may use board game chips or Super Duper smiley face tokens to represent each word in their sentence. The child simply places down a token while verbalizing each word in their sentence. I typically use this product in conjunction with verb cards or as a tool to respond to Wh- questions in a complete manner.

This product can be utilized as an introductory lesson on main idea and key details. It provides clues to help student learn how to identify the main idea of a story or paragraph. Students can use this handout as a reference when performing group or independent work.

This product targets knowledge of common objects and their function. It helps students learn how to pair nouns with associated action verbs. The chart allows responses to be written, offering an alternative means of expressing language. If your student is more advanced, refer to my, 'Describe It!' product for a more in-depth way of describing/comparing and contrasting objects.

This product targets comprehension and use of springtime vocabulary. Students must listen to a clue and pair it with a spring related object from the visuals provided. Lastly, students may participate in a writing response, expressing their favorite part about the spring. They may draw a picture to support their answer in the space provided.

This product is a motivating way for kindergarten through elementary-age writers to go back and check their work. Laminate and have students use dry erase markers to color in the smiley faces to ensure they have proper use of capitalization, punctuation, spacing, legibility and grammar. This tool can be used at the single sentence level or for lengthier compositions.

This product serves as a tool for learning about and drafting an Opinion Writing piece. The packet includes differentiated graphic organizers equipped with sentence starters and a mnemonic device. It also contains an Opinion Writing pocket-size checklist. These tools help to generate and elicit ideas while organizing them into the appropriate format for this writing genre.

This product serves as a tool for teaching elementary-age students about Persuasive Writing. The packet includes a Persuasive Writing anchor chart, differentiated graphic organizers and a Persuasive Writing Pocket checklist.These tools help to generate and elicit ideas while organizing them into the appropriate format for this writing genre.

This product can be used in a variety of ways. It can be used as a checklist for students who function best following a visual schedule. It can be used as a sequence task, providing an opportunity to recall and verbalize tasks completed using the terms, “First...Then…Next…Last.” This product includes a writing section where students can express activities completed orthographically. It can serve as a carryover sheet to inform caregivers about goals/tasks performed during speech therapy sessions

This product is a fun, visual way of learning math facts as they pertain to addition, subtraction and the equal sign. Students learn about characters Gus the Plus, Linus the Minus and Ellie the Equal through the use of poems. Students learn to associate these characters with key terms to assist with creating number sentences.

This product is a visual tool aiming to increase understanding and verbalization of story elements. It helps a student recall characters, setting and a story sequence using transition words (i.e. first, next, last). The blank story map allows early readers/writers to draw picture representations of story elements and details. This product also incudes a story map with lines to use as writing skills improve.