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Birthday Giveaway Day Twenty One: First Grade Common Core Daily Language Workout

Wrapping up third week of my Birthday Month Extravaganza is a giveaway from Speech Universe called First Grade Common Core Daily Language Workout.

This product was designed to track progress using an RTI approach. It spans about 10 weeks and include the following 18 First Grade Common Core State Standards :

Phonological Awareness

  •  RF.1.2b Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds, including consonant blends.
  •  RF.1.2c Isolate and produce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in single syllable words.
  •  RF.1.2d Segment spoken single syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds.

Conventions of Standard English

  • L.1.1b Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
  • L.1.1c Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences.
  • L.1.1d Use personal possessive and indefinite pronouns.
  • L.1.1e Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future.
  • L.1.1i Use frequently occurring prepositions.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  • L.1.4a Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  • L.1.5a Sort words into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • L.1.5b Define words by category and by one or more key attributes.
  • L.1.5c Identify real-life connections between words and their use.
  • L.1.5d Use synonyms of verbs and adjectives.

Speaking and Listening

  • SL.1.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about first grade topics and texts with peers and adults in small and large groups.
  • SL.1.4 Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

Key Ideas and Details

  • RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
  • RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Packet Contents:

  • State Standard Checklist
  • Pre/Post Test
  • Daily Workout Sheets
  • Note Sheet

You can find this product in Speech Universe’ TPT store by clicking HERE or you can enter my one day giveaway for a chance to win.
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Birthday Giveaway Day Twenty: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Language Activities for Preschool

It’s DAY 20 of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Rock Chalk Speech Talk, which is  If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: Language Activities for Preschool.

  This cute 57 page packet of course goes along with Laura Numeroff’s book, “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.” The activities in this packet target common language goals for preschoolers and include categories, vocabulary, basic concepts, sequencing, functions, WH questions, and associations. The packet is loaded with adorable pictures and cute games all preschoolers are sure to enjoy!

You can find this product in  Rock Chalk Speech Talk TPT store by clicking HERE or you can enter my giveaway for a chance to win.

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Birthday Giveaway Day Nineteen: Food Category Sorting

food category sortingToday’s giveaway Food Category Sorting is brought to you courtesy of The Speech Summit.

This cute 26 page activity involves sorting: fruits, vegetables, desserts, meat, and drinks.

It includes:
picnic boards to sort each categories
food items on 3 ½ x 3′ cards
picnic themed game boards
pages of food themed tokens

An interactive game which targets category sorting and vocabulary building activities is also included. For those who don’t want to use the game you can use food cards and picnic boards for strengthening listening comprehension and verbal expression  by sorting the food items into the correct categories as well as naming items in correct categories. You can find this item in Speech Summit’s TPT store HERE or you can enter below for a chance to win your copy.
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Birthday Giveaway Day Eighteen: Grocery Theractivity

It’s DAY 18 of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Speech2U, which is a Grocery Theractivity.  This is an awesome 48 page packet which contains 72 different food pictures and 9 different activities. It can be used with ages ranging from preschoolers through middle school and is great for goals targeting life skills.

Packet Activities:

  • Dramatic play centers
  • Inferencing
  • Categorization
  • What does not belong
  • Healthy Eating

Additional Contents:

  • Healthy Eating resource list
  • Food Plate teaching Sheets
  • Food plate mat
  • Illustrated food pictures in 2 different sizes
  • Grocery lists for Categorization and Inferencing
  • Signs for Dramatic Play Centers

You can find this product in  Speech2U TPT store by clicking HERE or you can enter my giveaway for a chance to win.
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Birthday Giveaway Day Seventeen: Halloween Language Activity Pack

It’s DAY 17 of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Kids Games for Speech Therapy which is a Halloween: Language Activity Pack for preschool children. This adorable Halloween themed packet targets the following skills:

  • Pronouns (he / she / they / his / hers / theirs / him / her / them)
  • Prepositions (on / under / next to / behind / in front)
  • Following Multistep Directions
  • New Vocabulary Introduction

The pack contains baseboards, picture prompt cards, cutouts, and written cue cards. Detailed SLP and parent instruction sheets are included. The pictures are adorable and very engaging.

You can find this product in Kids Games for Speech Therapy TPT store by clicking HERE or you can enter my one day giveaway for a chance to win.
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Birthday Giveaway Day Sixteen: Halloween Safety Packet

halloween safetyIt’s DAY 16 of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Happily SLP entitled: “Halloween Safety & Problem Solving: Elementary, Middle School and High School

This packet contains problem solving as well as social safety situations pertinent to trick-o-treating on Halloween. Scenarios include: emergencies, expressing feelings, perspective taking and flexible thinking.

Packet Contents:

  • Halloween Social Scenario Cards for Elementary Students
  • Halloween Blank Character Cards
  • Thinking Through Problems Chart
  • Social Scenario and Problem Solving Cards for Middle and High School Students
  • Blank Spider Web Cards
  • Colored Halloween Dominoes
  • Black & White Halloween Dominoes

This packet is great for students of different ages and has much needed materials for both middle school and high school students which are accompanied by age-level scenarios and graphics.

You can find this product in Happily SLP  TPT store by clicking  HERE or you can enter my one day giveaway for a chance to win.
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Birthday Month Extravaganza: Week Three Giveaway Lineup

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My birthday month continues with the WEEK THREE post and giveaway lineup. Take a look at the below schedule and decide whether you want to enter a few giveaways or all of them, it’s really up to you!   Each giveaway will last only one day so you better keep up because if you blink you’ll miss it!

week 3 schedule

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Birthday Giveaway Day Fourteen: Vocabulary (Tier 2) Building for Older Students

ap1I am wrapping up the second week of my birthday giveaways by raffling off Vocabulary Building for Older Students Packet by Rose of Speech Snacks. This apple-themed product focuses on developing rich vocabulary through the use of specific strategies and is inspired by the book ”Bringing Words to Life” Isabelle L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, and Linda Kucan.

Packet Contents:

  • Vocabulary strategy cards
  • Apple-themed reading passages with tier -2 words and vocabulary-building strategy cards  
  • Comprehension questions related to each story 
  • Reinforcement game

You can find this product in Speech Snacks’ TPT store by clicking HERE or you can enter my one day giveaway for a chance to win.

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Birthday Giveaway Day Thirteen: Corduroy Book Companion

corduroyIt’s DAY 13 of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Gold Country SLP , which is a  Corduroy Book Companion

This delightful 49 page packet is based on the book Corduroy by Don Freeman and designed to accompany it by targeting receptive and expressive language skills based on the content of the book.
Product Contents:

  • Vocabulary cards
  • Definition cards
  • Story Sequencing cards
  • Sequencing words cards (first, next, then, etc.)
  • Comprehension Question cards
  • Social Skill/Pragmatic Questions & Scenarios
  • Story Props for retelling
  • Game board
  • Yes/no questions with icons designed to enable a point-to response
  • Story maps for different levels of function
  • Grammar activities targeting pronouns: has/have

You can find this product in Gold Country SLP TPT store by clicking HERE or you can enter my giveaway for a chance to win.
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Birthday Giveaway Day Twelve: Columbus Day Explorer Freebie

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What better way to celebrate a birthday than to get presents?  Well here’s a fun little present Maria of  Communication Station: Speech Therapy has cooked up just in time for Columbus Day.  For those of you who follow her new and improved blog, Communication Station: Speech Therapy  you know how much she loves to use thematic units to support communication development.

She’s done examples of how she creates thematic therapy units for younger children but haven’t shared anything for older students until today.

This packet is perfect for students in the upper elementary grades, middle school, and depending on cognitive level and communication goals, possibly some high school students as well.

It includes background knowledge/post learning worksheet where students have the opportunity to share what they already know, want to learn, and have learned after either doing their own research or reading the short story enclosed in the packet.

Along with the short story there is a comprehension questions worksheet that students can independently complete or complete as a group.

Next is a vocabulary synonyms match-up sheet that can be used to pre-teach vocabulary (note: vocabulary words highlighted in red in the short story), teach while reading using context clues, or post teach/review.  Again this sheet can be completed independently on in a group.

Following this sheet, there is a writing prompt in which your students will be given the opportunity to use some creative thinking and reasoning skills to write a narrative about exploration.  In addition, there is a guided questions sheet for younger students or students who have difficulty organizing their thoughts.

Finally, enclosed in this packet are 10 true/false cards.  Each statement is about explorers and their role in history.  Weather the facts are true or false they are followed by additional information your students can learn regarding each topic.

You can grab your free copy of this packet here!  Be advised of Communication Station terms of use: the packet is for personal use only, redistribution of it is strictly prohibited.  Feel free to direct your friends to her site for their free copy as well.

Enjoy and happy talking and exploring!

Maria Del Duca, M.S. CCC-SLP, is a pediatric speech-language pathologist in southern, Arizona.  She owns a private practice, Communication Station: Speech Therapy, PLLC, and has a speech and language blog under the same name.  Maria writes a monthly column on all topics related to child development, titled Kid Confidential, on the American Speech-Language and Hearing Associations blog, ASHAspere.  She has experience in various settings such as private practice, hospital and school environments and has practiced speech pathology in NJ, MD, KS and now AZ.  Maria has a passion for early childhood, autism spectrum disorders, rare syndromes, and childhood Apraxia of speech.  For more information, visit her blog or find her on Facebook.