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Birthday Extravaganza Day Twenty Eight: Literacy Checklists for Grades K-3

Today I am bringing you yet another giveaway from the fabulous Maria Del Duca of Communication Station Blog entitled: “Literacy Checklists for K-3rd Grade“. She created a terrific set of checklists to address reading comprehension and written expression in children K-3rd grade because according to Maria: “dynamic assessment of functional skills, when done well, can at times yield more accurate and salient information than standardized tests.”

This 10 page packet uses observational as well as teacher and parent reported information to present a holistic view of a child’s literacy skills with a focus on the following areas: Continue reading Birthday Extravaganza Day Twenty Eight: Literacy Checklists for Grades K-3

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Birthday Extravaganza Day Twenty Seven: Elementary My Dear, Analogies

It’s DAY 27 of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Straight Up Speech, which is Elementary, My Dear Analogies. 

This adorable 12-page critical thinking packet targets early analogies and uses child-friendly graphics to engage students in filling-in-the missing answers.

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Birthday Extravaganza Day Twenty Six: My First Signs Flash Cards Set

My First Signs Flash Cards

It’s DAY 26 of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Hear My Hands, which is  My First Signs Flash Cards Set. These flash cards are designed to reinforce all the American Sign Language signs taught in Signing Time Volume 1: My First Signs, but can also be used alone. ASL signs taught in this Set include:

Eat/Food – Milk – Water – Ball – More – Bird – Cat – Dog – Fish – Car – Airplane – Want – Shoes – Flower – Mom – Dad – Baby – Sleep.  Cards come with a pre-drilled hole and a plastic yellow D-ring for easy carrying. You can clip them to a bag and take them anywhere—in the car, at the grocery store, etc. Cards will also fit in any standard 4×6 photo album for easy reference. Continue reading Birthday Extravaganza Day Twenty Six: My First Signs Flash Cards Set

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Birthday Extravaganza Day Twenty Five: There was a Silly SLP Who Got Stuck to Some Categories

It’s DAY 25 of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Teach Speech 365, which is  There was a Silly SLP who Got Stuck to Some Categories .

This catchy little mini-book activity targets categorization skills. The silly SLP gets stuck on all sorts of things. There is also a complementary silly male SLP [named Sam] which contains the same activities!

Packet Contents:

  • Pre/Post Test pages for data collection
  • Mini-book
  • Sequencing mat and pics
  • Following Directions cards
  • Category Sort pics
  • Creative writing pages
  • Comprehension questions worksheet
  • Silly Sam pages
  • and much more!!

You can find this product in  Teach Speech 365 TPT store by clicking HERE or you can enter my giveaway for a chance to win.
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Birthday Extravaganza Day Twenty Four: Mad Scientists Inferences

It’s DAY 24th of my Birthday Month Giveaways and I am raffling off a giveaway by Kristine of  Live Love Speech, called Mad Scientists Inferences. 

As I am sure many SLPs are aware mastery of inferences doesn’t exactly come easy for our language impaired students. So Kristine created a cute an engaging activity to facilitate this skill.

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Bilingual Therapy Resources Linky Party!

bilingual therapy resources link upThe Dabbling Speechie is having a bilingual therapy resources Linky Party so I decided to join in and write a few posts on what I am using and referencing when it comes to assessment and treatment of bilingual and multicultural children.

First up I’d like to tell you a little bit about the post I wrote and materials I created for this purpose.

A few months ago I did a post on Integrating aspects of multiculturalism into group language therapy sessions where I offered some suggestions on how to integrate multiculturalism into your group therapy sessions, which included books, activities and websites.

Below are a few products I’ve created for bilingual/multicultural assessment and treatment purposes:

I also created specific products relevant to comprehensive data collection and narrative assessment of multicultural children

  • General Assessment and Treatment Start-Up Bundle
    • This product bundle contains 5 downloads for general speech language assessment and treatment planning and includes:
      1. Speech Language Assessment Checklist for a Preschool Child
      2. Speech Language Assessment Checklist for a School-Aged Child
      3. Creating a Functional Therapy Plan: Therapy Goals & SOAP Note Documentation
      4. Selecting Clinical Materials for Pediatric Therapy
      5. Recognizing Speech-Language delay in school age-children: a tutorial for teachers
  • The Checklists Bundle
    • This product contains 4 checklists relevant to screening and assessment in speech language pathology
      1. Speech Language Assessment Checklist for a Preschool Child
      2. Speech Language Assessment Checklist for a School-Aged Child
      3. Auditory Processing Deficits (APD) Checklist for School Aged Children
      4. Social Pragmatic Deficits Checklist for School Aged Children
  • Narrative Assessment Bundle
    • This product contains ontains 3 downloads relevant to narrative assessment
      1. Narrative Assessments of Preschool and School Aged Children
      2. Understanding Complex Sentences
      3. Vocabulary Development: Working with Disadvantaged Populations

What materials are you using to assess your bilingual/multicultural students?

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Birthday Month Extravaganza: Week Four Giveaway Lineup

Birthday GraphicMy birthday month has been absolutely fabulous! And its not over yet! So take a look  at the Week Four Giveaway Lineup 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!

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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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