I made this free PowerPoint presentation for one of my clients who is working on describing the similarities and differences between two items. I usually give a visual cue card that helps him formulate sentences. The cue card says "They are the same because ________, but they are different because one of them _______, but the other one _______." You could also print these 2 or 4 per page and make flash cards with them. Download here!

Compare and Contrast - Visual Representation is a product that gives visual representations to comparing and contrasting objects. Easy Teaching Tool Students draw a card, find the matching pictures, and answer the questions using the yes/no placemat. Two yeses or two noes indicate a similarity (comparable objects) while mismatched objects - one yes and one no - indicate differences (contrastable objects). When students have answered the yes/no questions correctly they then use a structured sentence to explain the similarities or differences. Easy and effective material! =================================================== Visit my store, blog, etc. for other therapy ideas/products or to contact me for questions/comments - I'd love to hear from you ☺ : Blog: ☞ HERE ☜ TpT: ☞ HERE ☜ Facebook: ☞ HERE ☜ Instagram: ☞ HERE ☜ =================================================== How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: ★ Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback and it helps me determine which products are most valuable to SLPs and I like hearing about how you're using the product in your speech room ☺   Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: ★ Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. That's it! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ Enjoy :)

52 illustrated cards with two pictures per card to improve expressive language, vocabulary, visual discrimination, and reasoning by discussing similarities and differences. Content/Game idea cards. Tin box. Grades K-3.

Now includes FREE Boom Cards link! "Great material to focus on both receptive and expressive skills." Use 12 cards, each with a summer-themed scenario to compare. Who: For Speech-Language Pathologists working with students in kindergarten – 3rd grade and targeting comparatives and superlatives: ✔ tall, taller, tallest ✔ short, shorter, shortest ✔ sunny, sunnier, sunniest ✔ cloudy, cloudier, cloudiest ✔ smelly, smellier, smelliest ✔ nasty, nastier, nastiest ✔ close, closer, closest ✔ far, farther, farthest ✔ deep, deeper, deepest ✔ shallow, shallower, shallowest ✔ scary, scarier, scariest ✔ high, higher, highest ✔ brave, braver, bravest ✔ full, fuller (more full), fullest ✔ high, higher, highest ✔ strong, stronger, strongest ✔ accurate, more accurate, most accurate ✔ quick, quicker, quickest ✔ slow, slower, slowest ✔ small, smaller, smallest What: Bluebird Speech GRAMMAR CARDS use relevant and engaging scenarios to target specific syntax goals and allow for opportunities to use the strategy of recasting. There is evidence to support the concentrated use of recasts in grammatical intervention in children with Specific Language Impairment (Cleave et al., 2015). This is a 7 usable page download (20 total pages with title, black and white versions, instructions, and credits). 12 cards, each with a summer-themed scenario to compare. For example, picture 1 shows a sunny day, picture 2 shows sunnier day, and picture 3 shows the sunniest day of them all! Each card is approximately 3 X 5 inches and comes with a handy printable storage box. Test your student's skills with the FREE self-correcting Boom Cards! When: During the international summer games this year and summertime! Where and How: Use in individual or small group speech sessions. • Comparatives and superlatives are adjectives (words that describe nouns) or adverbs (words that describe verbs or adjectives). • Comparatives are used to compare 2 things. • Usually –er or –ier are added to the end of the comparative (e.g. bigger). • Superlatives are used to compare 3 or more things and describe the degree or quantity of something. • Usually, -est or –iest are added to the end of the superlative (e.g. biggest). Some start with the word “most” or “least” (e.g. most expensive). Similar Listing: BUNDLE: Get all 4 seasons for a discounted price Fall Comparative and Superlative Grammar Cards Winter Comparative and Superlative Grammar Cards Spring Comparative and Superlative Grammar Cards Common Core: SL.K.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail. L.K.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. L.1.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships (e.g., because). L.2.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy). L.3.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. g. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. NOTE: To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for modern Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (a form of play that gives instant feedback to students for self-grading Boom Cards). For assignment options that report student progress back to you, you will need to purchase a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.

Speech Therapy Activity Cards Kit (STACK): Compare/Contrast 90 Different Compare/Contrast Cards Comparing and Contrasting is an important language skill. Students must describe the relationship between two items with words. Use STACK: Compare/Contrast Cards in a variety of ways Have students compare the two pictures and state how they are the same/different Teach/scaffold how to compare and contrast with the cue cards given on page 3 Teach sentence making when comparing/contrasting using the cue cards provided on page 3 Use blank Compare/Contrast cards to create your own and write the answers on the answer page provided Use cards individually during therapy to: Expand vocabulary Use similarities and differences Increase describing skills Increase sentence making skills Organization of cards Keep cards on a ring and hung in the room for ease of use. Print and keep each STACK set in a box.

Now includes FREE Boom Cards link! "Great material to focus on both receptive and expressive skills." Use 12 cards, each with a summer-themed scenario to compare. Who: For Speech-Language Pathologists working with students in kindergarten – 3rd grade and targeting comparatives and superlatives: ✔ tall, taller, tallest ✔ short, shorter, shortest ✔ sunny, sunnier, sunniest ✔ cloudy, cloudier, cloudiest ✔ smelly, smellier, smelliest ✔ nasty, nastier, nastiest ✔ close, closer, closest ✔ far, farther, farthest ✔ deep, deeper, deepest ✔ shallow, shallower, shallowest ✔ scary, scarier, scariest ✔ high, higher, highest ✔ brave, braver, bravest ✔ full, fuller (more full), fullest ✔ high, higher, highest ✔ strong, stronger, strongest ✔ accurate, more accurate, most accurate ✔ quick, quicker, quickest ✔ slow, slower, slowest ✔ small, smaller, smallest What: Bluebird Speech GRAMMAR CARDS use relevant and engaging scenarios to target specific syntax goals and allow for opportunities to use the strategy of recasting. There is evidence to support the concentrated use of recasts in grammatical intervention in children with Specific Language Impairment (Cleave et al., 2015). This is a 7 usable page download (20 total pages with title, black and white versions, instructions, and credits). 12 cards, each with a summer-themed scenario to compare. For example, picture 1 shows a sunny day, picture 2 shows sunnier day, and picture 3 shows the sunniest day of them all! Each card is approximately 3 X 5 inches and comes with a handy printable storage box. Test your student's skills with the FREE self-correcting Boom Cards! When: During the international summer games this year and summertime! Where and How: Use in individual or small group speech sessions. • Comparatives and superlatives are adjectives (words that describe nouns) or adverbs (words that describe verbs or adjectives). • Comparatives are used to compare 2 things. • Usually –er or –ier are added to the end of the comparative (e.g. bigger). • Superlatives are used to compare 3 or more things and describe the degree or quantity of something. • Usually, -est or –iest are added to the end of the superlative (e.g. biggest). Some start with the word “most” or “least” (e.g. most expensive). Similar Listing: BUNDLE: Get all 4 seasons for a discounted price Fall Comparative and Superlative Grammar Cards Winter Comparative and Superlative Grammar Cards Spring Comparative and Superlative Grammar Cards Common Core: SL.K.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail. L.K.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. L.1.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships (e.g., because). L.2.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy). L.3.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. g. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. NOTE: To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for modern Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (a form of play that gives instant feedback to students for self-grading Boom Cards). For assignment options that report student progress back to you, you will need to purchase a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.

This product contains 30-pages of compare/contrast activities visually organized within a Venn Diagram. I've even added a verbal prompts list to help with brainstorming. Images were chosen based on their functionality and commonality within a child's life. Use this activity to target expressive language through vocabulary. Like this? Try: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tips-on-Talking-to-Your-Baby-Guide-For-Parents-For-Caregivers-7257544

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I made this free PowerPoint presentation for one of my clients who is working on describing the similarities and differences between two items. I usually give a visual cue card that helps him formulate sentences. The cue card says "They are the same because ________, but they are different because one of them _______, but the other one _______." You could also print these 2 or 4 per page and make flash cards with them. Download here!

This versatile, summer-themed print and go material has it all! This product targets a variety of skills for older elementary students, including multiple meaning words, idioms, antonyms, synonyms, comparing and contrasting, cause and effect, and vocabulary skills with context clues. Main ideas and details are also targeted with this product! It includes 10 summer-themed stories and each story targets all the skills listed above! - - - - - - - - - - - To prepare: Print desired sheets. To use: Read the story to the students or have students read the story. Then, answer the questions and prompts.

100 Compare and Contrast Prompts is a low-prep way to target item describing, comparing, and contrasting with your older students. Monitor progress, plan for a therapy session, teach a strategy, or play a game with this versatile and easy to use activity. Created by a speech therapist, 100 Describin...

Help your students improve their expressive language skills by comparing and contrasting! This product contains 132 high resolution photos (66 photo pairs). Students should be able to identify at least one similarity and one difference for each photo pair. This product is ideal for digital use. ...

Speech therapy compare and contrast examples, worksheets, and teaching tips, plus my best speech therapy IEP goals for classroom success!

Boom Cards | Compare It : Spring Edition | Speech and Language Therapy | ELA Distance Learning Describing Target expressive language with describing skills in this compare and contrast spring-themed deck Move the Dot Dudes as you describe and compare. Targets, categories, naming parts, function, attributes, location, and more. Go to the preview button above for a playable preview of this Boom Deck. This is an activity your students can use on a tablet, computer or interactive white board. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Click here to follow my store and be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ ❋❋❋ Follow me on Pinterest ❋❋❋ ✤✤✤ Follow me on Instagram ✤✤✤ ✓✓✓Follow my Boom Store✓✓✓ Boom cards are digital task cards that are self-grading. They work on tablets, computers, and interactive white boards. Kids love them. To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks. For additional assignment options you'll need a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.

Easily target compare and contrast goals with this incredibly thorough, easy prep packet that will last you the entire IEP year! This product includes all the compare and contrast passages and graphic organizers you need for evidence-based practice. The included Boom cards and Google slides make these compare and contrast activities just what you need for systematic intervention. This scaffolded resource perfectly breaks down comparing and contrasting in a way that makes learning easy and successful for your students! It includes the following: Quiz: Great as a pre/post test to show progress. Compare/Contrast Student Workbook: Interactive, print and go workbook to help you teach skills. See preview for examples! Posters (2) Keyword Sort: Sort comparing vs contrasting keywords/transition words. Mini Visuals: Can be printed on Post Its. I use them for classroom carryover! Compare/Contrast Examples Sort: Sort which situations you could use compare/contrast for and which situations are better for a different strategy. 3 Levels of Compare/Contrast Worksheets: See more information below. Complex Sentence Writing Worksheets: Two levels, one with more support and sentence starters. Blank Venn Diagram Editable, Text-Based Compare/Contrast Worksheet: You can add in your own text to this. You must have access to PowerPoint to use this. A Google Slides™️ version of the worksheets so you can add text on the worksheets more easily. A Boom cards™️ version of the cut and paste worksheets! The three levels of worksheet are as follows: 1 - Includes pictures and descriptions that your students can cut and glue into the correct spot in a Venn diagram. There are 15 included. 2 - The same pictures as level 1 but without written descriptions. There are 15 included. 3 - Text-based comparing and contrasting. Also targets keywords and summarizing. I also included an editable version of these worksheets so you can use them with ANY text! There are 25 included. In addition, some activities require cutting to be used as intended! To get a ton more ideas on how to implement this packet, plus my favorite goal ideas, check out my blog post all about comparing and contrasting! Here's some reasons why other SLPs have loved my Compare and Contrast activities: ♥ ”I love that these are designed to provide scaffolding incrementally for students. The concepts are easy to use with many themes and learning topics. Thank you for updating the graphics to use with older students who are working on this skill. I also love the visuals for improving syntax for comparing/contrasting!” - Norah B. ♥ ”I really like the visuals. You can use them as cues on student's desks or a cards you use in therapy. It really makes it easy for kids to see that you are talking about how things or the same, or when you want them to tell how things are different. I use it with junior high and high school students and they have also reported that the visuals help them!” - Elizabeth G. ♥ ”My students really enjoy this resource! I often try to have them come up with comparison's on their own and then give the option of the provided facts. As always, this Speechy Musings resource does not disappoint!” - Madison S. To get a better feel of the product, feel free to download the preview file. You'll be able to check out the quiz and teaching workbook. Additionally, there are example pages of the worksheets, visuals, and activities shown. PLEASE NOTE: This is a zipped file. If you need help opening the file, please click here to read a tutorial from TpT. _________________________________________ If you're looking for other language activities, you might also like: One Sheet Language Lessons - No Prep Speech Therapy Printables Learning and Identifying Story Grammar Parts in Narratives for Speech Therapy If you love this resource, you’ll love this money-saving BUNDLE it's part of: Middle School Starter Kit for Speech and Language Therapy _________________________________________ Feel free to email the Speechy Musings team at [email protected] with any questions! ☟ Let's stay in touch! Sign up for my email newsletter and follow me on social media to hear about freebies, new product releases, and helpful ideas for your therapy room! ☟ Sign up for my email newsletter! • Join my Facebook group! • Follow me on Instagram and Facebook! Copyright © Speechy Musings Permission to copy for single person use only. Please see terms of use included in the product. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

This resource consists of 6 fall-themed worksheets for addressing the skill of semantic feature analysis. It also contains one blank semantic feature analysis grid for coming up with your own fall items and features (or having the student come up with them!) This activity is great for improving higher-level expressive language skills such as comparing/contrasting, describing, and explaining word relationships. Students match spring words to applicable features such as category (ex: it's an insect), attributes (ex: has stripes), adjectives (ex: soft), locations (ex: found in the sky) and then mark the boxes with X's, checks, or pluses and minuses. Students can practice explaining their choices using complete sentences or discussing them if in a group; some features are not clear-cut and choices will need to justified (ex: "apple" and "mushy" or "yellow" and "owl.") Once features have been checked for each fall item, students can be asked to compare/contrast any two of the items. They can also count how many features each set of fall items has in common to see which two are the most or least similar and/or can come up with additional features that describe the items. The student can be required to explain relationships between words (ex: "How does an 'acorn' go with 'round'?") Follow @spiffyspeech on Instgram and follow Spiffy Speech on Facebook for more resources, freebies, lightning deals on speech therapy materials/toys/games, and inspiring stories about the population we treat!

This versatile tool can be used for teletherapy, to progress monitor, screen, assess, or use during intervention of children with difficulties with language skills. It also includes editable PDF data forms. Save time, energy, and printing!! This tool includes the following targets (expressive & receptive): Synonyms Antonyms Multiple Meaning Words Idioms Context Clues Compare/Contrast Sequencing (5 & 6-step) Inferencing (picture and text) Describing Why Questions How Questions Each target area includes multiple levels that fade in prompting. Each level includes 10 targets. INCLUDES EDITABLE PDF DATA SHEET: simply input data on the computer or iPad with an editable form or print. HOW IT WORKS: This resource is a clickable PDF. You do not need an app. Simply download to your computer or iPad. You will click through the resource deciding which language target to work on and if expressive or receptive. This resource includes an editable PDF data sheet. You can click in the boxes to insert data while on your computer or iPad or you can print the data sheets out if you prefer. WHY NO PRINT? ALWAYS have it with you! NO PRINTING! Perfect for on-the-go therapy! No storage required! As always, please contact me with any questions at [email protected]. Thank you so much! Erin Larsen ------------------------------------------------------- Let's connect! Instagram Facebook Pinterest

It’s definitely that time of year! Hallways are filled with the hustle and bustle of end-of-the-school year excitement. In between closing sessions with students, team meetings, wrapping up s…