I made this worksheet to work on formulating questions with two given words (a question word and a noun). I made a similar worksheet a few months ago, but I have kids who are still working on this goal! Click here to download!
If you haven't noticed, I make a lot of materials for working on asking questions. So many of my kids have trouble with formulating grammatically correct, semantically and pragmatically appropriate questions. I made this worksheet to work on asking questions when given a word to use in the question. You could also use noun/adjective flash cards, and then a set of "types of questions" flash cards, and have the child draw one of each... might be more fun and interactive than a "boring worksheet"! Click here to download for free!
I made this worksheet to work on formulating questions with two given words (a question word and a noun). I made a similar worksheet a few months ago, but I have kids who are still working on this goal! Click here to download!
These WH question maps are perfect for students who need to work on grammar, question formulation, conversational turn-taking, or social language! The entire packet works wonderfully with students who use AAC devices, and the first level can be used easily with students who are nonverbal as they can point to the words to organize them into questions. This packet is divided into 2 sections which are leveled. Section/level 1 is the basic level and requires your students to rearrange given words into a specific question type (e.g., who, what, when, etc..) that is related to a prompt at the top of the page. If your students need additional support at this level, write the given words on index cards and practice rearranging them before writing out the sentence at the bottom of the page. There are 5 pages for each of the following question types: who, what, when, where, why, how (how many, how old, how much, how long), do, is, and are. The first 2 pages of each WH question type include the words with punctuation and capitalization as an additional cue for your students. The last 3 pages of each WH question type do not include this to make the activity more difficult. There is a blank page for customization included as well. Section/level 2 is a perfect activity to practice generalizing question formulation into functional and social contexts. These “question formulation maps” have a prompt in the middle of the page, surrounded by question types (e.g., who, what, when, are, is, etc…). Challenge your students to come up with as many questions to get more information about the prompt as possible. There are 15 pages in this section. In addition, there is a blank page with no written prompt so you can customize it with your own statements. There is a record form included in the packet for your students to write their questions. In addition, the resource includes a Boom cards™️ version of level 1! Click here to read a blog post about this product containing pictures of each type of page included! Check out the preview images for examples of the various types of pages! 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!
This worksheet targets asking grammatically correct, semantically appropriate questions! Click here to download!
Free speech therapy worksheets and activities (articulation, receptive/expressive language) for speech-language pathologists, teachers, parents.
This worksheet is designed to work on formulating grammatically and pragmatically appropriate "where" questions. This is similar to a worksheet I posted working on formulating "when" questions. Click here to download!
Asking and answering questions is a critical skill in language development, and are two very different concepts to teach!
Get ready to teach your students question formulation with these great visual supports and systematic intsruction tips.
Fun Language Activities for Speech and Language Therapy Notebooks Interactive Language Notebooks provide an easy way to differentiate for SLPs to manage the varying goals and abilities of your mixed language groups whilst making a week by week record of material covered to use as evidence for administration or as easy recap and revision for your students. Notebooks also provide a valuable home – school link for those SLPs working in a setting where homework is valued and returned. The notebooks are Common Core aligned for grades K – 2, but are also suitable for those not working to the common core or for older students working at those grade levels. ♦ ♦ To see more images and a detailed walkthrough of how to use the product, see my blog post here. ♦ ♦ The elements of this pack have been designed to fit either a 8.5" x 11" spiral notebook or 9 3/4" x 7.5" composition book. They have been tried and tested successfully on both, but elements will appear larger on the smaller book. ******************************************************************** This packet contains materials intended to be used All Year Round. If you want resources to use all year round, your best option would be to purchase the money-saving value bundle. It has 5 activity packs to cover Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter plus this one suitable to use anytime! ******************************************************************** This packet contains 2 sections: • Open-ended teaching scenes use language-rich images carefully planned to allow you to cover a wide range of goals with one activity. • Notebook template pages (CCSS aligned) with "I can..." statements allow you to review your students' progress and build a record of their achievements throughout the school year. The language-rich, teaching scenes in the first section allow you to cover: ★ Sentence formulation ★ Following directions ★ Picture description ★ Asking & answering questions ★ Grammar goals (pronouns, verb tenses and many more) ★ Vocabulary goals (naming, describing, compare and contrast etc.) ★ Conceptual language ★ Sequencing and simple narrative 20 pages of photo instructions are included for this section including an ideas bank where you can easily view multiple options for each page. The second, templates section, contains a fully illustrated template page and a photo instruction page for each of the following targets: ★ Pronouns ★ Nouns ★ Adjectives ★ Regular Verbs ★ Irregular Verbs ★ Prepositions ★ Conjunctions ★ Regular Plurals ★ Irregular Plurals ★ Antonyms ★ Categories ★ Asking & Answering Questions (6 pages) ★ Sequencing ★ Shades of Meaning Blank template designs are also included to allow you to customize templates for other goals. ******************************************************************** What Buyers Are Saying About the 6 Pack Value Bundle... "This is fantastic! The materials are wonderful, but the best part is the visuals you provided for all of the different ways you can use these. It will be so easy to target what each child needs in the group! One can be working on increasing vocabulary for the theme, another can work on their pronouns, and a third can be doing verbs! Just wonderful!" "This product will not disappoint you! I have purchased other products from Teaching Talking and this product is just as superior as her other products. I love the variety of the targets and the idea that I can use this product with groups that have students working on different targets. It is also a wonderful product to send home with students to review their learning in speech/language sessions." "These are even better than I thought they would be! I have never done anything like this before and can't wait to start using them. I love how you also added blank templates so we can create our own based on theme, etc. yet follow the same format as the rest of the notebook. Your detailed instructions with visuals will also make this an excellent independent center. So many possibilities!" ******************************************************************** Other Products in this Series: ★ Speech Therapy Language Notebooks for Spring ★ Speech Therapy Language Notebooks for Fall ★ Speech Therapy Language Notebooks for Summer ★ Speech Therapy Language Notebooks for Winter ★ Speech Therapy Language Notebooks to Use All Year Round Or you can choose to save money and own all 5! ★ Speech Therapy Language Notebooks Value Bundle
Let's Talk Speech & Language: App review & giveaway of Multiple Choice Articulation. In addition to articulation, receptive (auditory processing, language memory, 'wh' question comprehension, turn taking, reasoning) and expressive language (pronoun use, sentence formulation, word order, etc.) use are also able to be elicited.
Use busy picture scenes in speech therapy! Download a free language scene and use a free Pinterest board with over 100 scenes.
This ocean-themed, HIGHLY-ENGAGING interactive book teaches vocabulary, numbers 1-10, colors, and 12 other areas of early language skills, including: actions, basic concepts, categories, describing, inferencing, sentence formulation, negation, plurals, possessives, pronouns, WH questions, and Yes/No questions – ALL in 1 book! This book is interactive in a very unique way – it does not require any laminating, cutting, or Velcro. An original coloring page is included with the book. Give this page to your student(s) before reading the book. The students choose which concept they want to color from each page in the book, locate it on this page, and color. What are SLPS saying? “This story was so fun. The kids really enjoyed it." -Penny M. "Great idea!" Jana S. "I love these stories! I love the no prep aspect but I also love that it is a quick Wh- question activity along with an expressive activity and a sentence frame. Great job! I look forward to purchasing more of your products and hopefully more interactive books." -Jennifer C. What's Included? What’s included? There are 8 content pages, a coloring page, a single page reference guide for targeting early language skills, and a picture scene. The picture scene can be used with play-dough or magnetic chips, and is great for extension activities. Assembly Print out the cover and next 11 pages. Tape the cover to the front of a 3-prong folder {optional}. Place the next 8 pages in page protectors in the folder. Place the reference guide, coloring page, and picture scene in the front and back pockets of the folder for easy access. Print out enough coloring pages to cover several group sessions to cut WAY down on your planning and prep time! Once assembled, this book is a great “grab and go” resource and its fun and engaging to boot!
Use busy picture scenes in speech therapy! Download a free language scene and use a free Pinterest board with over 100 scenes.
Story Companion Activities for the book "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves" by Lucille Colandro Fun and Engaging Activities for Sequencing, Answering Questions, Matching, Writing, and Retelling! Includes 1 PDF Containing: *Choice Board with Built-In Sentence Strip (The Old Lady swallowed _____.) *7 Picture Choices of the items the Old Lady swallows: some leaves, a shirt, a pumpkin, a pole, some pants, a rope, some hay. *Background Picture of Scarecrow for Matching Activity *10 Scarecrow Pieces *Sequencing Worksheet in Color and Black and White (Reproducible for personal/classroom use). Number the pictures 1-7 to sequence the story. *Cut and Place/Paste Activity Sheet. Cut out the pictures, match them to the written words, then place (or glue) into the simple numbered chart to sequence the story and discuss vocabulary. Need a fun and easy way to keep all the parts together? Check out my Plastic Zippered See-Through Bags! www.etsy.com/listing/1017081410 Target: Answering What Questions in a sentence. "What did the Old Lady Swallow?" Sequencing. Put the story pictures in order into a chart. Sequencing. Write the numbers 1-7 next to the pictures. Matching. Match the scarecrow pieces to the scarecrow background. Matching. Match the pictures to the words. Fine Motor Skills. Picture manipulation with hook and loop and Magnets. Facial Expressions. Use a dry erase marker to draw faces on the pumpkin head. Retelling. Use the pictures to support memory and organization. Have Fun! Copyright Info: This product is intended for personal or single-classroom use only. All Hands On Language holds the Intellectual Property Rights to this product. Please do not... redistribute this product, change this product, or sell this product as your own. Not for Resale.
Being able to both follow and give directions is an important skill in school, and in life. Kids with language disorders often have trouble with processing the directions we give them, or with being able to formulate accurate directions or descriptions so that another person can complete the task or find the object. This is ... Read More about Susan Berkowitz’s Free Mystery Picture Hunt Game for Following and Giving Directions
Who likes to have fun?! We do! We do! When working with children with various types of abilities such as in speech/language therapy and in special education, we are constantly trying to keep it motivating. "Game Time" is a great way to work on MANY speech, language, and social communicaiton/interaction skills. We are NO STRANGER to Game Time! I came accross this game "Guess What I Am" a few years ago while I was observing a speech therapy session of an SLP that I supervised. It's made by Techno Source and I found my copy at Toys R Us for about $12 (pretty sure I had a sale or coupon deal!) I have also seen it on Amazon.com. The game comes with cardboard characters with a large whole cut out for a face. All of the characters in this game are either animals or people. The game also comes with tokens and a die. The die is "non-traditional" and has multiple sides with the options "Ask", "Guess", "Lose a Turn", "Reverse", and "Wild". The game itself is pretty simple. Students choose a cardboard character (without peeking) and place it in front of their face (this makes EVERYONE laugh at how silly everyone looks). Then the student has to ask a variety of quesitons in order to guess what they are. If you choose to follow the game format in the instructions, the die dictates whether you get to "ask" or "guess". The best part about this game is the variety of ways I have found to play it (aside from the way the instructions are written). Afterall, I really like to get the best "bang for my buck" when I'm choosing materials for speech sessions! Here are some ways we play and the goals we target: Semi-Traditional #1: The traditional way of playing is great for basic asking questions and describing. I change it slightly and only have one student as the "character" at a time, and the others are the "clue givers" (in this version, I omit the use of the die). Many of the students are working on asking questions. Some are working on formulating questions with correct grammar, while some are working on figuring out what to ask so they can gain more information. I also require them to direct their question to a particular student by saying each person's name. This also allows for embedding social skills such as making eye contact, responding to your name, turn taking, showing attentive listening, and responding to questions. I also have the "character" recall and re-tell all of their clues after each question, and I usually require that they ask at least 2 questions before making a guess. Having the students recall each clue really helps their reasoning skills in this game. I found that when students do this, it helps improve their reasoning skills, because otherwise, they continued making guesses with little regard to the information they were given. For some students, it's also helpful to write down their clues or pair them with simple pictures to help their memory. Describing skills are also important and the "clue givers" are expected to use good descriptive vocabulary to provide "clues" to their friends. Since some of my students have a harder time with this than others, I created this tool to help them formulate questions and ideas: Guess What I Am--Visual Tool. Semi_Traditional #2: In this format of the game, often with older students (2nd grade or higher), we use the die to keep it interesting and add a competetive edge. I also like to require this age group to limit their quesitons to "yes" or "no" type questions. This type of questioning really makes the game more challenging as they have to filter through "possible" descriptors of their characters. With this age group, we talk about how to "funnel" through questions by starting with broad categorizations and then narrowing down the options based on the responses of the "clue givers". Additional social skills that we target using this game include: following rules and "cheating", identifying thoughts/feelings of peers when rules "are" or "are not" followed, whole body listening, and topic maintenance. Overall, this is a great game to have on your shelf, and I definitely recommend it! What other ways do you think you would use this game? I'd love to hear your ideas! ~Orlanda
Use busy picture scenes in speech therapy! Download a free language scene and use a free Pinterest board with over 100 scenes.
