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Teaching Flexible Thinking with a Holiday Theme

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Common Core State Standards for Speech Language Pathologists

By Heather Porter

A 1-page matrix to corresponding Common Core standards for grades K-12 in the areas of: Articulation Fluency Grammar Vocabulary Categories Word Relationships Basic Concepts Comprehension, WH questions Main

Subjects:

Oral Communication, Speech Therapy, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Staff

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Professional Documents

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Problem Solving Start to Finish

By Heather Porter

Targeted for older elementary and middle school students, this pack does not contain cutesy clip art. It focuses instead on being a 33 page comprehensive pack dedicated to teaching problem solving skills by breaking down each step of the process.

Subjects:

Life Skills, School Counseling, Speech Therapy

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Task Cards

$3.75

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Winter Figurative Language Cards/Game

By Heather Porter

Included are 36 winter idioms/similies/metaphors/slang terms. The first activity is for teaching: students read the phrase in context, and determine the meaning from 3 choices. The correct letter choice is highlighted, so I typically cover the

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Speech Therapy, Winter

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Printables, Games, Centers

$4.00

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Teaching Flexible Thinking with a Holiday Theme

By Heather Porter

Flexible thinking is the ability to take another's perspective and adapt to changes gracefully. Many students struggle with flexible thinking, and see things in only one way. This material is meant to help students learn to use flexible thinking.

Subjects:

School Counseling, Problem Solving, Speech Therapy

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Printables, Lesson

$3.00

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Freebie- Snowy Speech Articulation Packet

By Heather Porter

Articulation packet with word lists for /s/ & /z/, /r/, /l/, "th", "sh"/"ch"/"j". Students complete a story, draw a winter scene, make up a snow day spell, use their words in sentences, and come up with their own words. Great for an activity

Subjects:

Special Education, Oral Communication, Speech Therapy

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Homework, Printables

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Topic Targeters: Keeping a conversation going

By Heather Porter

This social language activity includes 32 cards for students to rate using an included target for appropriateness of a response. There are 4 different cards for each of 8 scenarios between two characters. Can be used as a game by assigning point

Subjects:

School Counseling, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Task Cards

$3.00

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Forming Questions that start with "Can I/ Can You"

By Heather Porter

This leveled card game teaches students to form questions using "Can I" or "Can you" structure. Level 1: Fix the question (6 in game) Level 2: Change a sentence into a question (8 in game) Level 3: Generate a question (14 in the game) At the end

Subjects:

Grammar, ESL / ELL / EFL, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Games, Task Cards, Lesson

$3.00

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Pumpkin Problem Solving & Perspective Taking

By Heather Porter

A task card activity for older elementary/middle school students that targets problem solving, safety, and taking others' perspectives. Centered around Halloween themes. You can pair with any open ended game or use as drill.

Subjects:

Problem Solving, Halloween, Speech Therapy

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Task Cards, Lesson

$2.00

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Gather Your Guitars! A Problem solving game for Grades 5-12

By Heather Porter

This card game focuses on problem solving. Areas targeted include: Order the steps to solve the problem, Name the materials you will need to solve the problem, Was the problem solved successfully?, Problem solving (use included flowchart for

Subjects:

Problem Solving, Oral Communication, Speech Therapy

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Lesson

$3.00

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Winter Joke of the Day with QR codes

By Heather Porter

Countdown to winter break with a joke of the day! I took 15 of my favorite winter puns from the Winter Puns are Snow Joke freebie and put them on larger cards. Below each is a QR code that links to the answer. A fast and easy way to

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Speech Therapy, Winter

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Flash Cards, Internet Activities

$2.00

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Puns About Winter Are Snow Joke!

By Heather Porter

A winter card activity for students focusing on puns and jokes. There are 32 themed jokes with answers on the cards. Students can take turns reading them for articulation practice or fluency. Students working on pragmatics & understanding

Subjects:

Speech Therapy, Winter

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Games, Centers

$2.00

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Teaching Coping Skills

By Heather Porter

A lesson I use with a cross-cat middle school group that teaches what a coping skill is, what the difference is between good coping skills and bad ones, and gives situations for students to identify the skill they would use. I am using this as a

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, School Counseling, Speech Therapy

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$2.00

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Illinois Early Learning & Development Standards for Classroom -Color

By Heather Porter

Are you a Speech Language Pathologist or Social Worker in Illinois who is working with the 3-5 year old population? Do you have to align your goals with the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards? Do you have to post your objectives as

Subjects:

School Counseling, Oral Communication, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK

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Posters

$4.50

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Earth Day Listening Comprehension

By Heather Porter

This activity is targeted for older elementary and middle school students. Activity comes with 18 card with facts about Earth Day and conservation, as well as 12 "what to listen for" cards. This activity focuses on main idea, details, and making an

Subjects:

Speech Therapy, Earth Day, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Printables, Games, Lesson

$2.00

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Articulation Dollar Challenge

By Heather Porter

100 days of school are creeping up, are you ready to step up the bar for your students? Try to challenge them to say 100 sounds during their speech session. Students choose 15 words from a target list of 100 words. They then say each word based on

Subjects:

Speech Therapy

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Homework

$4.00

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Rubric for Game Play with Accompanying Digital Data Storage Option

By Heather Porter

This is a rubric for students to fill out that targets turn order, being supportive of peers during the game, following the rules of the game, and being a generous winner/loser. The rubric is created as a 4 point scale for each targeted areas with

Subjects:

Life Skills, School Counseling, Speech Therapy

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Excel Spreadsheets, Rubrics

$2.50

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Labels for Jenga or Fishing Game /s/ and /r/ in all positions

By Heather Porter

This label sheet can be used for articulation carryover targeting /s/ and /r/ in all positions. Use for games such as Jenga or fishing. Made for Avery 8167 labels (return address sized). For Jenga: put one red word and one blue word on each side

Subjects:

Speech Therapy

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Games

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Quick Grammar Drill Cards Grades K-3

By Heather Porter

These cards are designed to be used as a quick drill for specific grammar targets. Great for interventions or to make sure that carryover is happening for your students. Also great for baseline/progress data. Included are 15 Drill Cards each on

Subjects:

Grammar, Speech Therapy, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Printables

$2.50

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Quick Drill Grammar Cards with a Winter Theme

By Heather Porter

Great for progress monitoring, data collection, or screenings. These task cards target is/are, pronouns, irregular plurals, irregular verbs, and sentence manipulation. Meant for quick drill situations to quickly determine areas of need for a

Subjects:

Grammar, Speech Therapy, Winter

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Task Cards, Lesson

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.90 MB)

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Chinese New Year Vocabulary Activity for Older Elementary & Middle School

By Heather Porter

A quick Chinese New Year Vocabulary activity that my students have loved. They use the chart to answer questions, then look up their own Chinese Zodiac sign and use a dictionary to define at least two of the characteristics. It's a great launching

Subjects:

School Counseling, Oral Communication, Speech Therapy

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Lesson

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.19 MB)

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I am an SLP in the K-8 setting. languageofspeech.blogspot.com

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I graduated from college having no idea what an SLP does. After a few years of working in a therapeutic day school, my passion was ignited!

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