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Preview of Communication Breakdown Repair Strategies Rubric + Visuals Speech Therapy

Communication Breakdown Repair Strategies Rubric + Visuals Speech Therapy

Teaching students to recognize communication breakdown and repair their messages is a vital pragmatic skill for effective communication.⭐️ This product includes photos of 8 children and 8 adults showing a confused expression to begin the discussion of what communication breakdown looks like. It also includes written and visual cues for 6 repair strategies: repeat, speak slowly, speak clearly, say less. or more, say it differently, show. There is also an accompanying Repairing Communication Break
Preview of First Thanksgiving Play - Readers Theater Script - Thanksgiving Activities

First Thanksgiving Play - Readers Theater Script - Thanksgiving Activities

Created by
Foreman Fun
A short, interactive play about the Pilgrims will get all your students involved! Students will learn about the Mayflower, Plymouth, & Squanto. This is the perfect way to introduce students to the story of the 1st Thanksgiving. A two page script for you to narrate gives students cues when it's their turn to speak or act something out. There are 24 character cards. 12 are speaking roles and 12 are just acting roles so that even struggling readers can be involved in the play. You can add more
Preview of AAC Classroom Scripts Embedded Visual Schedules Speech Therapy Autism

AAC Classroom Scripts Embedded Visual Schedules Speech Therapy Autism

Are you working to develop functional communication skills with students displaying limited verbal skills? Could you use visual scripts to embed into daily schedules?⭐️ Embedded visual scripts are essential for building functional communication. A script is a pre-stored message or pre-written phrase or sentence that provides the language that goes into a specific conversation or interaction. This product was designed to allow students with limited verbal skills to successfully communicate during
Preview of Readers' Theater: The Great Turkey Race

Readers' Theater: The Great Turkey Race

A fun play to perform around Thanksgiving time! Three turkeys strive to be the Thanksgiving Turkey--not knowing what really happens to the Thanksgiving Turkey. They host a turkey Field Day to compete for medals, which they think will show the farmer who he should pick. But when one of the turkeys finds out what exactly happens to the Thanksgiving turkey, they come up with a plan to fly the coop.
Preview of AAC Activities Craft Scripts for Speech Therapy Functional Communication Autism

AAC Activities Craft Scripts for Speech Therapy Functional Communication Autism

Have you tried to increase mean length of utterance with students displaying limited verbal skills? Would you like to use hands-on simple craft activities for quick prep and high engagement?Visual scripts are essential for building functional communication. This product was designed to allow students with limited verbal skills to successfully communicate during hands-on creating of simple paper bag puppets. This set includes puppets for winter themes and animals. Want a sample? Download the prev
Preview of Speech Therapy Visuals | Visual Support Strips | New Year | Back to School

Speech Therapy Visuals | Visual Support Strips | New Year | Back to School

Have you collected and created a variety of visuals for your speech therapy sessions that you just can’t live without? I did and the pile just kept growing. Do you wish they were all uniform and ready to grab and go? This has been a goal of mine for many years and I finally created my most used visuals for speech therapy on handy strips. These are lifesavers for push-in classroom-based services. The portability of having every visual right on my ring is highly beneficial.Need more for Back to
Preview of Readers' Theater: Partner & Trio Plays #1

Readers' Theater: Partner & Trio Plays #1

Looking for a way to help your readers practice fluency and expression? These short Readers' Theater scripts are it!This pack contains 10 different fables that have been turned into Readers' Theater scripts for partners and trios. So if you have an even number of students doing this (small group or whole group) then you can use the partner scripts. If you have an odd number, then you can use the trio scripts. So each fable (except 1) has 2 scripts. That's a total of 19 plays!The fables are
Preview of Decades Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students

Decades Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students

This show is a time traveling musical history lesson!! The speakers’ script includes many facts about inventions and inventors of the 20th century and the musical performances will take the audience on a trip down memory lane.This performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, or a drama program instructor.This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage size.The length of the performance is appr
Preview of Readers' Theater: Partner/Trio plays MEGA pack

Readers' Theater: Partner/Trio plays MEGA pack

50 partner and trio plays based on fables, books and fairy tales are now in one MEGA bundle so your students can dramatically improve their fluency (smoothness, pace, expression). Buy this bundle and save $6.50 instead of each pack @ original price. Print, copy and use during your small reading groups or leave them out for Partner Reading time. I 100% guarantee that your students will LOVE them because they're based on known literature and they're FuNnY. * Partner plays are usually 3 pag
Preview of Readers' Theater: Don't Let The...

Readers' Theater: Don't Let The...

Help your students improve their fluency (pace, smoothness, expression) and have fun at the same time by bringing these funny plays to life! This pack of partner & trio plays is based on the book "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" by Mo Willems. The 5 included plays are: * Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus * Don't Let the Monkey Bake a Cake * Don't Let the Crocodile Chew Gum * Don't Let the Octopus Knit a Sweater * Don't Let the Kangaroo Go Grocery Shopping The partner plays are 3 pag
Preview of Take Along Let's Talk Activity for Social Conversations (Speech, Autism)

Take Along Let's Talk Activity for Social Conversations (Speech, Autism)

A visual flip book to provide visual supports to develop communication skills between peers. This includes what's your favorite color, show, activity on the weekends, hows the weather and simple interactive greeting. My students love using this and it' helps guide the conversation. The script can be faded out once conversation is more spontaneous..
Preview of Patriotic Musical Program for Primary Grades

Patriotic Musical Program for Primary Grades

Created by
Deana Thelen
There's nothing better than hearing little voices singing patriotic songs! This program is appropriate for all elementary grade levels. Some have even used it for a school wide program! The first graders at my school have been doing this inspiring musical program for over 15 years! Not only will students be singing patriotic songs, but a script has been provided that gives many students the opportunity to speak into the microphone. The program begins with kiddos reciting Presidential quotes
Preview of Readers' Theater: Sneezy the Snowman

Readers' Theater: Sneezy the Snowman

The story of a cold snowman who just wants to warm up (by drinking hot chocolate, sitting in a hot tub and standing by a campfire) but just keeps melting comes to life in this Reader's Theater play.
Preview of Visuals for Speech Therapy Language Supports | Bundle | Back to School

Visuals for Speech Therapy Language Supports | Bundle | Back to School

This product bundle includes visuals for your speech therapy sessions in handy strips for on-the-go AND in full-page format to use as handouts, for digitally sharing the static PDF on a device, or displaying on a bulletin board. These visual supports cover literacy & language, vocabulary, syntax, articulation, behavior, pragmatic, listening, fluency and self-monitoring skills. All signs are in black & white.The product bundle combines the SIGNS and STRIPS products. ⚠️The content is the S
Preview of The Three Little Pigs: Readers' Theater PACK

The Three Little Pigs: Readers' Theater PACK

The classic tale of the Three Little Pigs being bothered by the Big Bad Wolf comes to life in 4 different ways: 1) The classic version 2) The story from the wolf's point of view 3) The protagonists are 3 little wolves and the antagonist is a big bad pig 4) Little fish and a big bad shark replace the traditional characters Kids will have fun performing and seeing the differences and similarities in all 4 versions!
Preview of Readers' Theater: Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type

Readers' Theater: Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type

Your students will improve their fluency (pace, smoothness, expression) and have fun at the same time with this 4-page, 6 character play! The cows on Farmer Brown's farm are cold in the barn at night. So they get a hold of his typewriter and start negotiating!
Preview of Readers' Theater: The Very Cranky Bear

Readers' Theater: The Very Cranky Bear

4 animal friends just want to get out of the rain and play in a nice, warm spot. 1 cranky bear just wants to take a nap in his nice, dry cave. Everything ends up working out, but not before the bear ends up looking ridiculous! This play is based on the book by Nick Bland. It is 4 pages long and has 7 parts: Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Moose, Zebra, Lion, Sheep and Bear. Readers' Theater helps kids improve their reading fluency (pace, smoothness and expression) and self-confidence!
Preview of Readers' Theater: The Stinky Cheese Man

Readers' Theater: The Stinky Cheese Man

If you know and love the classic tale of the Gingerbread Man, then you'll laugh yourself silly reading this fractured fairy tale play, which is based on the book "The Stinky Cheese Man" by Jon Scieszka. -The script is 5 pages long -There are 8 characters (Narrator, Stinky Cheese Man, old man, old woman, girl, boy, cow, fox)
Preview of Readers' Theater: The Lifecycle of the Butterfly

Readers' Theater: The Lifecycle of the Butterfly

A favorite spring science activity, learning how a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly can now come to life with this Readers' Theater script!
Preview of Readers' Theater: The Mitten

Readers' Theater: The Mitten

Nicki drops one of his white gloves in the snow while playing and many cold forest animals soon come crawl inside. The animals get bigger and bigger until somebody sneezes and the mitten shoots into the air and back to Nicki.This classic tale is based on the book by Jan Brett and adapted by me.The script is 4.25 pages long.There are 9 characters: Narrator, Nicki, Baba, Mole, Rabbit, Hedgehog, Fox, Bear & Mouse
Preview of Patriotic Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students

Patriotic Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students

This patriotic performance is full of US facts and history! This performance package can be used to create a great culminating event for your Social Studies History and Government unit, or for a Patriotic Holiday show! Perfect for a Veterans Day or Presidents Day music program.Performance is so memorable for children! When you can connect a performance to academic content as this one does... they will remember it forever.This script is simple and versatile. It can be used year after year in diff
Preview of See You Later Alligator Rhyme Posters

See You Later Alligator Rhyme Posters

Created by
The Therapy Mama
This is an expanded version of 23 lines of the popular "See you later, alligator. In a while, crocodile" classroom rhyme that you can use in a variety of ways for the school or therapy setting. I have also used these as a therapy tool when saying good-bye when working on expanding utterances or articulation therapy. I purposely left them unnumbered. You can print them and put them as a flip book, going through the complete rhyme in whatever order you choose. You can also pick and choose
Preview of Circus Script, Songs, Costume Ideas, and Coloring Book

Circus Script, Songs, Costume Ideas, and Coloring Book

Created by
KinderKay
I have been performing a circus with my students for many years. My experience with this script has been with kindergarten only, but it can easily be adapted to preschool to second grade. We practice our circus during school hours. Because of that, our circus takes about a month to prepare. The circus performance itself takes 30 - 45 minutes to perform if all roles/acts are included. The script is easily adapted to removing performers and acts if time is a factor for you. It is also a fun back
Preview of Narrative Retelling Rubric and Visuals

Narrative Retelling Rubric and Visuals

Research suggests that narrative instruction should include explicit teaching of story grammar elements, with the use of visual cues (Gilliam et al., 2014).✅ If you want to grab this as a FREEBIE instead of purchasing it, all you have to do is sign up for my newsletter using the link in the preview on the cover! ⭐️ This product includes written and visual cues for story grammar elements: characters, setting, problem/initiating event, plan/events, resolution/consequences, ending. There is also an
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Importance of learning social studies

Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.

Benefits of learning social studies

Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:

  • Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
  • Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
  • Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
  • Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities

By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.

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On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.

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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.

Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.

For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.

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There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.

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Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.