by BeckyWanca
on January 17, 2012
in Grammar, Language, Materials, Verbs, Vocabulary, Writing
These worksheets give students practice identifying and sorting vivid verbs. The first worksheet has students cross out the boring verb choice and circle the vivid verb that completes the sentence. On the next two worksheets, the students write the vivid verbs from the word bank below the boring verb that they could replace. The ten [...]
by BeckyWanca
on January 16, 2012
in Games and Activities, Grammar, Language, Materials, Verbs, Vocabulary, Writing
Help your students learn more about vivid verbs and the boring verbs they can replace with these 50 vivid verb cards and 10 sorting pages. An answer sheet is also included. What you need: vivid verb cards, printed and cut apart boring verb sorting pages, printed on cardstock or colored paper, if possible What to [...]
by BeckyWanca
on January 16, 2012
in Grammar, Language, Materials, Verbs, Vocabulary, Writing
Using vivid verbs instead of boring verbs can greatly improve your students’ written and verbal sentences. Use these worksheets to get a sample of the verbs your students use to finish sentences. You can then compare their verb usage before and after you work on vivid verbs. These pages can be used together with the [...]
by BeckyWanca
on January 16, 2012
in Games and Activities, Grammar, Language, Materials, Verbs, Vocabulary, Writing
Helping your students upgrade their verbs from “boring verbs” to “vivid verbs” can improve their written and verbal sentences tremendously. By teaching them to use more specific verbs, they’ll be able to create images in their reader or listener’s mind. Materials included in the mini set: 2 worksheets that can be used as a pre-test [...]
by BeckyWanca
on January 5, 2012
in Basic Concepts, Games and Activities, Language, Matching, Materials, Seasons, Themes, Vocabulary, Winter
Students match up pieces of snowmen that go together with this wintry activity. Included are six snowmen with winter categories, six snowmen with math vocabulary words, and a page of blank snowmen that you can customize. You can use them for: synonyms rhyming words words with sounds in certain positions (intial /s/, medial /s/, final/s/) [...]
by BeckyWanca
on January 2, 2012
in Articulation, Describing, Games and Activities, Ideas, Language, Seasons, Speech, Themes, Winter
I love getting Christmas cards during the holiday season, but don’t know what to do with them once the holidays have passed. This year, I’m going to give them a second life in my therapy sessions! To start, select cards that have interesting pictures on the front and cut each card along the fold to [...]