by BeckyWanca
on February 10, 2012
in Antonyms, Antonyms, Basic Concepts, Basic Concepts, Games and Activities, Games and Activities, Holidays, Holidays, Ideas, Language, Language, Materials, Synonyms, Synonyms, Themes, Themes, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day, Vocabulary, Vocabulary
How can you mend a broken heart? Simple! Find the heart halves with words that go together, and “voila”, you’ve saved Valentine’s Day! Your students can work on synonyms, antonyms, or Valentine words that go together, such as flowers and vase! What you need: Heart shaped papers with word pairs on them, cut in half, [...]
by BeckyWanca
on February 7, 2012
in Games and Activities, Holidays, Language, Materials, Themes, Valentine's Day
Use this hands-on activity to help your students rearrange statements into questions. Students are able to physically manipulate the sentence parts, giving them a chance to try them in various positions before deciding on an answer. Included are instructions, four pages of cut-apart sentences, and an answer sheet. The sentences are based on a Valentine’s [...]
by BeckyWanca
on February 1, 2012
in Game Types, Games and Activities, Grammar, Holidays, Language, Materials, Other Games, Themes, Valentine's Day, Verbs, Vocabulary
Verb variety is the key to this activity/game. Students reach into a bag or bowl and pull out a game card. Then they have to fill in a missing verb to complete the sentence on the card. To play it as a competitive game, have the student or team complete the sentence with as many [...]
by BeckyWanca
on February 1, 2012
in Games and Activities, Holidays, Language, Materials, Themes, Valentine's Day, Vocabulary
To celebrate the 3rd anniversary of SpeechTherapyIdeas.com this material is available for free and does not require a membership! My students LOVE rhyming riddles, and I love how much it makes them think! They have to think about the word’s description AND it’s rhyming clue, which is a super language activity for students with weak [...]
by BeckyWanca
on January 27, 2012
in Game Types, Games and Activities, Language, Materials, Other Games, Seasons, Speech, Themes, Winter
Are you looking for a game that can keep your students engaged while working on a wide range of skills? Try out this card collecting game that even had my eighth graders giggling (and that’s saying something)! Versatile This game can be used in almost any therapy group because the students take their turns playing [...]
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 [...]