by BeckyWanca
on March 20, 2012
in Games and Activities, Ideas, Language, Language, Materials, Multiple Meaning Words, Speech, Vocabulary
This is a quick-to-make, versatile, and portable activity that is great for a wide variety of speech and language therapy goals. You can even use it with groups of students working on different skills! What you need: craft sticks marker small color-coded stickers (optional) word lists for stimuli container/cup (I used an Emerald Nuts container) [...]
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 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 18, 2012
in Grammar, Language, Materials, Verbs, Vocabulary, Writing
Students practice finding and replacing boring verbs with vivid verbs on this worksheet. First they find the boring verbs in the story, then they rewrite the story replacing the boring verbs with their own vivid verbs. This page can be used together with the vivid verb pre-test and post-test, cards and sorting pages, and identification [...]
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 [...]