Activity #6: Basketball
Materials: *Hoop and ball from dollar store *Dollar Store container *basketball cut outs
To Play: Students say their speech sound word for the specified number of times (I have 50 paper basketballs, so I have student say words 2 times, then put a basketball in...this way in 5 minutes we will near the 100 mark!). Just before time is up, we take the paper basketballs out and the students "shoot" the actual ball 3 times.
Activity#7: Adapted Puzzle
Another "inherited" speech room cabinet find: an Essential Sounds puzzle. (This one is great because the puzzle contains many R words when finished.) The student says the word on the back of the puzzle piece, says it again (or in a sentence if at the sentence level) and puts the puzzle piece in (the word on the back of the piece will match the word written on the puzzle back). This is an easy adaptation for any artic sound, especially if you can find a picture that has several words with that articulation sound.
Activity #8: Sentence Strips
Having an envelope of sentences starters available is great! Just have the student read the sentence (oral reading practice), then finish the sentence with the card on the top of the pile. These can become pretty silly!
I use puzzles from Target's $1 bins, typically 24+ pieces. You can use any artic word list and require the kiddos to "earn" their puzzle piece by repeating words/phrases/sentences any number of times you wish. You can also use with language kiddos with exercises from HELP books or synonym/antonym lists or vocab words or anything else you want to use. It's easy to just grab a puzzle off the shelf and get to work!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Carol! Aren't puzzles great?! Like you said, they can be very versatile. Do you use them for speedy speech? How many pieces would you recommend for the short 5-10 minute sessions? I've tried to stick with 12-18 pieces, but I have a large 2nd grade group this year in speedy speech and could probably expand up to 24. Maybe I should look at Target!
DeleteAre you talking about the 5 minute kids program? I typically have a group of 2-3 kids for 20 minutes. I use clickers/tally counters and usually require them to give me 3 repetitions in order to earn a puzzle piece. I have puzzles ranging from 12 pieces and up, but if I've got plenty of time, we can make it through the larger framed puzzles fairly quickly. I have one from quite awhile back that makes a round pizza and then you can put on toppings (it was made by Colorforms, I think, and it looks like a real pizza, albeit flat! For my older kids, I have one with "a zillion solutions" called "IZZI" and it's a real favorite of theirs because it changes every time you use it. I think it's a Thinkway game I got at United Art and Education. You could use it in speedy speech, I think. It's only limited if you run out of pieces. Boys seem to really like it-nothing "little kid" about it-black and white pieces/squares. For Halloween I picked up 3 different "Peanuts" puzzles with maybe 12-18 pieces and each kid will put together their own (also from Target's $1 bin).
DeleteAny chance you could email me the sentence starter strips? I'd love to have some! speechforme at gmail
ReplyDeleteGlad you asked! I've shared them at my TpT store. (link here: http://slpity.blogspot.com/2012/09/sentence-starters.html) Email coming your way, too!
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