Saturday, February 14, 2015

Community Helpers with Snowmen at Work~ 50% off until 2/16!

Here is a great packet to target community helpers vocabulary and knowledge and to use with the book "Snowmen at Work" by Caralyn Beuhner. Find it HERE on TpT.

Directions/ Contents:
  • Print and Laminate all pages for durability.
•Page 3- Community Helpers Anchor Chart
•Pages 4-12:  Community Helpers Picture Cards
–12 common Community Helpers
–12 Community Helpers from Snowmen at Work
–Each have a picture card, description card and “Who am I?” Question clues to match to the picture
of the community Helper
–Use for Pronouns, sentence creation or comprehension
•Pages 13-18 Vocabulary
–Page 13-14 Vocabulary from Community Helpers Cards and descriptions
–Page 14-17 Vocabulary from Snowmen at Work (use the story to find context clues)
•Pages 19- 22 Compare and Contrast Jobs
–Teacher/ Nurse and Doctor/Firefighter
–Comes with ideas of similarities and differences to be used as a branching strategy
•Pages 23-28 Rhyming Cards
–Use the train on page 23 to identify the ending sounds in words
–Match Cards that Rhyme.  Then have students think of additional words that rhyme or use each
word in a sentence.
•Pages 29- 32 Prepositions and Following Directions (on, Next to, Below, Above)
•Pages 32-35 Articulation “100 times Challenge” for R, S, L,
–Includes blank game board
•Pages 36-27- Writing Pages “I help the community” and “I would be a “

•Page 38- Open-ended Game board
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Friday, January 23, 2015

Flash FREEBIE!! Valentine's Day Categories and Irregular Plurals Speech and Language (CCSS)

Free until Sunday 1/25/15!! Find it HERE on TpT!


•Print and Laminate all pages for durability.
•Pages 3-17 Categories: 2 levels (with pictures and without)
–Cut out envelopes and heart cards.
–Students draw heart cards and read the word or describe the picture

-Students match the heart card to the envelope category or students name the category on their own as a branching strategy.
–You can also use this activity for describing and sentence creation
•Pages 18-21-Irregular Plural Gumballs
–Cut gumballs into tops and bottoms
–Have students draw cards and match singular forms of nouns to the irregular plural
–Have students Use both forms of the noun in a sentence
•Enjoy and please leave feedback on TpT!

•Follow me on Instagram @bigapplespeech for more great ideas and materials. 


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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Groundhog Day Activities Mega Pack (50% off until 1/9/15!)

Check out this Mega 36 page literacy and Speech/ Language Mega Pack for Groundhog Day.  Includes a Bonus section to use after reading the story "Punxsutawney Phyllis" by Susanna Leonard Hill.

Find it HERE on TpT.

This download includes:
Page 3- History and Facts of Groundhog Day (to read to students)
Pages 4-5-Sequencing Groundhog Day story with 6 picture/ sentence cards
Page 6-7- Comprehension Questions pertaining to the groundhog day story (with answer choices and without)
Pages 8-10- Compare and Contrast Seasons: Winter and Spring
Venn Diagram, Words to sort associated with each season, Worksheet
Pages 11-13-Spatial Concepts and Prepositions “Where is Groundhog?” (targets- in front, behind, next to, between, above, and below)

Pages 14-16- Following Directions/ Prepositions
Pages 17-18- Prediction Writing Activity
Use black/white Groundhogs for Bulletin Board or Craftivity

Pages 20-35- Punxsutawney Phyllis Activities
Page 20-21- Sequencing the story with 6 picture cards and mat
Pages 22-27-Vocabulary matching and fill in the black worksheets
Pages 28-30-Compare/ Contrast (Phyllis to other groundhogs)
Page 31-32- Finding Text Evidence
Pages 33-35-Making Predictions
Enjoy and please leave feedback on TpT to see more!
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Monday, December 15, 2014

FREE Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Comprehensive Literacy Pack

Here is a comprehensive literacy packet focused on Martin Luther King, Jr. Find it HERE on TpT. It will be FREE until after Christmas- as a THANK YOU for supporting me!

The download includes:
•Page 3- MLK History
•Page 4-I have dream- speech highlights
•Page 5-WH comprehension questions
•Page 6- Higher order language questions (thinking questions)
•Pages 7-10-Vocabulary (I recommend reviewing the vocabulary before reading the story)
•Pages 11-13- Fact Vs. Opinion Anchor chart, sorting activity and writing activity. (use the story to check Facts)
•Pages 14-16- Cause-Effect Anchor chart, Matching activity and Writing page
•Pages 17-18- “I have a dream” Writing Tasks
•Page 19- Black and white cutouts of MLK to color for a Bulletin Board.

•Enjoy and please leave feedback on TpT
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

FLASH FREEBIE!! Holiday Christmas Speech and Language Literacy Mega Pack


2 hour Flash Freebie! Mega Speech and Language Packet for the Christmas Holiday! Find it HERE on TpT
•Pages 3-6:  Holiday Vocabulary
–Can use to target multi-syllabic words-Includes worksheets for extra practice/homework
  • Pages 7-8: Phonemic Awareness: Identify beginning and ending sounds in words

•Pages 9-14: Prepositions, following directions and expressive language
–Decorate a Christmas Tree
–Make Christmas Cookies
•Pages 15-17: Sequence and Following Directions “Making Cookies for Santa”
•Page 18-19: Compare and Contrast holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas)
•Pages 20-22: Cause and effect anchor chart, matching and writing activities.
•Pages 23-24: Making Predictions
•Pages 25-26: Identifying Facts versus Opinions
•Pages 27-36: Articulation Cards R, S, L (12 initial and 6 final words for each sound)
–Can use as a game with the mat on page 27. Have students draw cards with their sound and match images when they say the sound correctly.  The first one with
   a full mat wins!

•Enjoy and please leave feedback on TpT!
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Speech and Language Daily Lesson Plan and Data Sheet Forms

Several people have complemented my lesson plan and data sheet formats so I thought maybe you can use them too!  After several versions and tweaks, I am happy to share!

You can find this download HERE on TpT.

This download includes a 3 page Daily lesson plan and a 1 page data Sheet.
The lesson plan has space to write plans for 8 groups per day, plus a "to do" and "notes" section.

Print one data sheet per student and use it for the year to keep track of how your students are progressing.

I find it easiest to write my lesson plans by day (Monday, Tuesday, etc.).  This way, I just grab the lesson plan for the day and I'm ready to go (I copy the first two pages on one sheet so I only use 2 sheets of paper per day).  My lesson plans include the date, time, materials, procedure, student names, target behaviors, and evaluation for each group.  At the end of each session, I transfer the evaluation/ data onto each student's data sheet.

I hope you find this useful!  Please leave feedback and follow me on TPT for more materials.



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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Let It Fall by Maryann Cocca-Leffler Book Companion!

This is a comprehensive speech and language book companion to use with the story "Let it Fall" by Maryann Cocca-Leffler.  There are several activities you can use to target Fall vocabulary and the seasons, without the book too! 
FIND IT HERE ON TPT.

The packet includes:
Pages 3-5:  Compare and contrast seasons 
use page 4 as a branching strategy  to have students match vocabulary words to the season(s) they belong with on page 3
Pages 6-8: Sequence the story with the choice of 2 sequencing mats.
Pages 9-12: Target Vocabulary found in the story
Includes a matching worksheet for homework/ extra practice.

Pages 13-14: Concrete “WH” Questions targeting seasons with matching answers..
Pages 15-18: Higher-order Language Questions.  
Use page 15 and print multiple copies as a “mat” for each student.  If they answer the questions correctly, they place the card on the same image.     The first student to fill up their mat wins!
Pages 19-24: Articulation Cards R, S, L (initial, medial and final)
Can use with the same mat on page 15 as a reinforcer.
Or have students find their word in the story for extra articulation and phonemic awareness practice.

Enjoy and please leave feedback on TpT:)
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