Vocab Sheets

I'm celebrating finally being on break today! Hooray!

Just a quick freebie for you today. Most of my 4th and 5th graders have curriculum vocabulary goals. Sometimes we use these sheets to write vocabulary definitions or sentences on. It seems to help them to have these sheets with a background that is a visual for the subject area.

We decorate the boring brick walls in my little speech room!

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Off to pack my suitcase now! It's been a hard year for my family, so I'm looking forward to some down time to spend with all the ones I love! Hope you get to spend some time with your family! See you in 2012!

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Winter Inferencing

This post is courtesy of my good friend Jamie Cooley!  Jamie is in her CF year in the schools in Ohio. She rocks as an SLP and as a friend too :) She made this print and go winter inferencing activity!

Jamie said that she usually cuts them  apart and puts all the clues into an envelope. Then she hands each kid a clue to read. They highlight the important part of each clue and then use what they already know plus the clues to figure out the answer in the envelope!


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World Records in Speech

Today’s post is all about another activity that you make once – and then use for EVERY (school aged) group you see during the day. These are my favorite types of activities. Mostly because I just don't have any planning time during my day.

You will need a World Records book of some type. I got mine from the Goodwill for a buck. Mine is actually the Scholastic version – which is easier to read than the Guinness Version. But whatever you can find will work.

The first step is to cut out the pages. So that you have easy to use single sheets. See where I’m going here? They are easy for kids to look through and pick out. They’re colorful and packed with  paragraph full of facts.

Drum Roll Please………. 10 ways I used these World Record Sheets.

1.     Fluency. Students read the passage and were required to use their fluency strategies at least 3 times (and verbally identify when they used them.)

2.     Articulation: As student read the passage they identify any words with their target sound. Write those down. Practice the words in isolation. Reread the passage and shoot for 100%.

3.     Comparatives/Superlatives. Identify the comparative or superlative in the title. (ex: largest) and work on identify the others in the sequence (large, larger, largest).

4.     Comparatives/Superlatives: See the graph on the picture? Every page has one. The student reads the graph and then develops appropriate world relations.

5.     Main Idea/Details: Name the main idea and 3 details.

6.     Conjunctions: Identify any conjunctions in the article. Circle any you find. Develop a sentence using each.

7.     Conversation starters. Each child reads their article. Then the students work on conversation while asking about each others reading!

8.     Synonyms. Pick a few words you want your students to find synonyms for. Let them read the article. Let them come up with synonyms in words that would work within the sentences provided.

9.     Vocab. Pick a vocabulary word. Have your student define the word using a dictionary. Use it in a sentences applicable to themselves.

10.  Compare/Contrast. Read 2 similar articles (ie: animals). Have the students compare them using graphic organizers as needed. 

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Elf on the SPEECH Shelf

Are you guys Elf on the Shelf-ing at home? My students are having a great time telling me all of their Elf excursions. One of the followers of Speech Room News emailed me last week and asked me if I had any ideas for using the Elf in speech.  What a great idea it turned out to be!

Elf on the Speech Shelf is brought to you by Karen Parden MS, CCC-SLP. Karen works in the public schools with children from ages 3-12 (Preschool-Middle School). She is working on her  Auditory-Verbal Certification. You can contact her at  Email: kparden@hsv.k12.al.us

There are a few ways to get your Elf involved in your speech room. I don't have an Elf to use at school so my students are filling out the little sheet each morning about their elves at home. I'm focusing on spatial concepts.

Download my printable HERE!


Karen is using her Elf during speech. Her speech elf has been very busy.

CUTE right?!! Well Karen has given you a great free printable today. She created this great book unit complete with comprehension questions, artic targets and vocabulary words.

Grab your free download HERE!

Don't you love it?! Thanks so much Karen!!


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Tree Synonyms

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Today I'm bringing you a quick download to use in your therapy room. The download includes Christmas trees that you can write targets on, cut apart and let students match together.

I used them a few ways. I made some articulation trees, some synonyms trees, some vocab trees.  My preschool friends, matched capital and lower case letters. Unfortunately the only pictures I took are of the synonym trees - so you need to use your imagination a little!

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O Christmas Tree, Preschool Christmas Tree.

I'm back today with an easy holiday activity you can make in 15 minutes or less! (Except the Target trip... that will cost you a few hours!) One of my students was absent this week and I made (and dreamed up) this entire activity in his 15 minute slot. (I spent the other 5 minutes grabbing caffeine from the vending machine!)

First you're going to need to hit up the Target dollar spot. I bought 2 tubes of these small bulbs, for a buck each. 

Some are shiny, and some are covered with sparkles! They are plastic and won't break easy! The next step is to make a Christmas tree. I made mine out of bulletin board paper and ran it through the laminator. Then print the download below with lights, candy canes and a star. Laminate them as well! Now break out your velcro. Velcro everything to the tree.

I took everything off and stuck it in a box to start with. At circle we talked about what we put on our trees. Then we sorted the items (lights, ornaments, candy, star). We talked about the EMPTY tree and the FULL box. We talked about more/less and compared how many of each kind we had. 

Then I let the students come up and pick out items to put on the tree. As each child took their turn I targeted their individual goals. These included: vocabulary, WH questions, spatial concepts, descriptive concepts, articulation, verb + ing, future/past tense (last Christmas, next Christmas), and 1 & 2 step directions. 

Download the graphics HERE for free :)

****Edit: Here is the link for a communication symbols to use with this activity! Grab it HERE. You will need boardmaker to open this attachment.

In the Christmas tree ornament spirit, I had a great activity sent in by a follower of the blog! Kellie Meixner sent in this flexible activity. 

These cute ornaments are shown using synonyms and antonyms but you could use them for anything! Vocab, articulation, WH questions, etc! Thanks Kellie!!

You'll need boardmaker to use the download. Grab if for free HERE.

If you have an idea to share, just email me at jenna.rayburn@gmail.com. I would LOVE to share it!