Ultimate Guide to Common Core & Speech Therapy

My state doesn’t have common core, does this matter to me?

What do the standards NOT define?

What standards are most important for SLPs?

What should SLPs do with the CCSS?

What are “anchor standards”?

Can I use Common Core Standards for my IEP goals?

So, what should I do with common core?

Power-deFur and Flynn (2012) have some excellent advice about what speech language pathologists need to do with common core standards.

Step 1: Review the standards for your student’s grade

Step 2: Determine where the child is performing – look at the present levels

Simple screeners will provide lots of information on where the child is currently performing. My Common Core Reference binder includes screeners and assessments that will help you figure what your students know how to do and what they need to work on!

Step 3: Review IEP goals, accommodations, and modifications

Step 4: Review classroom materials and instructional style

Step 5: Collaborate with teachers

Step 6: Design and implement intervention

In my Common Core Reference Binder for SLPs, I provided lots of checklists to help you get organized, plus progress monitoring sheets to help you assess the effectiveness of your intervention.

The Common Core Reference Binder for SLPs

If all that sounds complicated to you, you’ll definitely want to check out my HUGE (441 pages!) Common Core Reference Binder for SLPs.

My binder contains everything you need to confidently incorporate common core standards into your therapy for your kindergarten through 5th grade students.

Common Core Checklists

I’ve extracted the applicable speech and language standards for each grade into a simplified, easy to read. Not sure what your 1st grade students should be able to do? Pull out that checklist! Just like we refer to developmental milestones, the common core standards let us know what our students should be able to do.

I also included a list of standards by grade that relate to speech therapy goals, without checklists, as a reference to you or to share with teachers or parents.

Speech and Language Screeners aligned with common core standards

I’ve also included a quick 1-page screener for each grade. Every question on the screener aligns with a standard. That way you can figure out exactly where your students are struggling when you are working on a plan!

PICTURE OF SCREENER

Therapy resources aligned with common core standards

Finally, I’ve included materials for therapy for the standards. You’ll get anchor charts with a visual explanation, “I can” charts, stimulus materials like vocabulary word lists, graphic organizers, and data sheets. You’ll have all of that for the following targets:

Vocabulary:

• Multiple Meaning Words
• Affixes and Root Words
• Context Clues
• Categories and Attributes
• Antonyms and Synonyms
• Figurative Language

Grammar:

• Nouns, Plural Nouns, and Abstract Nouns
• Verbs
• Prepositions
• Pronouns
• Adjectives, comparatives, and superlatives
• Conjunctions

Language:

• Formulating sentences
• Asking and answering questions
• Main idea
• Story retell
• Describing

Phonological Awareness

• Letter/sound identification
• Rhyming
• Syllables
• Phoneme isolation
• Phoneme substitution

There are also standards overviews and “I Can” posters for pragmatics, articulation, fluency, and voice.

Other goodies

I’ve also included some other fun goodies, like blank “I can do it” books your students can use to track their own progress and blank data sheets you can use.

Below is an example of an anchor chart:

And its corresponding “I Can” posters….

For many topics, I include bonus reference pages as shown below:

Below is an example of the included assessment pages:

I always include blank ones too!

Here is some of it printed out:

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