One of my biggest mistakes as a newer SLP was equating “comprehension” with “text”, or at least longer chunks of language including stories, articles, and paragraphs of information. But, after reading a few very insightful research articles about the importance of sentence-level work in speech therapy sessions, I changed things up. And it’s made a […]

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Comprehension, Sentence + Question Formulation, Sentence Combining, Sentence Deconstruction, Syntax

Don’t Skip Over Sentences in Speech Therapy

Sentences can be made more complex by increasing their length and by adding more advanced language elements. Two common ways to do this are by adding noun phrases and by using subordination (sentences that include multiple clauses). Three types of subordination make up the majority of multi-clausal sentences students will encounter. Here’s a little more […]

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Comprehension, Sentence Combining, Sentence Deconstruction, Syntax

3 Sentence Types You Should Target in Speech Therapy

The overall goal of learning about text structure is to get your students to have a better mental representation and organization of the information they read, hear, or see. This will make skills like summarizing or retell much easier. There are 5 main text structures that I teach to my students: These 5 text structures […]

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Comprehension, Text Structure

Teaching Text Structures to Improve Comprehension

Want some easy no prep therapy ideas you can use with a variety of kids and groups? Look no further! These fun ideas are nearly material-less and most involve movement to keep our students engaged! ⬇️ 📝 Sticky Synonyms: Write words on a white board that have relatively easy synonyms. Write those synonyms on Post-It […]

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Categories + Word Associations, Comprehension, Context Clues, Defining, Describing, Easy Therapy Activities, Syntax, Vocabulary

5 Easy and Free No Prep Therapy Ideas

Reading comprehension is complicated and can take a lot of focused intervention to support our students with learning disabilities! But what kind of texts should we use for reading comprehension? Are there benefits to using non-fiction vs. fiction stories? Does starting with narratives help later on with expositories? First of all, the things we are […]

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Comprehension, Text Structure

What’s Best? Fiction vs. Non-Fiction for Reading Comprehension

I’m not really targeting text structure… should I be? Reading comprehension strategies are essential for our students! Language impairments affect our students’ abilities to understand and answer reading comprehension questions. How can we give them the skills to succeed in school? We can read a passage and ask comprehension questions all day long, basically drilling […]

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Comprehension, Text Structure

The Best Reading Comprehension Strategies – Text Structures!

Middle school (and high school) speech therapy activities can be hard to find, but I’ve got you! Middle school has a mixed reputation. I know some SLPs are intimidated by teenage attitudes, or aren’t sure what to work on once the basics have been covered. Some of these middle schoolers and high schoolers have been […]

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Comprehension

Middle School Speech Therapy Activities: 10 Best Picks

If you are looking for speech therapy materials with inferencing picture scenes using evidence-based strategies, make sure to check out my Inferencing and Predicting Using Real Pictures for Speech Therapy. It includes 100 real life picture card scenarios that allow you to provide effective, direct teaching on how to make inferences from picture scenes (also available […]

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Comprehension, Inferencing & Predicting

Real World Inferencing for Deducting, Problem Solving, And Comprehension

Are your students working on main idea strategies? Are you wondering how to teach main idea? Check out my 32 simple, no-prep non-fiction stories specially designed to teach main idea concepts, with an additional 50 stories included in my expansion pack. You’ll love these main idea worksheets! Comprehension: Address Foundational Skills Before we work on […]

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Comprehension, Summarizing

Surefire Strategies that Actually Teach Main Idea And Comprehension

WH questions in speech therapy come up a lot! They’re really functional and seem to be easily noticed as a weakness by teachers and parents. I wanted to share a few thoughts when targeting WH questions as well as a few of my favorite resources for targeting WH questions at a variety of language levels. […]

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Comprehension, WH Questions

5 Activities to Work on WH Questions in Speech Therapy

Get ready for a simple wh question visual trick for a fun splash of color in your therapy sessions! So many of the kids I’ve worked with have difficulty with wh questions in some form. I remember working with an AAC client in my grad school clinic. We were answering comprehension questions about books. It […]

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Comprehension, WH Questions

Wh Question Visual: Cheap, Fast, and Easy!

wh questions with real pictures

I work with students ages 3 through 2nd grade. I feel like I target WH questions every single day (probably because I do!). I made these awesome grab and go WH question materials using real pictures. Check it out! This packet targets who, what, when, and where questions. Each card has 2 picture choices. There are […]

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Comprehension, WH Questions

WH Questions with Real Pictures

a good system shortens the road to the goal.

- orlson marden