These Boom Cards™️ target formulation WH questions using functional, real life scenarios! This resource contains 47 slides.
On each slide, your students will rearrange given words into a specific question type (e.g., who, what, when, etc..) that is related to a prompt at the top of the page.
There are 5 pages for each of the following question types: who, what, when, where, why, how (how many, how old, how much, how long), do, is, and are.
The first 2 pages of each WH question type include the words with punctuation and capitalization as an additional cue for your students. The last 3 pages of each WH question type do not include this to make the activity more difficult.
The targets in this resource are the same at the first level of my Question Formulation Maps printable resource.
Because these are Boom Cards, they work really well for teletherapy or digital speech therapy. You can read more about Boom cards below or on their website.
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Lori C. –
Engaging for students-thank you!
Communication Essentials –
Great, thank you!!
Rosanne Sinatra –
Really great for increasing MLU, sentence formulation and WH questions. I have several students who have been working on this goal for a long time! Can already notice a difference in question comprehension!
Very Visual SLP –
Love love love! I loved the paper version and now I love the digital version! Thank you!
victoria H. –
This resource allowed me to target asking appropriate questions in a functional and visual way. I would definitely recommend.
Emily B. –
Motivating activity for teaching how to ask questions.
Paula F. –
This was a great resource to send home to my students who are working on question grammar. Thanks!
Lisa Rumbaugh –
This resource was very visual and engaging for my students
Christina M. –
Great activity!
Elizabeth R. –
Fantastic product!
DeAnne S. –
This has been helpful during distance learning.
KP the SLP –
Great resource to practice formulating questions for distance learning. Thank you!
kristin J. –
This has been very useful as we transitioned to digital learning!
Debra S. –
Boom cards have been a lifesaver during this pandemic and my student is really enjoying this! We practiced it during teletherapy and she completed the remainder as home practice.
Spch2teach –
My students loved this activity. Thanks!
Joan G. –
Used this with a student having difficulty with word order when asking questions and was awesome! Would definitely love more of these!
Samantha V. –
This is just what I needed for a couple of my students!
Rebecca W. –
I previously purchased this resource as a pdf and when I saw it had been made into boom cards, I had to get it! It has been incredibly helpful for targeting question formulation online. Thank you!
Peg Hutson – SLP Resources –
These Boom Cards have been useful for helping my students to understand word order when asking questions.
Kara P. –
Thanks
Amanda Champion –
This is AWESOME! My students and their parents have really enjoyed this resource, THANK YOU!
Karin F. –
It was very helpful during the distance learning
Sari W. –
It was interactive and great for the students.I like how it was broken down by different WH questions.
AnnMarie W. –
thank you
Rachel W. –
Great for distance learning!
Ashli G. –
I love this for working on question formulation!
Kelli W. –
My student enjoyed this activity and format.
Kimberly Barnes –
Thank you.
Jacklyn H. –
Great activity for practicing question formulation in an unscramble the text format! The probing scenarios are perfect, I just had to do a couple of practice items with my student. This is a valuable resource for 1st through 5th grade students are basic reader, but struggle with producing grammatically correct questions. And it targets MULTIPLE question types, which I really liked, not just “wh” questions (e..g., is/are, how, do/does)! Great thinking
Brittany M. –
This resource works extremely well at a distance. I love using this resource with my clients who struggle with sentence formulation.
Ogadinma O. –
Great resource!
Michelle G. –
This has been an excellent resource for distance learning with some of those students who have difficulties with asking questions. We use the resource to generate sentences and then practice answering them, too!
Denise H. –
I love every product that Speechy Musings makes. Also clean and uncluttered. The font choice is great. This skill is SO hard for my students and this really helps. I believe Speech Musings uses a lot of EBP with her products and I’ve never been disappointed by any of them. Keep up the good work and keeping me sane!
FAME Speech and Myo –
Awesome resource! Worth the money for sure!
Amy G. –
This is one of my favorites! The click & drag words really helped my students be successful.
Aimee M. –
I’ve used this resource in several sessions to assist with formulating grammatically correct questions. My patients have enjoyed being able to move the words from the bank to the blanks to build their question.
F O. –
Nice resource
Amanda G. –
This resource was so helpful for my students who’s goals were to formulate grammatically correct sentences.
Megan L. –
Great resource and I love that they are Boom cards!
Emily C. –
I love using this resource with my students who have difficulty with syntax. They find it to be a fun and challenging “game”!
Jessica W. –
This is a great interactive way for students to practice formulating questions.
Ann Grevious –
This resource has been great to use with students who require the visual support to organize their thoughts while creating questions. Thanks!
Sara L. –
The visual really helps my students on the spectrum.
Heather W. –
This is a great resource! I had the pdf version and when I saw it was available on BOOM, I bought it immediately! It helped my students so much!
Lauren W. –
This is exactly what I needed for one of my students on the spectrum. Thanks!
Chelsea M. –
My students enjoy this very much and it’s wonderful to use!
renee T. –
Students love Boom Cards – they think they are playing a game with the motivation of using technology and don’t realize they are learning! The visuals are a wonderful support for students who have difficulty formulating questions. Thank you –
Kelsey B. –
This is a great sentence formulation activity for virtual therapy.
melissa M. –
LOVE THIS! Simple and effective!
Leanne S. –
Great, clear visuals. I found this to be a great way to engage my students in a task that can be difficult for them. Thank you!
Speechie Adventures –
I liked the variety of question types as well as the scenarios used. Very easy to use. Thank you!
Kimberly B. –
Thank you!
Stacey D. –
Fun resource for teletherapy!
Lauren K. –
great resource!
Sarah D. –
Thank you!
Samantha R. –
Great product that has allowed my students to understand how to properly ask questions utilizing the wh- words they have learned through answering questions!
Stacy D. –
Very helpful for my distance learners working on question formulation skills. Thank you!
Jessica M. –
Great activity to work on asking questions! My students enjoy being able to form the sentence themselves and then checking if it is correct or not.
Maya C. –
Great resource for many levels! So helpful and engaging.
Hannah C. –
My hyperlexic autistic student really struggles to create questions, until he saw them scrambled and now this is his favorite/most engaging activity
Scribble and Speak –
I have a number of students that are struggling with question formulation. This has been great for them. For students at a higher level during distance learning, I’ve used the annotation tool to block off the word bank so it’s just the prompted question and it’s worked great. Thank you!
Nolan S. –
These have been very helpful for a particular student of mine! He was having a lot of difficulty with formulating questions, but is improving using these cards! He enjoys unscrambling the sentences and is engaged during practice!
Nicole D. –
I loved that depending on the level of my students I could share the screen and block off the hunts at the bottom to add an extra challenge! The students responded well to these!
Lauren B. –
This is a great resource for students working on formulating questions.
The Nomadic SLP –
My students had a lot of success using this resource!
Laura N. –
Some of my students really struggle with question formulation. They benefitted from unscrambling the sentences and checking to see if they make sense.
Margaret P. –
The visuals were very helpful and the structure of the slides supported correct answers. The students and their parents stated that this was fun too.
Emma S. –
Great way to help structure asking question activities!
Shireen G. –
Been looking for resource that breaks down asking questions for a while now and this is really great. Easy to understand across different grades!
Rebecca D. –
great resource
Bauman Speech –
I have a few kids working on social skills, and this is perfect to address conversation and asking questions!
Miranda H. –
I used it yesterday with some of my students who have difficulty asking basic questions. This was a great way for them to see how to formulate questions without me using 3492409 sticky notes! Just get it, you won’t regret it!
Ashley M. –
Great resource!
Lana M. –
Great resource for my students who need to work on formulating questions that make sense.
Deborah K. –
I love how this resource takes no prep on my part and lasts for at least two lessons!
Emily R. –
Love the situations and the questions that go along with them. Great for my students with social pragmatic goals as well as syntax goals.
Taylor T. –
Helpful for syntax and social language. I appreciate the scenarios that go along with each sentence scramble.
Colbey P. –
All of my students were engaged throughout this activity. The prompts were relatable to various situations that they have been in. This activity gave the students the ability to move the words into different positions and have multiple attempts, which was helpful. Great activity for introducing questions!
Heretti I. –
I used this with my students who have difficulty with syntax, and using the correct WH- word when formulating questions. It’s a great resource and the situations are helpful for kids who need to work on social/pragmatic skills too.
Tiffany H. –
Great resource!
Rachel B. –
My kids love anything on Boom cards more than worksheets. Thanks!
Katheryn S. –
Great resource! Thank you!
Brittany S. –
thank you!
Jordan K. –
This resource was great for a few of my virtual students! This skill is one that I do not have a ton of resources for so was very grateful for this resource!!
Heather E. –
Grateful for this resource as this can be a difficult skill to target. KIds like being able to formulate their questions on their own.
Amber Koutnik –
Great for distance learning!
Danielle M. –
I love this! Takes all the guess work out of therapy planning for some of my Au kiddos.
Kaleigh D. –
Great resource! Was able to use with my students with syntax goals
Christina M. –
Great resource!
Tiffany H. –
The prompts are relatable. Students were engaged the whole time. Also, this can be difficult for students who are not sure which question form to choose. It is also good for syntax.
Lisa M. –
This activity really helped my students with autism understand how to formulate a novel sentence using interrogative reversal! The exercise of moving the words and punctuation was highly motivating, and the graded series of tasks, from most support to least, helped them in becoming more independent while addressing this skill. Thank you for a really helpful tool for my students with ASD!
Katerina K. –
Very helpful resource!
Jennifer O. –
Exactly what I was looking for to help some students. Thanks!
Amanda S. –
Awesome resource to use for teletherapy
Kharyl B. –
Comprehensive and effective way to target formulating questions.
Stephanie M. –
Loved the use of real life scenarios !
The Confident Communicators –
use it weekly
Chelsea H. –
I have students who use AAC and are working on formulating questions. This resource helps them to focus on producing grammatically correct sentences.
Rachel F. –
great unique resource that targets a skill that there aren’t many curated resources out there for!
Melinda G. –
This is an excellent resource for question formulation.
Meghan M. –
I love using these with my students in autistic support during speech therapy sessions.
lisa T. –
Great resource! Thank you for always creating wonderful resources.
Sunny Side Up Speech –
I had a student who was really having difficulty with this skill and parents and teachers wanted her to work on it specifically so this resource was WONDERFUL!
Raquel R. –
This is a great resource to used for my students, they really enjoy how interactive it is. This was also one that was requested during virtual learning. Great resource!
Denise W. –
This has really helped my students with their questioning skills. Great visual and activity!
Rachael F. –
The explicit structure is so helpful for my students on the spectrum!
Leslie Morris –
Great resource- love all my Speechy Musings products and use them all the time!
Courtney L. –
This has been a great resource for my teletherapy sessions. Easy to use and engaging for students.
Bridget B. –
Great resource! I feel I have a hard time finding materials to work on formulating questions, and syntax. This is a go-to for some of my students working on this skill.
Makayla’s Speech at the Beach –
This is a fun and engaging resource for targeting communication.
Tanya M. –
Great resource! Targets formulating questions and syntax. It’s become a go-to in my speech sessions.
Paige G. –
This was a great resource to have for our clients during covid lockdowns.
Karen S. –
Great resource! I appreciate the structured support to provide consistency. Also, yes on the Do, Is, Are questions as well.
Haley T. –
Great resource for working on formulating questions.
Mary H. –
Great digital activity
Perfect for students working on asking questions with no printables
Emmy J. –
Helpful and Easy to Use Resource
This resource is helpful and easy to use! It’s so convenient to pull up the Boom Cards on any device.
SpeechORama –
great resource
It’s hard to know where to start in teaching how to ASK questions. This is a very straightforward and engaging resource I’ve used successfully that provides the right amount of support.