Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Apples, Apples, Apples
Goals Targeted:
- Categories
- Main Idea/Details of the story
- Past tense verbs
- Identifying correct or incorrect grammar
A few weeks ago I was trying to plan my sessions, and I found the book Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. I figured this was perfect for a week in October, and wasn't Halloween themed. The book follows along as a family of rabbits goes apple picking one autumn day. Throughout the book there are activities that correspond to the story. I decided to not use any of those activities during therapy, as they are a little too complicated for my students.
Each student got a basket to collect their "apples" in. After each student answered their respective question they rolled the die. They got the amount of apples that they rolled. The student with the most apples at the end of the session won.
Drink of the Day (2nd drink):After the snow yesterday, I am getting in the holiday mood. I continued that today by having Candy Cane herbal tea. If this doesn't keep me in the festive mood, I'm not sure what will!
Stone Soup
Goals Targeted:
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Answering detail questions after reading a passage
- Stating the main idea
- Identifying Colors
While November is short month for school, I didn't want to go straight to Thanksgiving themes the first week. I revisited the short story Stone Soup, and figured it would be great to introduce the idea of sharing as a precursor to the holiday themes.
Scholastic has the story you can print to create a small book. It was super handy to have pictures that went with the story, as many of my clients are not able to read but the pictures help them follow along.
After reading the story together, we began the Stone Soup game. Each student has their own pot they will fill with ingredients to create their own stone soup. After answering their question correctly they rolled a die that had a different color for each side. The ingredients I printed correspond to the colors on the die. (Below I show a game board that can be used for the same idea with the colors) At the end of the game who ever had the most ingredients was the winner.
As with other books I've used before, I labeled targets in my copy of the book. I underlined words that could be used for antonyms/synonyms, and created questions asking about the main idea and details of the book.
Drink of the Day: I have been feeling a little under the weather, so I am sticking to tea. Today it is Papaya Passionfruit black tea with a dollop of honey.
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Answering detail questions after reading a passage
- Stating the main idea
- Identifying Colors
While November is short month for school, I didn't want to go straight to Thanksgiving themes the first week. I revisited the short story Stone Soup, and figured it would be great to introduce the idea of sharing as a precursor to the holiday themes.
Scholastic has the story you can print to create a small book. It was super handy to have pictures that went with the story, as many of my clients are not able to read but the pictures help them follow along.
After reading the story together, we began the Stone Soup game. Each student has their own pot they will fill with ingredients to create their own stone soup. After answering their question correctly they rolled a die that had a different color for each side. The ingredients I printed correspond to the colors on the die. (Below I show a game board that can be used for the same idea with the colors) At the end of the game who ever had the most ingredients was the winner.
As with other books I've used before, I labeled targets in my copy of the book. I underlined words that could be used for antonyms/synonyms, and created questions asking about the main idea and details of the book.
Drink of the Day: I have been feeling a little under the weather, so I am sticking to tea. Today it is Papaya Passionfruit black tea with a dollop of honey.
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