Superhero Expressive Language

Who doesn't like superheroes? Whether generic or copyrighted, children of all ages (and genders) enjoy the idea.

Cue the language activities. This fun-filled packet features wh-questions (who, what, when, where, why) - 8 each:

Categories (convergent and divergent):

Sequencing (student will describe the sequence) with a visual guide for first/next/last:

 Compare & contrast - with a Venn diagram:

And safety questions and scenarios:

The safety portion has autobiographical questions (address, birthday, etc.). This includes phone number, which I included reluctantly. Some families still have a house phone, some change cell phone numbers on a regular basis. Ask this question cautiously, and perhaps remind the parents/guardians that children should be familiar with a number they can call.

There is also a follow-up worksheet for home use:

Families should be encouraged to review autobiographical information as well as safety-related scenarios. This is especially true for some children on the Autistic spectrum who have a difficult time differentiating safe vs. dangerous scenarios in the community. 

Interested? Find the packet on Teachers Pay Teachers or Teachers Notebook. 

Are your students struggling with categories and perhaps benefit from more visuals? 

Try my April Shower Categories found on TpT or TN. 

Enjoy, and remember - SLPs are language superheroes all day, every day!

Diana

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Diana

Valentine's Day Semantics

Now that the (not so exciting) Super Bowl is over, we can focus on Valentine's Day. There are so many activities that you can do with the holiday - both sappy and otherwise.

On a basic level, you can have students make Valentine's Day cards, if the practice is allowed in your school/district. They'll probably make them for immediately family members in class, so you can use the opportunity to make V-Day cards for someone else... a sports hero, the president, a teacher. This is a great opportunity to work on sentence structure, pragmatics (socially appropriate greetings to write) and incorporate some phonemic awareness into the writing.

I decided on a semantically based activity for this V-Day. Here we have synonyms, antonyms (easy to do with a broken heart pattern), homophones and compound words.

Synonyms and antonyms are presented in 2 ways: 2 parts of a broken heart, which you can cut out and match, and a pair with one missing (robots for antonyms, dinosaurs for synonyms). Don't worry, there's an answer key for the missing pair!

Homophones are words that sounds the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Have students identify or match the definitions (a small box with a definition for each word is provided) and/or make sentences for the different definition.

Finally, the compound words are simply presented on a heart. Students can deconstruct the compound word, identify similar compounds and deconstruct the meaning based on its parts.

There are 154 synonyms and antonyms, 64 sets of homophones and 60 compound words!

You can find it on TpT or on Teachers Notebook.
Diana