Avast, me Mateys!

I don't know where or when or really even how it started, but I do know that it's FUN!

September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day and in celebration, I'm running sale and a giveaway on
Pirate Parlay: Phonological Awareness Activities at Teachers Notebook.

 

  

 This product targets 12 different phonological awareness skills and is Common Core aligned. 

 

The graphics are from Scrappin Doodles and the font is called "Amazing Ruler" from KevinandAmanda.com

  

The download includes 40 pages of cards designed to target the following phonological awareness skills:

Syllable-structure awareness tasks

Blending and Segmenting

Onset-rime awareness tasks

Spoken word recognitionSpoken rhyme detection or rhyme oddity
 Spoken rhyme generation Onset-rime blending

Phonemic awareness tasks

Phoneme matchingPhoneme isolationPhoneme blending with wordsPhoneme segmentation with words

 

I hope you and your students will enjoy working with this product. It was loads of fun to create!

 

I've linked the game board here as a free download. Just click the picture to grab it!

 

If you liked this, then you should head over to SLPRunner's Facebook page. She's got a list of Pirate themed activities from other speechies and teachers.

A Whole Month?! + a FREEBIE

Whew! Where has the time gone? I can't believe the last post was almost a month ago! It's like school started or something :-)

 

I am so excited about this school year. After having some unintentional time away from the world of speech therapy, I feel like I'm rediscovering myself. I'm getting to know what professional happiness feels like again.

 

My fellow teachers and students are getting to know
Mrs. B, too. It's always interesting figuring out how the new school works and what the norms and mores are for that particular staff and faculty. Like a lot of you SLPs out there, I'm split between campuses this year so, I've got to get to know two of everything!

 

One thing I've come to know with my intermediate level kiddos is that some of them understand why they're coming to speech class and others have no clue. I think it's important for students to know the purpose of their learning, and speech goals are no exception. I'm loving the Common Core "I can" statements I've been seeing on Pinterest, Teacher's Notebook, and Teachers Pay Teachers. My district hasn't moved to Common Core yet, but we'll be getting there soon.

 

In the meantime, I've created this little activity to help my students get to know one another and facilitate some conversation about speech therapy goals and outcomes. You can grab it here free by clicking on the picture below.

 

 

 

Once again the graphics are from ScrappinDoodles
(I just love her stuff!) and the font is called "Follow You Into the World."

 

I hope you're all having a great start to the school year. Come back soon for loads of Sweet Speech Halloween themed games and activities.

 

 

 

Back to School Bundles at Teachers Notebook-UPDATE!

August 13, 2013 - UPDATE
WOW! This just keeps getting better! If you were excited about the Back to School Bundle Sale, then you're going to flip over this news!

The folks at Teachers Notebook have introduced the "Build a Bundle" option. Now you can customize your bundle from the products offered by participating teacher shops.

Load up on what you want, erm... what your students need
this school year! :-)

Also, check out the sales going on all over the site,
including The BonBonSpeecher Store.
EVERYTHING is 25% from August 12 until August 19th.

 

  

Remember, The BonBonSpeecher Store is featured in bundles 16 and 22 which are intended for 3rd-5th grade. Click the numbers to go directly to those bundles, but search the site for other amazing offers from tons of other teacher shops!

ENJOY!!

Back to School Bundles at Teachers Notebook!

Oh, my goodness! I'm so excited to help promote the

Back to School Bundles Sale at Teachers Notebook.

  

About a week ago, the staff and team over at TN asked all shop owners to submit products to be bundled and sold at $20-30.

Over 3,000 products were submitted and the staff carefully assembled the bundles to give you the best deals in the following categories:

 

Common Core Math

Common Core Reading

Common Core Writing

Classroom Decoration

Classroom Management

Assessment

Special Education

Homeschool

Educational Technology

 

What this means is when you purchase a bundle during this sale, you'll be getting over $100 of high quality, Common Core aligned, super cute and fun activities for your classroom for only $25!

 

The BonBonSpeecher Store is featured in bundles 16 and 22 which are intended for 3rd-5th grade. Click the numbers to go directly to those bundles, but search the site for other amazing offers from tons of other teacher shops!

ENJOY!!

Mmmore sushi, please!

So, I'm really loving this clipart from Lettering Delights. It's so stinking cute!

 

I created a little Articulation Bonus and included it in the download of the

Sushi Reinforcement game you can pick up at Teachers Pay Teachers or Teachers Notebook.

 

Today, I want to give you a little something extra. I whipped up this

Sushi Language Freebie to go along with the set.

 

Click here to download color and B&W versions.

It's a one page print out of some WH questions that focus on eating at a restaurant. I've provided both color and black & white options for printing. I hope this will be useful to you at some point over the school year.

Enjoy! 

 

 

I'll be hanging out in the England and Ireland with some of my best friends over the next two weeks. I have some new things in store for back to school though... AND

Stay tuned for some amazing news from Teachers Notebook tomorrow!!

MMmmmm...Sushi

What can I say? I'm a fan. I enjoy a good sushi roll from time to time. Connoisseurs would say I know nothing about sushi and don't really eat true sushi. Nigiri? Sashimi? Rice - inside or outside? Wasabi? Soy? Raw? Fried? I respond with this: I'll try anything once, and I know what I like!

I made this quick little reinforcement game because I saw the clip art at Lettering Delights and had to have it. I enjoy reinforcement games almost as much as my students. I think they keep the drill more interesting for my articulation kiddos and they provide an opportunity to introduce a new topic of conversation at the speech table for the language students.

This one is pretty simple in gameplay, but will be challenging enough for your groups to complete so it's really a win-win.

There are eight different types of sushi and four special cards. The goal of the game is to collect ten matching pieces to complete your sushi roll. Each student gets a plate/placemat with a picture of the sushi roll they are trying to complete.

The cards will be placed in a Chinese take-out box or bento box. After each talking turn the students will draw a sushi piece and see if it matches the one that's on their plate/placemat. If the card is a match, they keep it. If the card doesn't match, it's returned. If the student draws a special card, they will follow the directions to draw another card(s), return card(s), or lose a turn.

Printing instructions are included in the product download. I've provided backing for the cards, but it's not always necessary to print double sided. I usually do print my cards with a backing in case I decide to use the cards for another purpose or with new rules for the game. For example, you could hold up the cards and have the students pick from your hand or arrange the cards in a round on the table and call it the conveyor belt like in the picture below. For my wiggle worms, I like to play games with cards in different locations around the room so they have a chance to move about and use up some energy. The backing is nice in these situations, but you're free to choose how you want to print your file.

Also included in the product file is a FREEBIE BONUS articulation word list with sushi themed words. I hope you and your students will enjoy this fun game in your classroom. You can purchase Sushi at Teacher's Notebook or here at Teachers Pay Teachers.

A camping we will go

So, I made it half way up the mountain in Scotland.

 

 But the views I saw from there were breathtaking, and I'm proud of my accomplishments.

 

 

We traveled a bit around Scotland after the Ben Nevis trek and I am already planning another trip back.

This time we stayed in hotels and B&B's along the way, but I think it would be amazing to take a tent and camp alongside the lochs in the highlands.

Like I said before in the last post, we camped a lot as a family when I was growing up. I think that's why I enjoyed making this camping themed game.

 

Camp Antonym was designed to be played like “Go Fish” with a twist. It's a great game because most children pick up on the concept of "Go Fish" easily. You can use your house rules for “Go Fish” (number of cards dealt, when to lay down pairs from your hand, etc). Now for the twist: when a player draws a Picture Card, he/she must follow the instructions to return card(s) from his/her hand to the bottom of the draw pile or gain card(s) from the draw pile. The player with the most pairs at the end of game time is The Camper of the Day!

Game play goes quickly as the picture cards are easy to understand and complete. The graphics from Scrappin Doodles are adorable (as always) and children will enjoy matching antonyms with cuddly forest animals.

The font is "Everytime I Miss You" from KevinandAmanda.

 

You can use this card game to target all sorts of speech-language therapy goals. Here's a short list for you:

 Goals to Target using Camp Antonym

 

•Vocabulary expansion

•Antonyms

•Synonyms

•Use of complete sentences

•Turn taking

•Eye contact

•Asking/answering questions

•Following directions 

Instructions for game play and expansion activities are included in the file download. You can get your copy for half price this week by clicking the picture for Teacher's Notebook or stopping by Teachers Pay Teachers here.

 

 

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