According to the Common Core Standards, children in second grade should be able to: L.2.1. Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, teeth, mice, fish). Free Download from my TPT store I have made some card sets containing singular vs plural nouns to help teach these rules. There are 18 pairs and you can do whatever you… View Post
Mini Social Book: How to Greet People *Freebie*
I have been working on greetings a lot lately, particularly because it is a skill that STARTS an interaction and can hopefully keep it going. This mini social book is intended to be used as a visual resource for people who are working on developing their social-pragmatic language skills. It was important for me to write a quick social story… View Post
Rory’s Story Cubes
If Rory’s Story Cubes tagline : 9 cubes, 54 images, 10 million combinations, infinite stories. doesn’t grab you, then keep reading! I picked these up when I was traveling through America as a game with huge potential and because they tick all my boxes as an ‘essential’ SLP resource! All you have to do is roll the dice (use 1-9 different dice),… View Post
Mini Social Book: How to Give Compliments *Freebie*
I work on giving compliments as a way to teach my students ways to develop friendships and make other people have good thoughts and feelings about them. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve complimented my kids and they either don’t know how to respond or don’t understand why I would compliment it in the first place. This is… View Post
Adjectives: Develop your Description! *Freebie*
From the first grade, we should be expecting that our students use frequently occurring adjectives in their language (Common Core Standard L.1.1f, L.2.1e). I have made a great visual scaffold for describing. It prompts the child to think of adjectives by the different attribute that it describes. These categories will help the child expand their language, deepen their semantic association… View Post