I am ECSTATIC to see that my Facebook page has reached 800 likes. Last night, when we hit that mark, I was watching the NCAA tournament, where my grad school alma mater (La Salle – a 13 seed) beat Kansas State (a 4 seed)! Clearly, I have far less school spirit for my graduate school than I do for my undergraduate (hence the SpeechLanguagePirates name!) school. But, it was fun nonetheless, so I decided to make a March Madness themed freebie.
It’s a barrier game with a basketball theme. It includes a full page court (for use a the background), a ball, some hoops, 2 different girls teams, and 2 different boys teams.
We all know the great flexbility of barrier games, but I made sure this version worked on LOTS of concepts and descriptive vocabulary: pronouns, adjectives, nominal phrases, plurals, negatives and more! For example, “the girl in the blue uniform who is spinning the ball on her finger”; “the girls who are wearing purple uniforms”; “the basketball hoop that does not have a ball in it”; “the hoop that is full”.
I also made a simple, 2 page board game that can be used with any activity you have.
I hope you enjoy it! Find it here.
I’ve also just completed a new grammar download; it’s golf themed. I know how much sports activities are appreciated by so many students. When I saw this clipart, I HAD to buy it! Isn’t it adorable?!
I’ve targeted a variety of grammar goals in this 45 page download. Take a look:
There is a game board and special cards.
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| part of the board game |
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| title cards for easy organization! |
Irregular verbs: present & past pairs
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| some irregular verb cards |
Irregular plurals: pg. 15-19 singular & plural pairs
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| some irregular plural cards |
Do vs. Does, Have vs. Has, Is vs. Are: Fill-in the blank cards, each with a sorting mat
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| one of the sorting mats |
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| some “have” cards |
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| the is/are sorting mat |
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| some of the “is” cards |
Third Person Singular: Fill-in the blank
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| some third person singular -s sards |
Subject-Verb Agreement: Fix the sentence to make sense
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| some subject-verb agreement |
Pronouns, including subject, possessive, object, and reflexive. Includes a visual/anchor chart and multiple choice cards.
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| some of the “he” cards |
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Thanks for reading everyone! I hope you find these new downloads useful!
~Denise
I like teaching phonology.
my favorite area to teach is social pragmatics
i don't know if i have a favorite area to teach yet, i'm still to new.
Higher level language! 🙂
My favorite area to teach is articulation!
My favorite area is vocabulary because of how you can incorporate literature into the lesson. I love books!
I love basic concepts. So much you can do with them!
My favorite is to remediate phonological process disorders – I guess I love mysteries!
I love just about all of it. I really like your golf activity.
I love pragmatics! Some of the comments and stories my students come up with make me smile – and often teach me something new! Clever use of the golf graphics to go with your activity. =)
My favorite area to teach is social skills.
I do not have a favorite yet as a new SLP. But I do love my job!
I love articulation and syntax skills!!
I love vocabulary and using stories.
I love teaching figurative language because I love seeing the kids faces light up when they figure out the underlying meaning!
I love working on articulation and phonology!