Expected vs. Unexpected at Thanksgiving Dinner

Look at the pictures below. List three expected behaviors you see and three unexpected behaviors that you see.

           

Theme for the Week of September 11th

Try the riddle below to figure out the theme for this week.

I carry children to school.

I have many seats.

I have many windows.

What am I?

Welcome Back 2017-18!

Hey everyone! Welcome back for the 2017-18 school year. Hope everyone had a relaxing and fun summer.

See below for a copy of my welcome letter for this year.

Theme for the Week of March 13th

Give this week's riddle a shot!

I form in the sky. 

I have many different colors.

Look for the end of me for a special treasure.

What am I?

Theme for the Week of February 27th

Try this week's riddle to figure out our new theme.

I grow tall from the ground.

Without me you would have nothing to write on.

Birds find me home.

What am I?

Sign Language - PUSH

Here is how you make PUSH in sign language.

Core Word of the Week - PUSH

We started introducing our new core vocabulary target last week which is PUSH. We will continue using this word this week. Check out the PUSH handout below.

Our students have particularly enjoyed listening and participating in the reading of the book - Don't Push the Button. If you want to use this book at home, you can check out the video below.

Dental Health Week in Speech

This past week, we learned more about dental health and the importance while working on our speech goals. We read the book You Think It's Easy being the Tooth Fairy, checked out some cool videos/songs, made a toothbrush with our speech sounds that will be great for practice, brushed a hippos teeth with an online game (click HERE), and played a tooth dice game.

 

Reasons We Love Speech!

A little delayed...but we wrote down some of the reasons we love speech during our Valentine's themed weeks. Check out some of the responses.

Theme for the Week of February 20th

Hi guys! Try out this week's riddle for our theme of the week.

I am pearly white.

I need to be brushed two times a day.

I help you eat.

What am I?

                                                                                  

Minute to Win It - Valentine's Edition

I wanted to share the fun we have been having this week while playing Minute to Win It - VALENTINE'S EDITION.  After the students worked hard on all of their speech goals, they earned a chance to battle it out in one of our two different Minute to Win It games.

First, we did lots of practice using our Valentine's Day slingshot game. Click HERE!


In this first game, the students had to sift through rice to find conversation hearts. The challenge was they had to do this with tweezers and with one hand behind their back.

                                     

Later in the week, we play Heart-a-Stack by stacking as many conversation hearts as we could in one minute.

Here is our Minute to Win It timer if you want to try these at home.

Valentine's Idioms

Try using these three Valentine's Day idioms in a sentence OR explain their meaning.

Bleeding Love

Apple of My Eye

Two Peas in a Pod

Theme for the Week on February 13th

Hi guys! Try this riddle to figure out a word that relates to our theme of the week.

I am a color.

You may turn this color when you get mad.

You may use this color to color a heart or apple.

What color am I?

Core Vocabulary - Different

For our next core vocabulary target, we are using one of our review words from last year which may be new to some which is DIFFERENT.

Below is a handout that shows different ways to use the word DIFFERENT naturally throughout the day.

You can use this online potato head game (click HERE) or a real potato head toy to make choices and put DIFFERENT things on the potato head. 

Theme for the Week of February 6th

Hi friends! Give this week's riddle a shot to figure out our theme for this week.

I go thump, thump.

I am a body part in your chest.

I am the shape of love.

What am I?

Following Directions to Make Ice-cream in a Bag

As a conclusion to our Snowville, we made Ice-cream in a Bag by measuring and combining all of the directions. Try this at home with your parents and see if you can follow the directions to make delicious ice-cream.

Ingredients:

• Ice cubes
• 1 cup of half and half
• 1/2 cup Kosher salt
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pint size ziplock bag
• 1 gallon size ziplock bag

Directions:

1. Combine half and half, sugar, and vanilla in pint-size bag.
2. Seal bag tightly (do not want it to leak)
3. Fill gallon-size ziplock bag halfway with ice cubes.
4. Sprinkle Kosher salt over ice cubes.
5. Insert pint-size bag with ingredients into bag with ice and salt.
6. Seal gallon-size bag.
7. Shake bag for 5-10 minutes until the ice-cream mixture begins to harden.
8. Take small bag out of ice and open. Enjoy!

It's Snowing EET

Check out our newest bulletin board and try to use the EET to describe the winter-themed objects on the snowflakes. Notice the scarves of the kids match the colors of the EET. Name what each color stands for in the comments for a surprise!

Theme for the Week of January 30th

Hi guys! Try this riddle to figure out our theme for this week.

I have laces that you do not tie.

You can throw and kick me.

Points if I make it to the end zone. 

What am I?

SPOT - Winter Clothes On

I wanted to share some of the fun activities that we worked on this past week in our SPOT group!

At station 1, we practiced buttoning with Mrs. Tess using mittens and putting winter clothes on while practicing our zipping and dressing skills.

For station 2, the students worked on making a hat by cutting paper and putting it on their hat. They also got to put their hat on.

At the last station, the students worked on requesting different clothing to make a craft. They were able to dress themselves for winter by putting these clothes on their body. We worked on expanding our utterances by saying "article of clothes + on + me."

Sign Language - ON

Here is how to say "ON" in sign language.

Core Vocabulary - ON

Our new core vocabulary word is ON.  We have found this to be a very functional vocabulary word to target.

Here is a handout that gives more ideas on how this word can be used naturally and a home activity. Both of these will be sent home with your student.

I also wanted to share a fun song that our kids have enjoyed that targets the core word - ON.

Lions, Tigers, and POLAR BEARS!

We had so much fun learning more about polar bears last week and making our polar bear craft.  See below for a picture of our polar bear craft that can be used for home practice and an informational video to learn more about polar bears.

Minute to Win It Week - Winter Edition

Minute to Win It week is always one of my favorite. These are a couple of the games we were able to play this week after working on our speech goals.

This game was a snowball shoveling race. The students used a spoon to shovel as much snow (cotton balls) into their bucket in a minute. 

Our second game was a snowman drawing competition on a plate as they followed directions. To make it more challenging, the students had to draw with the plate on their head. We had some very interesting snowmen! Below is a copy of the directions, if you want to try this game at home.

Below is the Minute to Win It timer we used for you to play at home!