Morphological awareness, is the recognition, understanding, and use of word parts that carry significance, is essential in promoting advanced word recognition, vocabulary, and spelling as well as supports the process of learning to decode written words. Morphology is one of the often-overlooked building blocks for reading fluency, reading comprehension, and spelling. Research is now demonstrating the importance of strong morphological…
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Themed stories are a fantastic way to build a student’s vocabulary knowledge. A combination of shared book reading and guided play is said to encourage deep vocabulary knowledge. A student’s semantic network is powerful in supporting a child’s reading ability and is acquired slowly over time. According to the National Reading Panel, vocabulary is a predictor of later decoding and…
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Wordless pictures are an SLPs BFF. They are compact and offer an endless supply of communication opportunities! They allow you to tie in literature without overwhelming students who may likely be struggling with text in the classroom. This is a way to provide a bridge to classroom activities but allow the student to focus on developing their language rather than…
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More and more studies are coming out supporting the use of a literacy-based model in speech therapy. This approach allows you to not only show real-life application of the skills you are working on but allows you to target multiple skills at once with just one tool…a book. So what should we be doing with these books? Typically the first…
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Here is a new activity idea that is not only fun and engaging but low prep! Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of directed drawing. The great thing about this task is that you don’t have to be artistic or even remotely crafty so bring out your 64 count pack of crayons or even dry erase markers.  What…
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