Loving Language

06/08/2016

Wow!! So I have taken a nice long break from Loving Language to actually work on Loving language 😂😉.
I hope to be back and post again as I lesson plan this summer.

How is everyone else doing v

02/09/2015

How I stay organized and on top of my goals and areas I want to cover. Sheet goes to the parents after each session so that they can see it too. A reward is given for returned sheets.

Thoughts ?

01/11/2015

Does anyone have a link to the COPYRIGHT rules for producing TPT materials ?

01/11/2015

Searching for some Freebies on TPT tonight. Here's a round up of some goodies I found:
assesment guide:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informal-Speech-and-Language-Assessment-Guide-1205776,

Goals with questions for a baseline for the new year:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SPEECH-in-the-New-Year-FREEBIE-1038524

S- visual
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Magic-Slide-a-tool-for-lateral-s-and-z-642494

Category cards read with a mirror http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mirror-CATEGORIES-471946

as stated in the title:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-WINTERTIME-ROLL-COLOR-ARTICULATION-TARGETING-12-SOUNDS-979273

Jenna's data sheet http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Data-Sheet-Freebie-785851

Includes a 10 page informal assessment packet (13 pages total, including cover page, instructions and copyright credits page.) to be used as a guide for speech

01/07/2015

Doing some evidence based reading on vocabulary. Here are some thoughts from tonight:
" in order to affect comprehension, instruction may need to go beyond simply getting students to associate words with their definitions." Beck, et al, 2008.

- readers need to actively work with new words by connecting them to words they already know.
- high number of encounters with words facilitates success on multiple choice tests and comprehension; however, quality instruction with active processing makes a bigger difference in comprehension, according to research .

As SLP's we may know this very well, but I don't Always see active vocabulary instruction in the classroom. How is it where you work? Have you made any suggestions regarding teaching vocabulary to your schools ?

01/06/2015

Despite not being active for over a year, I managed to get some 'LIKES' and bring up my following from 300 or so to 500! As a result, I decided I will try to start this up again and share some good Language tools with you!!

11/15/2013

looking for some good articles on any form of language ( syntax, semantics) treatment for school age children with language disorders.

11/07/2013

same goes for Ch/Sh differentiation: I tap the table for ch - to show the plosive element, and slide for shh. the motions helped differentiate the two sounds in the student's productions . ( he couldn't discriminate the 2 sounds).

11/07/2013

Never underestimate the power of visual and kinesthetic cues, especially when students are learning the phonetic principles! Today, my student was forever inserting a /f/ after a m, as in smfoke, for smoke, since he typically would produce smoke as foke ( we were working on s clusters). To facilitate the proper production and elimination of /f/, we ran up to the letters on his wall in class and ran from 's', to 'm', to 'o' to 'k'. and put a big X over the f. we did it over and over while articulating each sound, and then he got it!!

11/07/2013

simple tip to make drill work bearable: when playing any game with multiple pieces ( i.e., food for the hungry hippo), have the student earn each food by saying the words, prior to playing the game!

11/05/2013

Who loves their printer?? Please share make and model!