What to pack?

Hi Everyone,

I am just getting back into the swing of SLPA......heading into the final practicum. I am very curious about what you pack in your back heading into the unknown. I will be working with Grades 1 - 3 for 1/2 hour visits at a school.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Susan

Just to add to First, Next, Last ideas

Some students have a hard time getting started or motivated, so to help them get started I 'take turns' with the retelling. I lay out 5 cards depicting the sequence. I will start by saying "First, you need to get...", I will give them the cue card "then..."( it is their turn), I will say "Next..."( my turn), give them the cue card, "then..."(their turn), and "Finally...or...lastly...."( my turn).

For older or more adept students you could:
Try hilarious add-libs for those hard to motivate, they are really fun. These little booklets are easy to find in the book section of stores such as Walmart and Extra Foods, or find them on the Net ( ask.com/add-libs). Generate a list on the board- first person names a noun, next person a verb, then an adverb, adjective and so on. You could have "Parts of Speech" lists on the board already to draw upon.

For a group/class lesson, divide the kids into equal groups and give each group a cue card..First, next, then, after....last. Have the kids generate the story following the add libs they listed previously on the board as you travel through each group. Have the students draw classmates names from a bucket to add some silliness to it!

New to "Blogging"

Hey this looks great, I do not have anything to post right now but justy wanted to touch base. will be watching the info as it starts to flow!
thanks Tara for doing this!
Lisa Portelli

First, then, last concepts

I was just going over some sequencing with one of my kiddos and I used nursery rhymes to teach the first, then, last concept. We would look at a picture that goes to the nursery rhyme and say the rhyme together (eg. Humpty Dumpty). I would then ask her "what happened first?" and she would reply "Humpty sat on a wall". I would say "then what happened?" she would answer " he had a great fall". I would prompt "what happened last?" she would reply "the kings men and horses couldn't put Humpty back together". You could also make some picture cards to use as prompts as well. Have the student put them in order, then ask her the questions. This works with several rhymes, I also used, "Hey Diddle Diddle", "Little Miss Muffet", "Eensy Weensy Spider", and "Hickory Dickory Dock".

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Welcome all new SLPA students. This is going to be a great way to keep in touch and share ideas.
Gramma Susie

This blog is intended for the sharing of speech therapy ideas. The editors of this blog are recent graduates from the Grant Macewan College Speech Language Pathologist Assistant degree. We hope to stay in touch and share our ideas through this blog. Anyone is welcome to comment and use our ideas!
Happy sessions!
Tara