Ages 4 through 9. This book includes a variety of reproducible games and activities for teaching speech sounds and for remediating phonological processes. Game boards for /ch/, /d/, /f/, /g/, /k/, /l/, /r/, /s/, /sh, /t/, and other sounds are included. The book is divided into the following sections:   • Gameboard Fun. This section includes gameboards for 18 commonly misarticulated consonants, gameboards for clusters with /r/, /l/, and /s/, and gameboards for final consonants. Game activities are included for the boards.    • Fill in the Word. Each worksheet includes incomplete sentences for a specific sound. Students are challenged to complete the sentences using words with their target sound. All of the gameboards and worksheets may be reproduced.

Playing With Speech Sounds

Education & Teaching

Academic Communication Associates

Schools & Teaching

Academic Communications Assoc

Ages 4 through 10.. Challenge your students to describe events, objects, and situations clearly and precisely with the recently published second edition of this best-selling book. Skills emphasized include sequencing story pictures and retelling stories, describing details using precise vocabulary, finishing incomplete stories, and giving explanations. Sample Activities -Describing objects shown in pictures -Describing objects within categories -Describing places -Defining action words -Definition challenge -Comparing related nouns -Compare and describe -Noun description challenge -Describe how -Tell a story The activities help children to use precise vocabulary and to sequence information appropriately. Reproducible pictures and worksheets are included.

Exercises for Descriptive Language

Mattes, Larry

Ages 13 through 18. The activities in this book help junior and senior high school students with language deficits acquire strategies for learning and using vocabulary more effectively. High-interest activities are included in which students talk about the meaning of words in short stories, interpret sentences, compare alternative word meanings, reformulate sentences using precise vocabulary, etc. Reproducible worksheets are included. The worksheet activities that follow each passage are divided into three sections: • Comprehension Check. The questions in this section are used to determine if the student comprehends basic facts from the story. • Vocabulary Expansion. The student defines words presented in the story, uses these words in sentences, compares word meanings, and so forth. • Thinking Questions. In this section, the student responds to thinking questions relating to the information presented in the story. Examples of Lesson Topics: • Earthquakes in the United States • The History of Dolls • The Navajo Code Talkers • Names Have Meanings • Building a Fast Food Restaurant • Vocabulary Around You • The White Elephant Expression • Going to School in Saudi Arabia • Carnivorous Plants • Cinco de Mayo • Marriage Customs The passages provide opportunities for students to experience new vocabulary in contexts that are interesting and relevant to classroom learning. The book targets thinking and problem-solving skills commonly emphasized in state academic standards. Reproducible worksheets are included.

Strategies for Adolescent Vocabulary Expansion

Reference

Murdoch, Carol

Words, Language & Grammar

Speech and Language Assessment for the Bilingual Handicapped

Mattes, Larry J.

The Sourcebook for Speech and Language Assessment is designed to provide speech-language pathologists and other special education professionals with a comprehensive collection of informal assessment resources that can be used to identify individuals with communication disorders and to plan individualized intervention programs. Criterion-referenced assessment tasks, observational record forms, skills checklists, and other materials are included. Use the assessment tools with children or adults to identify learning needs, plan intervention programs, and evaluate progress. The expanded second edition of this book includes a variety of improvements in the content and format of individual assessment resources. New resources have been added to make the book even more comprehensive. A new tool, for example, has been added to assess behaviors related to autism. A section has been added with specific guidelines and strategies for assessing language learning in instructional contexts. You will use the resources in this book on a daily basis to assess articulation/phonology, phonological awareness, language, voice, and fluency. You will have dozens of assessment measures to choose from so that you can individualize the assessment based on the specific problems observed. All of the record forms can be reproduced as often as necessary- no need to spend money on large packages of record forms.

Sourcebook for Speech and Language Assessment

Thinking Fun Games

Unknown, Author

Book by Roseberry-McKibbin, Celeste

Multicultural Students With Special Language Needs

Roseberry-McKibbin, Celeste

Ages 13 through adult. Use this book to build word-retrieval skills in clients with language impairments resulting from brain injury. Clients are asked to define words, state opposites, name words with specific characteristics, complete sentences, describe events in detail, etc. The activities may be reproduced for distribution to clients and their caregivers. The book is divided in to two sections. 1. Exercises for Language Stimulation This section includes a variety of activities to stimulate language production. Clients are asked to label pictures, classify nouns, give opposites, and perform other tasks that require precise responses. 2. Topic-Centered Activities. The activities in this section focus on topics relevant to the everyday experiences of clients. Examples of topics that are included: Food Recreation Health and Body Geography Around the House Seasons and Weather People and Occupations Community Transportation Holidays Animals This is an excellent resource for individuals with traumatic brain injuries, aphasia, and other communication-related disabilities. Speech language pathologists throughout the world have used this practical resource

Word Retrieval Exercises for Adolescents & Adults

Ages 4 through 9. Here is a collection of worksheets, games, and thinking activities that can be used to develop listening comprehension and oral communication skills as children respond to questions about stories, categorize words, follow directions, describe verbal relationships, sequence events, identify errors in reasoning, and more. The activities are suitable for use in programs for students with language disorders, learning disabilities, and in programs for English language learners. You can reproduce the activity worksheets, as often as necessary, for use with your students. The book is organized into four sections:  • Exercises for Listening and Thinking. The activities in this section require students to process auditory information as they answer questions, identify relationships between concepts, identify errors within statements, make references, identify rhyming words, explain absurdities, use contextual information, and perform other language tasks.  • Picture Worksheet Activities. Students are asked to identify pictures on the worksheets from descriptions and to follow oral directions for completing the worksheets.  • Sequencing Stories. After listening to short stories, students are asked to respond to questions, to complete sentences related to the story content, to sequence story pictures, and to retell the stories.

Language Exercises for Auditory Processing: Intermediate Level

Ages 9 through 16. This pragmatic language problem solving activity book challenges students to describe how they would react in various types of social situations in which specific problems are encountered. In addition to considering topics related to children's social interactions, problem-solving activities relating to protecting the environment, cultural differences, rights of individuals with disabilities, etc. are included. As students participate in the activities, they learn strategies for solving problems and learn to respect differences in how others might react in similar situations. The book is divided into three sections: Strategies for Effective Problem-Solving. The activities in this section are designed to increase students' awareness of the many situational variables that influence communication. Students learn the importance of being flexible in their use of language so that they can achieve personal goals in a variety of situations. Problem-Solving Topic Worksheets. Each of the activities in this section focuses on a specific problem-solving topic. Students are asked to respond to questions relating to problems presented in short stories. The stories can be used to stimulate discussions about students' experiences in similar situations. Open Forum. Students are asked to pretend that they are attending an open forum with the mayor of their city. Each worksheet in this section focuses on an issue introduced by a student during the open forum. Crime, the environment, and other issues are included. The worksheets and language activities have direct relevance to the everyday life experiences of students. By providing students with feedback and suggestions, they will acquire new ways of responding when confronted with difficult situations.

Verbal Problem Solving in Social Situations

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

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