I love incorporating literacy into my speech and language sessions. For me, incorporating literacy with language goals is pretty easy. Many language goals overlap (comprehension, vocabulary, inferencing, etc.) I find I have to make more of an effort to embed literacy strategies with my articulation students. If you’re just grabbing the iPad or artic cards, your students are likely relying on the picture. Here are 3 easy ways to make sure you’re highlighting literacy skills during articulation treatment.
2.
Use Reader’s Theater Scripts. This is great for
encouraging reading fluency and you can pick a script that will emphasize your
sounds for carryover! Check out these freebies. (http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm)
The picture above shows part of the script for ‘What Shoes did you Choose?’ I
have used it for the students working on /sh/.
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Environmental Print is a way to use literacy
during articulation treatment with your younger students. What 4 year old isn’t
proud when they ‘read’ the McDonalds sign? Take your Kindergarten students on a
walk around the school searching for signs with their sounds. If you can visit
another classroom you are sure to find some other environmental print! Bring in
some old magazines and use those to search for ads with familiar signs. I found
this great freebie book (http://halfdayinprek.blogspot.com/2012/07/environmental-print-book.html)
. It includes EP for each letter of the alphabet and is easily translated to
‘sounds’.
This week as you are working with articulation students,
take the time to incorporate literacy strategies in your sessions.
Jenna Rayburn, M.A.,
CCC-SLP is a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist who works in a clinic and
school. She authors Speech Room News (SpeechRoomNews.blogspot.com) where she
shares what she’s doing in her Speech Room. Find her on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SpeechRoomNews), Twitter (https://twitter.com/SpeechRoomNews) and Pinterest. (http://pinterest.com/JennaRayburn/)
