Articulation, Cariboo Game

Articulation Cariboo

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Adapting games for therapy is something therapist do all the time! My friend Megan and I have the same favorite game which is Cariboo! Enjoy this guest post by Megan Exner, MA, CCC-SLP, on using the game for articulation therapy.

Cariboo is one of my favorite games to use in therapy sessions. I've had the most stubborn of kids participate in therapy, thanks to this game! However, I rarely use the cards that come with the game. I create insert cards (usually made with Boardmaker) to use, instead! This allows me to change the game depending on the goals my client is working on. 

I use the old Cariboo version, with the bouncy balls. I ordered one online back in grad school, and recently I found one at Salvation Army for a mere $2. It was missing the balls, but a quick trip to Target fixed that. [If you find one that is missing a key, you can use a pencil, end of a paintbrush, etc.]

One easy way to edit the game for use in therapy is to make your own insert cards. Here are a few examples of articulation/phonology cards I've made:

I recommend laminating the cards. It makes it much easier to slide them in quickly before a kid comes for therapy. If you laminate the cards they do get a bit slippery. You might want to just put them on cardstock! Or tape the ones that slip!

I see kids individually in a clinic setting, but you can also adapt the game when working with a group of children with different goals by inserting a mixture selected cards.

I've also created cards to address language goals, including verbs/actions, categories, descriptions, and prepositions. The possibilities are endless! I plan on sharing cards for those targets in the near future, as well. 


Grab your free download here! 

Thanks Megan! Please note that they don't make this exact version of Cariboo anymore, but you can still find it out there! It's simply the best! I bought 3 this year at Goodwill and the parts added up to two full sets!

Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension Resources:
Compiled ENTIRELY by http://www.mrsvandyke.com/guidedreading.htm

Book Adventure – After completing a story, the students can login to this website and take a quiz about their book (if it is included on the site). They earn points that can go towards various prizes.

Centers Contract	Lesson Template	Lesson Planning - Skills Chart
	Reading Strategies Posters
Centers Passport	Reading Response Questions	Guided Reading Centers (Zip File) Centers Directions
	Multiple Intelligences Centers Contract

 

LESSONS

Booktalks - Quick and Simple - Quick book introductions	Cyber Guides – Supplemental activities based on children’s books
Scholastic BookTalks – Good website to use when introducing books to Guided Reading groups	Children’s Literature – Links organized by author’s name. Once you select an author, a page will come up with links to lessons arranged by book title.
Reading Lady – Reading Strategy posters	Engaging with Literature – A Video Library This video library includes nine 20-minute videos that give language arts teachers and other educators an opportunity to observe firsthand how their peers are successfully guiding students in grades 3–5 toward becoming more active and involved readers of literature.

Articulation, Games, Guess Who

Guess Who Articulation

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Guess Who is a game found in most therapy closets around the country. While Guess Who can be used for many therapy goals independently, one Speech Room News reader Alice Wong sent in an idea for Guess Who Articulation. I used her activity with my students and they enjoyed it! I hope yours will too!

To play, first print new game cards that include your target sound. Alice used Custom Boards to easily make her inserts. To play, make 3 copies of the cards (one for each board and one stack to draw from.) Have each student draw 5 cards from the stack. Students can then ask the other person questions. If your students are younger you might just have them ask for each sound e.g. 'Is it SOCK?' The first person to get all 5 is the winner (in the 1998 version there is a counter up to 5 on the bottom of the game!)

For older students you can have them ask yes/no questions like the original game. This will be a great opportunity to work on language goals simultaneously. Some questions we used were 'Is is a piece of clothing?' 'Is is hot?' 'Is is a type of food?'
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 You can grab free copy of her initial /s/ and final /s/ cards using these links! These sizes are compatible with the 1998 version of Guess Who. If you're using a different version the sizes will need to be adjusted.



Alice Wong recently graduated from American River College with an A.S. in Speech Language Pathology. Thanks for sharing Alice!

Have you ever adapted Guess Who?

Space Theme, Literacy

Today Karen Parden is sharing another guest with us! You might remember Karen from her guest post about Elf of the Shelf! Take it away Karen!    from http://www.speechroomnews.blogspot.com/2012/06/space-unit.html

Space Unit

I have always loved space and studying about the heavens. Living in Huntsville, AL, I can’t ask for a better city for delving into all things space and astronomy. I have visited the US Space and Rocket Center many, many times and I attended Space Camp when I was in 5^thgrade.  But, that wasn’t enough for me. For one of the best summers of my life, I was aSpace Academy Counselor.

I have an abundance of resources about space exploration and astronomy, but I’ve pulled together a few for you to use in speech class. Since this unit is heavy on books, the worksheets will be brief and easy to complete in a short amount of time. Your students will be so excited to read and books and look at the pictures, you are bound to get some great speech and language opportunities!

Books I recommend:

Dogs in Space by Nancy Coffelt

I recommend this for the younger grades.  You can download my book unit that goes with this book here.

The Universe from Scholastic

I recommend this for the younger grades as well. It is a really neat book with transparent pages that overlay pictures and has wonderful facts and history in it.

Destination: Space by Seymour Simon

This book I would recommend for older grades. It is heavy on facts, history, and trivia regarding all things space.

Galaxies by Seymour Simon

Again, this book is for older grades. It is a fascinating book with beautiful pictures that would be great for descriptive language.

Stars & Planets from Discoveries books

This book is an in-between book, perhaps for 2-5 grades.  It covers constellations and planets.

For therapy, I use these books mostly for language instruction. We ask a lot of –wh question sets and use a lot of reading concepts (main idea, sequencing the story, gaining information from facts). 

Homework pages that correlate with each book:

Dogs in Space

The Universe

Destination: Space

Galaxies

Stars & Planets

Hope this information is useful for you in your speech therapy and language activities! Please visit my blog at  http://listeningtobeautifulspeech.blogspot.com/ for more resources regarding auditory-verbal therapy, speech therapy, language therapy, and technology.

Social Cognition Resources & Activities

Jill Kuzma's website with so many resourses!

http://jillkuzma.wordpress.com/

Resources, SLP Blogs

Pinterest board of SLP blogs:

http://pinterest.com/sostherapy/slp-blog-sites/

Resources, Data Collection

ALL INFORMATION from Miss Speechie at

http://speechtimefun.blogspot.com/2012/04/data-collection-book.html

Data Collection Book

I have been working hard to find the best way to keep my data forms in one place and all necessary information.  With budget cuts, and teachers being rated, it is very important to keep data to justify what we do.  I have found numerous forms and have created some myself as well to keep together in a data binder.  This way if someone questions my rationales, I have it all together and can easily grab and go.

I got a large binder from Staples that has a sleeve on the front.  That's where I keep my caseload schedule.  I always make sure to date the bottom of my schedules because it changes so frequently.  I keep the older versions behind it just in case if I have to reference it.

I typically use Excel to create my schedules since it is nice to have the cells ready made and can easily copy and paste groups of cells if necessary.

Inside this binder, I have dividers for each student.  I bought the Post-It divider tabs from Staples which I found was a quick and cheap method.  It also takes up less space in binder.

I placed the divider onto an "IEP Cheat Sheet."  I cannot take credit for this!!  Go to Ms. Rachel's Room to grab your copy! here!  Thank you Ms. Rachel for this great resource!!  It is a great way to have the students' classification, meds, glasses, accommodations, and modifications all in one place.  It also provides an area to put their related services and mandates.

I photocopied this page double sided and one the opposite page I made a form to log parent/guardian communication.  I am always wishing I logged down parent phone calls, memos, and whether or not they have shown for a conference.Grab a copy here!  On the other page I just printed out a copy of the speech goals from the IEP.

Finally, I have created a data collection form which I can use to log what goal was address, the activity used to address the goal, and at least 10 trials of data collection.  I tried to fit as many sessions on one sheet to save paper and I printed it double sided.  Grab a copy here!

Other ideas:


-Play games: by keeping a score on a dry erase board, you can write down the results later on.  You can design the games like jeopardy, so each student would get 10 questions.  Later on, you can look back at your scoreboard and if you see only 4 numbers, they got 4/10.  I don't like to not reward students for trying.  I often give students 1/2 of the amount!  This way they got some points, but it also helps me remember they tried but was unable to achieve goal in mind!

-Post it notes: I always have a pile out on my desk at all times.  It makes it easy to just grab and write nice and small.  Sometimes it is nice for students not to see what you are writing!

-Exit slips: For students that can write this is a quick and easy way to collect data.  Take a quick worksheet or blank piece of paper and have students answer quick questions before leaving the room.  You can score it later and use that as data to check for understanding.

-Paper clips in a pocket: This idea works best for individual sessions.  This works great for collecting data on behavior such as social skills.  Hoping for 10 trials, put 10 paper clips (or any other small object) in a pocket.  Each time the behavior is achieved, or negative behavior achieved for that matter, move a clip from one pocket to the other.  At the end of the session, count the clips in each pocket to see how many times achieved.  This is a great way to ask teachers to measure speech sounds while in the classroom and not have the student know to assess carryover.  Multiple students?  Use different sizes of paper clips to differentiate!  Measuring a behavior in time span?  After each time, move a clip if achieved, don't if not.

-Smile/Sad face: I use this when I want students to self monitor.  I will draw  circles next to articulation pictures or vocabulary words.  Students will fill in the circles with a smile (correct) or sad (incorrect) face to tell how they did.  This helps elicit a discussion.  Once complete, I will tally the results in my data book.  If I have to hold onto the worksheets and give them back later I will!

There are tons more ideas but these are ones I use most!  What have you tried that works well too?!  Please share!!!  Comment below or email me!


Posted by Miss Speechie at 12:39 PM