Literature books provide ALL the vocabulary we need to help our students develop their speech and language skills. Classrooms are full of varied children's books providing easy accessibility for the school SLP.
While pushing into classrooms, I've focused on finding ways to support communication skills within everyday activities. Book bins, or containers for housing student selected books that fit their reading level, are prevalent within the classrooms around my building. I decided to adapt a way to use this container for further articulation and vocabulary practice. I created the
Book Bin Buddy to keep within containers for writing and/or drawing articulation or vocabulary words as encountered within text.
These are easy to download
FREE, then print, copy and place in student book bins. You can provide explicit instruction by modeling their use during speech therapy sessions. You can have students focus on finding words with their speech sounds or new vocabulary encountered within text. Encourage students to use their Book Bin Buddy during their independent reading time within their classroom. These also lend themselves nicely for a follow-up therapy session for review and even for sending home for more practice.
What other ways have you found to promote generalization and utilize routines in the classroom to build communication skills?
