Here are some of the activities I like to use with my K-5 caseload during October.
I like to read the book "Halloweiner" by Dav Pilkey during one of my speech sessions. Books are perfect for mixed group therapy. You can target articulation skills by having students identify and say the words from each page that contain their target sounds. You can target fluency by having the students use their fluency strategies while answering questions or retelling parts of the story. Finally, you can use my WH Questions to assess comprehension. This activity contains a printable worksheet, a Google Form, AND no print Boom Cards with 15 WH questions about the book. Click the picture below to be taken to this product on TpT.
Reinforcers
My students always love cause and effect games and they really enjoy playing Don't Wake the Zombie: An Interactive Game for PowerPoint by K Ratliff. In the spirit of other cause and effect games, like Pop-Up Pirate, Don't Wake the Zombie is an interactive game for several players. Click the numbered graves, which turn into stones after they're clicked. However, one of the graves in each game triggers a zombie to wake! Once you've woken him, it's game over! Click the picture below to be taken to this game on TpT.
Articulation
I like to use my Halloween Themed Articulation Boom Cards during October. These NO PRINT NO PREP activities are a fun way to practice articulation sounds in Speech Therapy. This bundle contains 4 decks that target /f/, /v/, /k/, /g/, /s/, /z/ and /r/ sounds in the initial, medial, and final position of words, /s/ blends and /r/ blends in the initial position of words, and vocalic /r/ in the final position of words. The students click each ghost to try to find the hidden trick-or-treaters while practicing their targeted speech sound. There are five cards for each sound position with 10 pictures containing the targeted sound on each card allowing for multiple opportunities to practice each sound. These games can also be used as a reinforcer while targeting language goals. Click the picture below to be taken to these decks on TpT.
My kids LOVE David Sindrey's Boom Card games and Halloween Meanies was definitely a favorite. Some of my kids were still asking to play it in May! These decks contain minimal pairs for working on 12 different phonological processes as well as a reinforcer deck that can be used with any activity. The Meanies in the big house on the hill have taken all the treat bags from Wanda’s friends and you need to help her get them back!! Click the picture below to be taken to these decks in the Boom Learning Store!
David Sindrey's Witch's Brew Boom Cards are also an October favorite. These decks also contain minimal pairs for working on 12 different phonological processes as well as a reinforcer deck that can be used with any activity. Hansel & Gretel have gone back to the Witch's house. She has a magic jellybean and if you plant it in your backyard, a candy tree will grow! The Witch is making a brew, though, that moves the magic wall and it might just trap them. You need to help them escape before they have to stay for lunch (and not in the good way)!! Click the picture below to be taken to these decks in the Boom Learning Store.
Fluency
I typically see my fluency students in mixed groups so I usually have them practice their fluency enhancing strategies at the word level using articulation games or at the sentence level using language games. I do like this Feed the Pumpkin: Stuttering deck from Mrs. Krug to introduce the Easy Onset strategy during October. Click the picture below to be taken to this deck on Boom Learning.
Language
One deck that I can use with my entire K-5 caseload!? Yes please! My October Calendar Concepts Boom Cards target October calendar concepts, categories, and compare/contrast. The category sort and Venn diagrams that compare/contrast months, seasons, and holidays are perfect for K-2 while the calendar concepts cards are ideal for grades 3-5! Click the picture below to be taken to this product on TpT.
This Halloween Categories Boom Card Deck by The Speech Banana is great for the young learners on my caseload. They can practice sorting items into the correct category. Click the picture below to be taken to this deck in Boom Learning.
This Feature/Function and Category Task Card Bundle by the Speech Zone is also great for young learners. There are 2 sets of cards within these materials for a total of 48 cards. This bundle includes cards that require students to identify objects by a feature and then name it’s function, cards that require students to identify objects by function and then describe one of it’s features, cards that require students to name the category the pictures belong to and then name another item that could also go in the group, cards that require students to identify what item does not belong in the category that the other pictures belong to and state why it doesn't belong, and cards that name a category and asks the student to name items that go in that category. Click the picture below to be taken to this bundle on TpT.
These Context Clues Task Cards by Cat Says Meow are great for the older students on my caseload. This activity includes 34 cards for context clues with 3 text answer choices.
This Replacing Redundant Vocabulary with Synonyms Boom Card Deck by My Teletherapy Room is another great activity for the older students on my caseload. This activity is great for teaching students that using a variety of vocabulary is important in their expressive language abilities. Students will choose the correct synonym that will replace vocabulary used redundantly in the sentences. Click the picture below to be taken to this activity on TpT.
Following Directions
I also like to use my three Halloween themed following directions Boom Cards decks. My Halloween Themed Temporal and Sequential Directions activity is a fun way to work on following directions and contains audio files that read the directions aloud to the student. It targets the following concepts: before/after, first/then, first/second/third, and between. This deck contains 50 cards that prompt the student to use the drag and drop feature on a computer, iPad, or smart device to follow the direction. Click the picture below to be taken to this deck on TpT.
My Halloween Themed Quantitative Directions Boom Cards activity is a fun way to work on following directions and contains audio files that read the directions aloud to the student. It targets the following concepts: more, many, most, less, least, few, fewer, fewest. This deck contains 40 cards that prompt the student to identify each concept by clicking on a computer, iPad, or smart device to follow the direction. Click the picture below to be taken to this deck on TpT.
My Halloween Themed Spatial Directions Boom Cards activity is a fun way to work on following directions and contains audio files that read the direction aloud to the student. It targets the following concepts: above, below, under, over, on, next to, to the right, to the left, beside, near. This deck contains 45 cards that prompt the student to use the drag and drop feature on a computer, iPad, or smart device to follow the direction. Click on the picture below to be taken to this deck on TpT.
Inferencing
I like to target inferencing skills with many of my students because I feel these skills are important for both school and our daily lives. Mr. Waffles Wants a Costume by The Whimsical Word is a great activity for October. This product features 20 inferencing activities, where our favorite cat, Mr. Waffles, provides us with clues to what he is thinking about being for Halloween. Your student is given 4 possible costume choices to select from, using the clues provided in the text. Click the picture below to be taken to this product on TpT.
I also like to use this Spooky Clues FREEBIE from Peachie Speechie. This early inferencing activity is no prep and perfect for the Halloween season! Click the picture below to be taken to this activity on TpT.
This Halloween Themed Making Inferences from Short Passages Boom Deck by Lower Mountain Teachings is another great activity for the Halloween season. In this deck, students are asked to read a short passage and then answer an inferencing question based on the passage. Click on the picture below to be taken to this activity on TpT.
These Inferencing Task Cards: Fall Edition by the Speech Whisperer are great because they can be used with multiple grade/ability levels. Included in this product are 20 story inferencing task cards and 20 picture inferencing task cards, each with a fall theme. Also included is a visual support to help teach the concept of inferencing and two graphic organizers that can be used with each task card. Each card contains questions to guide your students' thinking. Use the picture cards for lower level learners and the paragraphs for higher level learners. Your students will gain tons of practice with this important skill while having fun talking about fall! Click the picture below to be taken to this activity on TpT.
Listening Comprehension
This Halloween Color by Comprehension activity by Fun and Learning in English and Spanish is a great listening comprehension activity to work on recalling details and the five WH questions. It's also great for students that benefit from hand on activities since they can color the picture according to the correct reading comprehension answer. Click the picture below to be taken to this activity on TpT.
Quarterly Progress Monitoring
Our first quarter usually ends at the beginning of November so I spend the last week of October doing progress monitoring to prepare for quarterly progress reports. I use my SLP Quarterly Data Collection Charts to complete my progress monitoring. This money saving bundle contains all 7 of my Quarterly Data Collection Charts AND my Editable Quarterly Data Collection Graphs! These quarterly data collection tools are a great resource for monitoring your students’ quarterly progress for their expressive language, phonological awareness, following directions, and articulation goals. These charts are not only a great way to gather data quickly, but they make it easy to see your students’ progress across marking periods. This product contains 10 probes for each skill area per quarter (for a total of 40 probes in each area). Click the picture below to be taken to this product on TpT.
Many of the students on my caseload have difficulty working independently so I often play an episode of the Magic School Bus while completing progress monitoring so that I can easily work one on one with each student in the group. These FREE Magic School Bus Worksheets for Holiday Episodes by Run Play Explore provide a great follow up to the show while targeting language skills. The "In the Haunted House" episode is my favorite for October since it has a Halloween theme and teaches about sound. Click the picture below to be taken to these worksheets on TpT.
My Halloween Themed Boom Card Bundle contains all of my Halloween decks listed above with a 30% savings! Click the picture below to be taken to this product on TpT.
