March
This month, we discuss Weather, especially "Spring."
We have been working on "Smilie R" in which the students "smile" to make the "R" sound, reducing frontal lisps (keeping his/her tongue behind their teeth when saying "s" and "z."), and puckering our lips for the "ch" sound.
Words of the month:Spring, rabbit, grow, rain, rainbow, worm, birds, bugs, insects, tornado, umbrella, storm, nest, caterpillar, hungry, eggs, chicken and spring break!
We will make some "no cook" cooking "chick nests" with pretzels, chocolate, candy eggs, and peeps.
In our social skills groups, we focus on "Self Control" and what that really looks like and means.. and how to talk about it using green language and being positive versus "don't do." ..... Stay in your spot in a line, sit down in a lesson, talk it out with others, look at your own work, ask the teacher for help, be quiet in the lesson, ask to borrow materials, focus on your work, work it out and find solutions.
April
This month, we talk about spring, bugs, and fairy tales. The speech students have really enjoyed acting out the stories (while using their sounds correctly) and then writing about the story. We worked a lot on "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" which gave us a chance to work on "r" and "l" for words.
Words of the month: three, bears, porridge, forest, trees, table, Goldilocks, girl, large, hard, smooth, rough, just right, broke, chair, and run!
We discuss math word problems through music for addition, subtraction, hundreds chart, math facts, and greater and lesser than problems.
May/June
We talk about plants, summer, and the beach. We are work on most of the sounds now as a review: "sh"- quiet sound, ch-pucker sound, s and z- behind the teeth, r-smilie r, and l-tall tongue, f and/or v- teeth sound, th-tongue and teeth sound, and k-throat sound.
Words of the month are: Flowers, vegetables, grow, plant, summer, vacation, beach, ocean, fish, starfish, swimming, camping, travel, end of grade, graduation, cocoon, butterflies, and fun.
In our social skills groups, we have been focus on "Respect" and what that really looks like and means.. and how to talk about it using green language and being positive versus "don't do." ..... Keep your hands to yourself....Use kind words with others....ask politely.... respect your body..... wait for your turn.... use the golden rule.... find solutions..... respect animals.... stay in your bubble...respect yours and others feelings....
October
This month, we talk about the fall, fall leaves, pumpkins, fall harvest, and fall holidays (i.e. Halloween). It is a great time to work on "f" teeth on lips, tall tongue "l," throat sound "k and c," "tr" as "ter ree" or "cher ree" and tongue and teeth "th" for thank you!
Suggested words: fall, leaves, collect, pick, rake, jump, pumpkins, squash, big, little, costume, trick or treat, candy, thank you, please, fun, scary, etc.
November