These themed book companions are perfect printable resources for contextualized speech language therapy sessions! These literacy-based therapy book companions include activities targeting wh questions, story grammar and retell, semantic & syntactic language, and more with your elementary caseload.
20 Companions Included:
- Turkey Goes to School
- Bad Apple
- The Biggest Apple Ever
- We're Going on a Leaf Hunt
- When the Leaf Blew In
- Room On the Broom
- Turkey Trick or Treat
- The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
- Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
- Peyton Picks the Perfect Pie
- A Loud Winter's Nap
- The Biggest Snowman Ever
- Bear Snores On
- Mooseltoe
- The Biggest Valentine Ever
- Bear Wants More
- The Great Garden Escape
- How I Became a Pirate
- Turkey's Sandtastic Beach Day
- If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Type of Activities You'll Find in Each Companion:
Pre-Story Knowledge Activation:
- Making predictions
- Pre-story discussion questions
- Know, wonder, learn graphic organizer
- Semantic maps
- Knowledge activation worksheets
Shared Storybook Reading:
- Story map
- Story visuals (great for vocab support, making shared reading interactive, sensory bins, etc.)
- Prepositions visuals
- Story grammar prompts
- Hypothetical statement examples/ideas
Post-Story Comprehension Check:
- Yes and no questions
- WH questions
- Story grammar questions
Focused Skill Activities:
- Vocabulary cards & worksheets
- Synonyms & antonyms
- Categories, sorting mats
- Associations
- Describing - group, looks like, action, location, parts, what else
- Describing main character
- Big & small basic concepts play dough mats
- Spatial concepts
- Compare & contrast
- Complex sentences
- Past tense verbs
- Sequencing
- Story grammar
- Story retell - beginning, middle, end with story grammar
- Summarizing - somebody, wanted, but, so, then
Parallel Story Creation:
- Graphic organizers
- Differentiated levels
Bonus Materials:
- Written expression prompt(s)
- Dot it out worksheets
- Open-ended themed smash mats
- Vocabulary journal worksheet
- Open-ended picture scene: great for pairing with mini objects and/or to target WH questions, describing, prepositions, etc.
- Describing visuals
- Story grammar visuals & anchor chart
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Book Companion Bundle #1
This bundle includes 20 book companions for popular children's books!
Perfect for elementary school SLPs, this literacy-based therapy bundle is packed with fun, hands-on activities to target multiple language skills while keeping students engaged all year long!
✨ What’s included:
🖍️ WH-questions activities to build comprehension
📖 Story grammar and retell tasks for narrative development
🗣️ Vocabulary & grammar exercises to support syntax and semantics
🎨 Interactive, hands-on activities to keep sessions engaging
📚 2150+ pages of pre-reading, semantic, syntactic, narrative & pragmatic activities
🍎 Perfect for literacy-based speech therapy sessions all year long