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:

1. Turkey Goes to School

2. Bad Apple

3. The Biggest Apple Ever

4. We're Going on a Leaf Hunt

5. When the Leaf Blew In

6. Room On the Broom

7. Turkey Trick or Treat

8. The Biggest Pumpkin Ever

9. Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie

10. Peyton Picks the Perfect Pie

11. A Loud Winter's Nap

12. The Biggest Snowman Ever

13. Bear Snores On

14. Mooseltoe

15. The Biggest Valentine Ever

16. Bear Wants More

17. The Great Garden Escape

18. How I Became a Pirate

19. Turkey's Sandtastic Beach Day

20. 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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