Ms. Snipes

RIO 2016

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We have had so much fun over the past few weeks celebrating the Rio 2016 Olympics. They have given us so much to talk about! Here are a few of the ways we used the Olympics to target our speech and language goals:

• Looking of Rio by looking it up on Google Maps and using directional terms to describe it. We learned how Rio is different from our home here in Georgia. 
• Learning about new sports (e.g. equestrian, goalboall fencing). We described pictures of Olympians doing these sports and practiced telling how these are played.
• Describing retelling stories and videos of Olympians doing various sports.
• Learning new vocabulary (e.g., torch, medals) and practiced using ordinal terms (e.g. first, second, third).
• Discussing countires competing in the Olympics and learned about their athletes. 
• Reading about the ancient and modern Olympics and comparing and contrasting the differences.
• Using Olympic words and terms to practice using correct production of our speech sounds
• Discussing Olympians and activities of Olympics by using smooth speech 

Our next unit is Science. We will be discussing seasons, weather, and the water cycle in order to practice our speech and language skills. Please follow along in your child's speech folder and/or notebook to help them use these skills at home. 

Open House

 

 

 

Parents,

I will be attending the Tuesday (K-2) Open House only. If you are a 3-5 parent and have any questions for me, feel free to email me and we can set up a time to talk. I'm looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow evening!!

 

Ms. Snipes

Speech Schedules :)

 

 

 

We did it! All the kiddos are back and we're getting into our regular routine...and that means speech for all of my friends :). Everyone should've received an email from me this week containing your child's speech schedule. I have seen them all this week for a few minutes and we are ready to get our regular schedule underway next week! 

Your child will have either a speech folder (for students working on articulation, fluency, or voice) or a composition notebook (for students working on language). The students will get these next week. Their schedule is placed on the inside of the folder/notebook so that they can have access to when they come to speech and you can always check it. Students will have homework practice or notes in their folders/notebooks so that you can see what we have been working on and help them use it at home. If you don't see your students speech folder or notebook at some point next week, let me know and I'll figure out what's going on. I will help the little ones by making sure it goes in their backpack so that you will get it. 

I do use ClassDojo in speech for rewards. Students receive a point each time they come to speech (on time for the 4-5 graders who will start coming on their own). They will also earn a point for bringing their folder or notebook so please make sure that it is returned to school for the days they have speech. Lastly, students receive points for practicing on working on speech & language at home. There will be a tracking chart (folders) or place to initial (notebooks) so that we can keep up with this. When the students receive a certain number of Dojo points, they get a reward (e.g., pick a prize, scavenger hunt, music in speech, sit in my chair). I do not use ClassDojo to track behaviors or punish students. It's basically just an electronic alternative to tickets or tokens for me and the kids love it! 

Please let me know if you have any questions next week regarding the folders or notebooks that you see coming home. I'll be happy to answer them.

If you made it all the way to the bottom of this post, you get a sneak peak at what our first unit will be. I'll give you a hint...it starts TONIGHT! 

 

 

I'll post more about the Olympics and how you can use this fun, exciting time to promote good speech and language at home with your child next week. Stay tuned :) 

Meet and Greet 2016

 

It was wonderful to see everyone at Meet and Greet yesterday and I am SO SO excited to see all of your students progress in their speech and language skills in the coming year. If you did not get a chance to stop by yesterday, I have a new room. I am now located in B301, which is the first door on the right on the Second Grade hallway. This is exciting because we have a lot more access to technology in this room and we can really step up our speech and language sessions with some new and fun ideas. We also have a more room to practice communicating and using our best speech and language with other students and adults. I will post here periodically to provide ways for you to improve your students speech and language skills at home and carry-over what we are working on. This will be in an addition to what will come home in their folders/notebooks to provide you information on what we are working on in our sessions. We are going to have a great year in speech and language and I can't wait to see all of the progress that your students are going to make!