I will be presenting to educators on how to target speech and language in the classroom. When I talk to teachers I get the same question over and over- How can I target speech and language in the classroom? This is a great question for places where there are limited speech and language services for children and also for carry over for the children who are receiving services.
Here is a sneak peak at a few of my ideas.
- know what skills the age of your students should have. If it is recommended that your students have regular plurals - don't fuss over them not using irregular plurals.
- sounds- same idea, if your students don't have to be using the 'r' sound then don't worry about hearing "wabbit".
- if they are using incorrect grammar or sounds- don't make a big deal of it just model it back for them correctly.
- Use books to model and bombard the correct sounds and correct language targets.
- Have fun!
See some of you at the Conference I will be presenting on January 30th!
www.teachersfirst.ca
Cheers, Mindy
Congratulations! What an honor!
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