There Was An Old Mermaid Who Swallowed A Shark - Speech Therapy Book Companion

by Jennie Rametta

Price: 475 points or $4.75 USD

Subjects: speech,seasonSummer

Grades: 14,13,1,2,3

Description: Looking for an adapted and interactive digital summer story for speech therapy students working on receptive and expressive language? This Book Companion for There Was An Old Mermaid Who Swallowed A Shark targets comprehension, following directions, WH questions, sequencing, describing vocabulary, grammar and story retell. THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDES Adapted Story: This is a simplified and easy to understand version of the text that includes moveable items. This is perfect for students working on comprehension, increasing MLU and following one-step directions. EET Describing Vocabulary: Students work on describing the main character and vocabulary from the story by naming the category, function, appearance, composition, parts, location and background knowledge. Comprehension Questions: Two levels are included that increase in difficulty from concrete to inferential. Story Retell Level One: This interactive mat allows students to feed the old lady the items from the story. This is perfect for students working on basic sequencing and retelling. It can also be used as an incentive chart. Story Retell Level Two: This interactive mat includes moveable vocabulary from the "feed the old lady" mat, sequencing words (first, next, then, last) as well as combining words (and, but, because so). Also included is a text box that can be used to add additional vocabulary or to practice conjugating verbs.