America 250 4th of July Speech Therapy Activities
by Stacy Crouse © 2026
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Price: $4 USD
Subjects: expressiveLanguage,receptiveLanguage,speech,independenceDay,articulation
Grades: 5,6,7,8
Description
Celebrate and teach students about America's 250th birthday in speech therapy with a reading comprehension passage and activity set! Combine the informational text with focused practice activities to help students build skills and learn about America's Semiquincentennial and how the nation has changed in 250 years. This versatile resource includes something for a range of upper elementary and middle school students: š Passage: Read a simple, student-friendly informational passage explaining America's 250th birthday with pictures to support comprehension (5 cards). ā Reading Comprehension: Answer multiple-choice questions about the passage, with options to cover the answers as needed (10 cards). š§ Text Inferences: Answer open-ended questions that encourage higher-level thinking, reasoning, and discussion (5 cards). āļø Synonyms & Antonyms: Identify synonyms and antonyms for words in the passage (10 cards). š Conjunctions: Complete sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions (15 cards). š Articulation: Complete word searches using words from the passage that contain target sounds and compare to the answer keys (14 cards). This resource is ideal for targeting reading comprehension, inference, vocabulary, grammar, articulation carryover, and expressive language in upper elementary and middle school speech therapy sessions. The age-respectful America 250 theme makes it easy to connect speech and language goals with learning.
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