Say It Better! Sentence Expansion for Speech Therapy
by SpeechBytheBeach29 © 2026
Price: $3 USD
Subjects: receptiveLanguage,expressiveLanguage,Special Autism,communicationModalities,communicationSkills,speech,elaLanguage
Grades: 3,4
Description
This Boom™ Cards deck is designed to support sentence expansion and expressive language development for students in grades 3–4 using engaging picture scenes. Unlike basic sentence-building activities, this resource encourages students to improve their responses by adding details and clarity. Students look at each picture, answer a prompt such as “What is he/she/they doing?”, and then practice saying it better by expanding their sentence. An optional follow-up slide allows students to type or write their improved sentence, supporting both oral and written language goals. This deck is ideal for students who can already produce sentences but need support with adding details, improving sentence structure, and expanding ideas. Skills Targeted • Sentence expansion • Adding details to responses • Expressive language development • Describing actions and events • Oral and written language skills How This Deck Is Used • Look at the picture • Answer the prompt using a complete sentence • Improve the sentence by adding at least one detail • Optionally type or write the expanded sentence Additional Information Images are intentionally reused across grade-level decks to support continuity while targeting different expressive language skills. © 2025 SpeechBytheBeach29™ This original resource is protected under U.S. copyright law. This resource is for single-user classroom or caseload use only. You may not copy, share, resell, or distribute this deck in any form.