Basic Defining and Describing with Real Photos for Speech Therapy

by Panda Speech

Price: 600 points or $6 USD

Subjects: speech

Grades: 13,1,2,3,4

Description: Do your students struggle defining words? Do they tend to try to use it in a sentence when you ask for a definition? If this sounds familiar, these cards will help. These cards were created to provide picture stimuli and prompts to help students learn how to define and describe functional vocabulary. I start with using nouns that are easily recognizable, this will give your students confidence and success that you can later build on with other types of vocabulary (more advanced or actions). Each card comes with visuals and prompts to help your student form a basic definition of the word. I always prompt my students to start with the main category and then 3 defining features or attributes (A dog in an animal that barks, plays fetch, and lives in your house). This deck contains 55 full color real photos that students can relate to. There are prompts right on the card to help the student start thinking about how to define the words. I broke down the words in different categories (animals, food/drink, clothing, tools, household, toys, body parts, and vehicles). When I start with this concept, I find that student start having success when I stay in the same category (it helps with the repetition of the first part: starting with category). After they are successful in the separate categories, I use the “mixed” button that has a variety of different categories. There are interactive elements on the cards: Optional fillable script, and tap-able checks as they define the words.