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In December, if you can plan Christmas speech therapy activities with your preschool and early elementary caseload, Christmas sequencing is a great way to target LOTS of goals. In this blog post, I will share some tips for using Christmas story sequencing picture activities to adapt to different language skills. Plus, I have a free printable Christmas story sequencing pictures resource to make planning more manageable!
One of the memorable Christmas sequencing activities kids do with their families is decorating a Christmas tree. Enjoy this free printable Christmas story sequencing pictures to simplify speech therapy lesson planning. You can target wh-questions, story retelling, vocabulary, grammar and R articulation goals. For more Christmas story sequencing pictures activities for 3-step and 4-step use these stories for wrapping a present, writing letters to Santa, decorating a tree, and building a gingerbread house.
Before you read the Christmas story, review the essential vocabulary with your students. You can use pictures and a teacher guide to explain the words and Google real photos to explain the keywords further. When your students engage more with new vocabulary words, comprehension is improved. Review transitional conjunctions first, next, and last to ensure your students understand the meanings.
Put out the Christmas story sequencing pictures in front of your students to visually follow along while you read the story. Use shared book reading strategies to help draw attention to vocabulary words and concepts. For students who need extra processing time, pause between each sequencing picture. To check for understanding, ask your students what happened after each picture. If your students struggle with recalling details from the story, go back to the picture and repeat that portion.
After reading the Christmas sequencing short story, you can have students recall what happened in each picture with their own words. This helps you see how much they comprehended while having the pictures as a visual cue. For students struggling with sentence formulation, you can have them put the sequencing picture cards in order from first to last. For students working on grammar goals such as past tense verbs or conjunctions, give them keywords to use when story retelling.
Students with articulation speech sound goals can get in practice by picking out target words they must use when retelling. For example, a student with an R goal can have target words for gather, decorate, ornament, star and tree. After the student retells the story, you can discuss the accuracy of their productions.
Here are some other sound loaded words to use with this free Christmas story sequencing pictures resource:
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