Region 10 SLP Shout Out!

Alan's Big Scary Teeth

So If you have a group of 7 and 8 year olds with goals that include problem solving, synonyms, and /s/-blends, your book is Alan's Big Scary Teeth by Jarvis!

When you click on Alan's Big Scary Teeth, you also find that this book would be appropriate for students 3 yrs to 8 yrs with the following Speech & Language Targets...

Narrative Structure: Interactive Episode

Story Plot: Character Flaw: Losing Tale

Speech Sounds:

· /l/ - laugh, lily pad, leap, Alan, alligator, storyteller, polish, scale, nail, jungle

· /r/ - razor sharp, relax, scary, mirror, parrot, terrify, Barry (character)

· /s/ blends - scary, scales, sneak, snap, swamp, stop, screech

· /t/ - teeth, terrify, alligator, night, parrot

Grammar:

· regular past tense

· present progressive tense

· action verbs (brush, sneak, snap, leap, tumble, screech, relax, sleep, hide, cry)

Semantics:

· labeling

· identifying parts

· describing

· explaining means to a goal

· identifying obstacles to an action

· making inferences

· synonyms (scary, frightening, terrifying)

Concepts:

· descriptive concept (sharp)

· temporal concepts (morning, day, night)

Narrative:

· character description

· setting

· initiating event

· problem

· feelings

· direct character speech

Social-Emotional:

· conflict resolution

· empathy

· friendship

· negotiating

· problem solving

Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas

If you enter the following information into the book share time filter...4 year old working on the phonemes /p/, /b/, and /m/ and the concepts of animals and body parts, then Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas by Aaron Babey is your book!

Additional concepts found in the book...

Narrative Structure: Action Sequence

Story Plot: Wishing Tale

Themes:

· animals - ocean, fish

· body parts

· food/drink

· places - ocean

· individuality

· picky eaters

· trying new things

Speech Sounds:

· /b/ - bananas, beans, bum

· /d/ - don't

· /m/ - melons, more, bum, yum

· /n/ - knees, banana, Piranha

· /p/ - Piranha, peas, apples, stop

· /r/ blends - Brian, fruit

· /t/ - eat, feet, fruit

· /w/ - we

Grammar:

· conjunctions (but)

· modal (would)

· negative (don't)

· subjective pronouns (you, we)

Semantics:

· labeling body parts

· differences / similarities

· explaining means to a goal

· making inferences

· definitions

Narrative:

· dialogue

Social-Emotional:

· negotiating

· sustaining conversation

· conflict resolution

The Detective Dog

Detective Dog is your book for your 8 year old group working on making inferences, predictions, consequences, and /th/. And your 5/6 year old group working on irregular past tense, action verbs, problem solving, /s/-blends, and /l/, Also your 3/4 year old group working on location concepts (in, on, over), action verbs, good behavior, labeling, feelings, categories (pets), /d/, /t/, and /n/.

Narrative Structure: Complete Episode

Story Plot: Losing Tale

Themes:

• animals-pets
• dogs
• library
• theft

• /d/ - dog, detective, down, dinosaur, doors, building, child, lead, read
• /l/ - library, follow, Nell, smell, gravel, tail, trail, ball, wall
• /n/ - nice, neat, Nell, knights, news, honey, dinosaur, listen, dragon, man, one
• /s/ blends - sniff, smell, spider, school, scarf, steal
• voiced /th/ - there, the, though, then, they, clothes, further
• unvoiced /th/ - things, thousands, thief, through, thoughtfully, with

• conjunctions (and)
• regular past tense
• irregular past tense verbs (found, read)
• prepositions (in, on, past, over, through)
• action verbs (sniff, smell, find, read, tug, follow, run, gaze)

Semantics:

• matching
• labeling
• predicting
• explaining means to a goal
• identifying obstacles to an action
• making inferences

• Location (in, on, through, past, over)

• traditional opening
• time
• setting
• sequencing
• initiating event
• problem
• plans
• feelings
• resolution
• moral
• direct character speech

• following rules
• good behavior
• problem solving