The Mitten (Speech Therapy Book Companion)

This unit is designed to accompany the story, “The Mitten” by Jan Brett. The activities in this unit are designed to foster language and articulation skills while also learning from a great picture book.

The book is not included in this download.

I highly recommend putting each section into a page protector sleeve and then clipping all of the sleeves together. This method of organization makes it very easy to find and organize your materials.

“The Mitten Speech Therapy Book Companion” allows the educator to use the same book with almost every student on their caseload. Activities and worksheets are divided into

⭐️PreK: language skills at the 3-5 word utterance stage

⭐️Level 1: language skills in the K-1st-grade common core state standards

⭐️Level 2: language skills in the 2nd-3rd-grade common core state standards

⭐️Level 3: language skills in the 4th-5th-grade common core state standards

⭐️Articulation

Activities and worksheets are aligned with Common Core State Standards:

✰ CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1 Participate in conversations

✰ CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3 Ask and answer questions, summarize

✰ CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6 Express thoughts clearly and in complete sentences

✰ CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1 Use standard English grammar

✰ CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.4 Define and clarify new vocabulary

Articulation

✸ 24 mixed /l/ and /l-blends/

✸ 24 mixed /s, z/ and /s-blends/

✸ 24 mixed /r/ and /r-blends/

Level Pre-K (1-3 word utterance length)

✸ What is in the Mitten?

Level 1 (K-1st grade language level)

✸ Antonyms

✸ Grammar (regular past tense)

✸ Basic Concepts

Level 2 (2nd-3rd grade language level)

✸ Vocabulary

✸ Grammar (irregular past tense)

✸ Perspective Taking

Level 3 (4-5th grade language level)

✸ Vocabulary

✸ Grammar (complex sentences)

✸ Think & Explain

✸ Expressions

Story Comprehension (All Levels)

✸ Story Sequencing

✸ Story Comprehension Spinner

✸ Story Map

✸ Story Retelling Rubric

Please visit my blog for details on all of the activities: here.

See a video of how to assemble the file folder activity here.

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FEEDBACK:

❤️ "I LOVE the leveled activities. I LOVE the variety of tasks - to include articulation, vocabulary and overall language skills in one packet....FANTASTIC!"

❤️ "This is a great book companion for a variety of lower level and higher level language skills. I love how the vocabulary is leveled according to difficulty. I really love how perspective taking is weaved into the book lesson almost seamlessly. What a great way to target social, language, and articulation using one book. The articulation words are words found in the book as well. An excellent time saver. Thank you for providing such a thorough book companion!"

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Hi! I'm Dr. Cheri Dodge Chin. I am a published researcher, adjunct professor, and national presenter with a clinical doctorate in speech-language pathology. I have over 20 years of experience in empowering children, educators, and families. I began my blog, Super Power Speech, in 2008 with the hope of engaging other speech pathologists and passing on ideas and resources. The blog is now recognized as one of the first SLP blogs in the world and has been nominated for multiple awards. While browsing, make sure to check out my courses and resource library with over 50 FREE downloads! Aside from flying around and trying to save the world, you can find me studying for my second doctorate degree (this time in education).

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