Scholars with an IEP or 504 Plan

All scholars who have IEPs will continue to have equal access to the educational content. We have several learning platforms specifically geared to support scholars with special education needs. Ms. Walker, our Director of Support Services, and our mandated counselors, along with our teachers, will continue to monitor the progress of scholars with IEPS during this period of distance learning.

Auditory Comprehension

Storyline Online: A library of audible short stories with activities and lesson plans.

Scholastic Reading: A library of magazines and lesson plans for all ages.

PBS Learning: Literacy activities and listening comprehension grounded in a variety of course contexts.

Following Directions: A coloring-based activity for following a variety of question types.

Story Retell: Practice sequencing and recalling details with this free resource for CPSE students.

Epic!: A library of audible books and stories for k-12!

The Speech Express: Animated short videos for speech therapy. Great for targeting, main idea, detail, summarization, prediction, questions, etc.

Mystery Science: An online platform for learning science curriculum. Videos, lesson plans, vocabulary, and more!

Reading Comprehension

K12 Reader: comprehension activities based on character traits, motivation, etc. also works on figurative language, inference, etc.

NewsELA is an instructional website where you can search for texts across different subject matter. This is a great program to reinforce annotation strategies, process of elimination for multiple choice options, and organization for

open-ended.

Literacy Packet: A 3-week workbook series for 1st and 2nd graders. Free on TpT! There are packets for 3rd/4th graders and for 5th-8th graders!

Readworks.org is an instructional website driven by cognitive science research where you can join, identify yourself as an SLP, sign up with your school, and narrow the grades of your caseload. From there, you have options to find texts, create a class and track progress and build routines.

Speechy Musings Non-fiction Texts Perfect for vocab, text comprehension, wh questions and locating information. The topics are cute too!

Reading Resource: Interactive reading games for school-age students.

Language

Education.com is an instructional website where you can search for printable worksheets, online games, and lesson plans across different subjects.

Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Making Inferences-Context Clues (Fortnite Bundle) A compilation of Fortnite themed reading passages for older students. Answers to inference based and context clue questions are color coded (e.g., use red to underline a word that means “an expensive area”). It is recommended that a clinician preview passages before sharing with students, as some may contain more violent imagery than others.

Education.com is an instructional website where you can search for printable worksheets, online games, and lesson plans across different subjects.

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus allows you to type in any vocabulary word you want to teach. The tool then maps related words. You can click on the red circles to narrow your focus.

Making Inferences: A Fun and Easy Way to Understand and Practice Implied Meaning by Dr. Erica Warren This is a great resource for middle and high school students. It includes print ads for various non-profits and public service announcements, with prompts to look up relevant background information, decipher the images' meanings, and make judgements as to whether the images are effective at conveying their intended meaning. Their resource begins with images and ends with text-based items (i.e., slogans, metaphors, sentences).

The 'WH' CURRICULUM This resource will guide you through teaching the meaning behind the question and systematically increasing your student’s level of difficulty as they learn to apply their new found understanding. This resource is supported by research regarding child language development and acquisition of question words. This research allowed for the creation of a resource that progresses through a hierarchy of levels to give students the foundation they need to learn and understand WH questions.

Story Starters; Expand and extend language with authentic picture prompts. No print necessary.

Describe a Scene: Picture prompts with wh-questions scaffolds for sentence formulation

Idioms: Work on figurative language with these worksheets.

Predictions: Work on generating predictions with late elementary-middle school students with this critical thinking resource.

Grammar/Morphology/Syntax/Vocabulary

Quill.org is a resource that will help your students advance from fragmented and run-on sentences to complex, well-structured sentences. Students receive instant feedback designed to help them improve.

Sentence Scramble: sequence cards for sentence formulation for prek-2nd grade. No printing required!

Vocab Scenes: No print vocab scenes! Designed for distance learning. Appropriate for CPSE.

https://www.visualthesaurus.com allows you to type in any vocabulary word you want to teach. The tool then maps related words. You can click on the red circles to narrow your focus.

Active Vocabulary: A game for learning new words for 2nd-5th graders. Wonderful for groups!

Buzz Worksheets: A library of worksheets to support explicit lessons based on parts of speech, spelling and vocabulary.

Boom Cards: No print task cards to teach prepositions. Plus, sleepy sloths : )

Synonyms&Antonyms: Vocabulary building through no-print worksheets. Level of complexity varies. Free resource! See the second version of this activity by clicking here and the third version by clicking here!

Irregular Plural Noun: Practice pluralism with this fun tic-tac-toe worksheet.

Big Learners: Grammar worksheets to hone in on parts of speech and sentence structure.

Turtle Diary: Online games and activities for learning parts of speech, basic concepts, syntax, etc.

Pragmatics:

Boom Cards: Designed for distant learning, these task cards teach feeling identification.

Asking Questions: You can use these authentic photographs to elicit questions

Formal vs. Informal Language: For older students, you can use this interactive whiteboard to teach language modification in accordance with social context.

LoveToKnow: floor time activities for children with autism. May be great for parent involvement.

Phonological Awareness and Spelling:

Vocabulary Spelling City: learning activities and games

Worksheets Plus: A library of worksheets for spelling, phonemic awareness, etc.