Kelly's Speech Therapy Room

Thursday, we learned about Take Your Daughter or Son to Work Day and thought about jobs and working. Wednesday, we celebrated Audubon Day, named after John James Audubon, an artist and ornithologist.  Tuesday, we celebrated Ella Fitzgerald's birthday and listened to The First Lady of Song sing "Dream a Little Dream" with Louis Armstrong. Monday, we learned that scientists believe that it might be raining diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter because of the carbon and methane in their atmospheres. Here is the Friday Review Worksheet! Things to try with Alexa: "Alexa, Flip a Coin"  --- did you pick heads or tails? "Alexa, roll the dice"  (x3 times and see the biggest number you can make with her rolls)

Happy Birthday, Michael Sue BrownKorbel! Alexa shared Take your Daughters or Sons to Work Day with us. Have you ever been to your parent's work?  Do you know what their job is? Knowing about jobs is a first step to choosing your own line of work. Some people work indoors, some people work outdoors, some people work at a desk, others work all over the building.  What do you think you would like? Take your child to work worksheet

Alexa's topic today is National Audubon Day. John James Audubon drew and painted North American Birds in their natural habitat. A habitat is where something lives. People who study birds are ornithologists. He lived from 1785  to 1851. Alexa mentions that there are 10,000 species of birds.  Species means kinds or types of animals. Audubon Worksheet

Today is Ella Fitzgerald's birthday. She was quite a singer, winning 13 Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Grammy Award. Her nickname was "First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald Worksheet

Alexa talks about how scientists believe that it is raining diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn. Why is this an exciting thought? Raining Diamonds Worksheet

This week Alexa talked to us about Game of Thrones Income Taxes Cookie Monster High Five Day Can you tell me something about each topic? Friday Review Worksheet

Good Morning! Today Alexa is talking about High Fives. We give high fives when we are happy about something, happy to see someone, want to say, "Good Job!" High Five Worksheet: High Five Alexa Worksheet

Today, Alexa tells us something about one of our friends from Sesame Street. Do you know what his "real" name is? This makes me wonder if some of the other characters have "real names"? Do you like eggplant?  How about beets?  Make a list of your favorite foods and your least favorite foods. Worksheet for Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster Worksheet  

Today Alexa talks to us about income tax. She uses many tax and financial terms.   Can you find them all?  I count seven.  How about you? What does the government do with all the money it collects?  It does change from year to year, but in 2013, this was the breakdown: A worksheet for this lesson: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RFbwcJNzaEAk1mjwVhXzu-UrbQDnKyeqDtdIL2MlvbA/edit?usp=sharing I made labels to put on my students' work so that parents may check on my blog and share with my students:

Good Morning! The Game of Thrones is a complex television show based on the book Series: Game of Thrones. Basically. most characters in the book want to be king or queen of this large country or they want to add a piece of land to their own country. Yes, there are dragons. Is this the type of television show that you like to watch?  What is your favorite t.v. show? Topic Worksheet: Game of Thrones Vocabulary Worksheet

Alexa reminds us that today is National Pet Day! My students are writing what they have for pets on small post its and putting them on the white board. We have also done some brainstorming about what pets other people might have.  My extension question for this has been something along the lines of "Why would it not be a good idea to have an elephant for a pet?  What could happen if you had a tiger for a pet? Here is the white board with post its on it taken at about noon: Some of my students use augmentative communication devices.  Here is a short movie of a student using an ipad and clicker connect software to access the Alexa:

Today's Good Morning is about Passover, a series of special meals celebrated by Jewish families. Extended Question:  What special meals do your family celebrate? Here is a worksheet that I used with my lower students to practice getting information from listening: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8yxPZNoImvzdVlUN3ByM0ZtOTg/view?usp=sharing