<\/span>The other day, I walked into a classroom at centers & the student I was going to work with was playing with letter tiles. One of his language goals is for subject pronoun usage– \u201che\u201d \u201cshe\u201d and \u201cthey.\u201d We started spelling out names of people who are important to him– his brother, his mom, and his teacher. I modeled sentences for him like, \u201c<\/span>HE<\/i><\/b><\/span> starts with an A\u201d or \u201c<\/span>SHE<\/i><\/b><\/span> has \u2018T.\u2019 <\/span>SHE<\/i><\/b><\/span> has an \u2018I\u2019\u201d etc\u2026 as we put each letter in the sequence. After we were done with a couple different names, we compared.. \u201c<\/span>THEY<\/i><\/b><\/span> both have an \u2018A\u2019\u201d \u201c<\/span>THEY<\/i><\/b><\/span> start with different letters.\u201d After we were done, I heard his teacher modeling for him, too, emphasizing pronouns– \u201cWere you working with Miss Kari? <\/span>SHE\u2019S<\/i><\/b><\/span> the best, isn\u2019t she?\u201d — Double bonus! \ud83d\ude42<\/span>

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You could also use the tiles to target spatial concepts.. <\/span><\/div>\n
-\u201dPut the \u201cA\u201d <\/span>on top<\/i><\/b><\/span> of the \u201cK\u201d\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n
-\u201dPut the \u201cC\u201d <\/span>next to<\/i><\/b><\/span> the \u201cD\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
-\u201dPut an \u2018M\u2019 <\/span>above<\/i><\/b><\/span> the \u2018N\u2019 etc…<\/span><\/div>\n
-After putting a sequence of letters together, you could ask which letter is <\/span>first\/last<\/i><\/b><\/span> in the row.<\/span><\/div>\n

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It\u2019s an easy way to hit spatial concepts for your goal, while also working on letter recognition, which the ECSE teacher is likely working on, too! <\/span>If they are not at the level of letter recognition yet, you could step it down & do it by colors<\/b><\/span>— <\/span>Put a blue letter under a green letter, etc<\/span>\u2026 while still modeling the letter names afterwards.. \u201cYou\u2019re right! the blue N is UNDER the green M\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n

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I know letter ID isn\u2019t necessarily a goal we work on as SLPs, but my teachers try to work on language goals for me, so I try to model academic concepts for them, too!<\/span><\/div>\n
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WH questions<\/b><\/span> is another potential area to target. It depends on whether your student needs visual supports or not, but you could ask questions about what you just spelled with letter tiles– ie, if you spelled \u201chat\u201d you could ask \u201cWhere does a hat go?\u201d If you spell \u201csky\u201d you could ask \u201cWhat do you see up in the sky?\u201d etc…<\/span><\/div>\n

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What other ways can you think of to use letter tiles to target language goals? <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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