I talk a lot about how important it is to emphasize morphology & orthography. So naturally, people want to know how to write goals for these things. But in some cases, I don’t recommend writing a goal for it. In this Q & A video about language therapy goals, I explain why: To learn more…
Tag: orthography
What to say instead of “sound it out” when helping kids read
SLPs can play SUCH and important role in building literacy skills… Since SLPs have a background in language, they’re well-equipped to help kids build the decoding skills kids need to be strong readers and spellers. But sometimes knowing how to provide support can be a little confusing! A great place to start is by teaching…
What is texting doing to spelling and reading skills?
As an SLP I spend a fair amount of time doing research on strategies for building language and literacy skills. But back when I was in elementary school, I didn’t catch on to reading right away. I had what I like to refer to as the Catholic school version of Response to Intervention. I still…
What’s working now: For building spelling skills
Building spelling skills can have a huge impact on overall language processing and vocabulary growth, which falls perfectly in line with your expertise. Vocabulary is one of the biggest predictors of success or failure in school because of it’s impact on overall comprehension and language processing (Nagy & Scott, 2000; Nippold, 2017). But most people…
Teaching Prefixes and Suffixes: What’s age-appropriate across K-12?
I routinely get questions from speech-language pathologists about what’s “age-appropriate” when it comes to vocabulary, semantic, or morphological skills. The other day, an SLP asked me about how to determine which prefixes and suffixes to target in language therapy when working on morphological awareness skills. That’s why I wanted to hop on a quick video…
Three Spelling Activities You Should Stop Now
As SLPs, we sometimes struggle to figure out what types of spelling activities we should be doing in speech therapy. Sometimes we wonder if we should be thinking about spelling words at all. I mean, shouldn’t the teachers be the ones doing all the spelling activities and picking out the spelling words? Well…yes they should….
Teaching Prefixes and Suffixes in Speech Therapy: Three Must-Have Tools
In my most recent post, I promised you some easy-to-use tools for targeting prefixes and suffixes in speech therapy. If you read this research review, you know how important this skill is for our students because its a predictor of reading performance (Apel & Henbest, 2016). I showed you an evidence-based protocol here, but now…