Speech and Language Curriculum

As I mentioned in my first post, the speech and language curriculum I have created for myself is based on the three levels of Discourse; conversation, narration, and exposition.  If you haven't already read the post on MindWing Concept's blog that talks about these three levels and why they are an ideal way to provide intervention for children with language disorders, check it out here.

I purchased the Story Grammar Marker program from MindWing last year so I could work on narrative skills with my kids, but soon realized that narration is only ONE level of discourse and while extremely important, I needed to target the other two levels as well.  I immediately began pleading my case to the Director of Pupil Services in my district on how my program would really benefit from the two additional programs from MindWing,  ThemeMaker (exposition) and Six-Second Stories (conversation).  Without hesitation, she went ahead and ordered them for me!  They arrived at my school a week later, which was the week before school ended.  YAY SUMMER READING MATERIAL!  I actually was THAT excited!  I read the books over and over this summer and put together a tentative curriculum for myself.  I emphasize tentative because we all have reflected on lessons and realized there were things we would have done differently.  I do that everyday!  So, while I do have a week-by-week plan set in place, I know that it will go through many revisions.  This year is my trial run and will hopefully work out the kinks so it can run smoothly in the future!

Click Here for the Speech and Language Curriculum (Please let me know if this link doesn't work!)

Take a look at the curriculum and stay tuned for more posts explaining those units/topics!