Do your language impaired students mix up WH question words? Do they answer them with the wrong type of answer that does not match what you asked? Do they read them incorrectly and mix them all up when they read? Yes? Then keep reading!

         I really believe in using pictures to teach the WH question words as if each one is a vocabulary word. I have drawn my own set that I use with my students. These REALLY help them answer and ask questions! It teaches them HOW to comprehend and not just practice doing it (without much success). I wish I had published research to show you, but I don't (yet). I do have my own clinical practice evidence of twenty years that I have spent making this program and the thousands of children it has made a significant difference in their comprehension. The program is grounded in evidence based practice ideas however: it is visual, picture based visual supports, and color coded. Both ideas have lots of research behind them as positive intervention strategies for language impaired children.


      Here is how you teach WH words, explicitly, step by step, so that language-impaired children never mix them up again. First you Teach each WH picture cue separately. I have written an in depth therapy program to teach you exactly how to do that with lots of visuals and explicit teaching directions. You can get that in my TpT store, WH QUESTIONS THERAPY PROGRAM, for only 3.00. This will give you all the picture cues and visuals that you can print out and lots of ideas for how to teach them- BUT it is just a framework- it gives you ideas of activities that you can make on your own. If you want things that you can print and see and want to make your own materials, this paper based print option is for you.


       
          If you are more digital and want ready to go materials made for you, My WH Questions Therapy program is now a fully digital, interactive Boom program in seven boom decks: https://wow.boomlearning.com/store/bundle/ZTG8xBcE9EzR8AZmo This comprehensive program will give you everything you need to teach your students how to comprehend WH questions.





BONUS:
Here is a  VIDEO  of all my WH cues with an added multiple-choice quiz that I made with Edpuzzle.





Ms. Coyle MS CCC/SLP



        I put my first thing in my Teachers Pay Teacher's store, Coyle's Communication! It is a Hands-On activity to work on following multi-step complex directions and inference. My students really love this activity and I have used it for both speech and language goals. I really made it for language students, but they loved it so much that I have used it with many students (3rd-5th grade). You can go look at the Inference Riddle Book Activity HERE. 

Included:
18 step detailed instructions (to print for students)
22 Full color pictures to explain the instructions (meant to be looked at and not printed).
Over 20 Example full - color pictures (also to look at)
Teaching Explanation/ Lesson Plan
6 POSSIBLE GOALS this activity could be used for:
1) Student will follow complex multi-step directions from text.
2) Student will follow directions with multiple linguistic concepts (center, each, words with a prefix (unfold), comparatives/superlatives (longest, shorter), nouns with multiple modifiers (short, one-eraser length part), ordinal numbers, complex sentences, and high level vocabulary (vague).
3) Student will show understanding of simple inference from pictures and low-level text.
4) Student will ask appropriate, detailed questions.
5) Student will work cooperatively in a group, asking questions as needed, and using appropriate words instead of getting frustrated.
6) SPEECH: Student will use target sound in conversation when presenting a project.

Enjoy!
Ms. Coyle MS CCC/SLP



        Super Teacher Tools has a variety of online interactive tools available to use. I am highlighting the spinner today: Super Speech Spinner Activities  http://www.superteachertools.us/spinner/.

      In the above picture, I made a /l/ all positions spinner: https://tinyurl.com/yxr3v6fj I had my students tell me words to put on the spinner (thus practising their target words once). Then they took turns spinning and making a sentence with the word they spun. Then we did a round where they spun twice and had to incorporate two words into the sentence they made. Pretty simple, but my kids enjoyed the activity and I can visualize using it in a variety of ways for both speech and language targets for older students that are reading (2nd -5th grade).

   Alternatively, if you just need a traditional spinner for a game, you can definitely use this online interactive one for that as well. 


I hope this activates your creative juices and helps you make a fun interactive activity with your speech and language kiddos. 

Ms. Coyle MS CCC/SLP