Present Notes:
On this episode of SLP Espresso Speak, Hallie’s dispensing simple, breezy end-of-year actions which are huge on enjoyable and light-weight on prep! If you happen to’re counting down the times to summer time (however nonetheless need to sneak in some speech and language objectives), you’re in the best place. From reflection video games to summer-themed silliness, Hallie shares artistic methods to maintain your college students engaged, speaking, and making progress—even when everybody’s brains are midway to trip mode. Let’s wrap up the 12 months with model, smiles, and 0 stress!
This is what we realized:
- Finish-of-year doesn’t imply finish of progress—reflection retains objectives alive
- Actions will be efficient with out being fancy or time-consuming
- Playful codecs like video games and interviews hold college students motivated
- Personalised duties like letter writing enhance buy-in and self-expression
- Preserving remedy gentle and enjoyable helps everybody end robust
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00:00:00 Hallie: Hey there, SLP, working with grades 4 by means of 12. New faculty 12 months, new you. Let’s not go into this faculty 12 months feeling overwhelmed and behind on paperwork. Let’s not fear about college students asking why they’re coming to speech. Let’s not have college students shrugging their shoulders and taking a look at you saying, why am I right here? I do not wanna be right here. Let’s as a substitute have your college students excited to return to speech, able to tackle the challenges you present and make huge progress in the direction of their objectives.
00:00:30 Hallie: If you’re able to make this faculty 12 months the 12 months that you simply go away work promptly on the finish of the day, plan in an hour or much less every week, and go into each session assured that your college students will grasp the session aims, then SLP Elevate is simply what it is advisable to make this faculty 12 months a profitable one. Both go to slpelevate.com or ship me a DM on Instagram with the phrase membership, C-U-L-B, and we will focus on if SLP Elevate is best for you and your college students. Now could be the time to get your time again, and now’s the time to get your college students excited to return to speech. SLP Elevate is ideal for you.
00:01:14 Hallie: Welcome to SLP Espresso Speak, the podcast designed completely for speech language pathologists who work with older college students, grades 4 by means of 12. I’m your host, Hallie Sherman, your SLP behind Speech Time Enjoyable, the Speech Retreat Convention, and the SLP Elevate membership. And I am thrilled to convey you conversations, methods, and insights that gives you the jolt of inspiration that you simply want. Whether or not you are tuning in throughout your morning commute, on a break in between periods, and even throughout a properly deserved rest time, I’m right here for you every week. Let’s do that, SLPs.
00:01:54 Hallie: Hey. Hey. And welcome to a different episode of SLP Espresso Speak. Hey there, SLPs. Welcome again. It is a podcast the place we hold issues actual, sensible, and, in fact, enjoyable. And it’s me, Hallie Sherman, right here immediately. It is a solo episode, and we’re gonna be speaking all about finish of 12 months actions as a result of let’s be actual, this time of the 12 months is a mixture of exhaustion, pleasure, and counting down the times to summer time. So when you’re on the lookout for low prep, excessive affect methods to wrap up the 12 months, you’re in the best place. Let’s dive in.
00:02:30 Hallie: So why do finish of 12 months actions matter? Alright. Why can we care about finish of the 12 months actions? Is not it simply the time to coast? Nicely, I’d like to say sure, however no. The previous couple of weeks of faculty are often a golden alternative to assist college students replicate, rejoice their progress, and transition easily into summer time. And bonus, it retains them engaged and nonetheless engaged on their speech and language objectives with out even realizing it.
00:03:01 Hallie: I felt this was an ideal alternative to have this episode since it’s Could. A few of you guys are wrapping up now or when you’re in New York and the Tri State space, you are most likely going to finish at June. So refer again to this episode, you understand, when you’re within the June months. However let’s give it some thought. Reflection is a robust device. By wanting again on their progress, the scholars get to acknowledge how far they’ve come. They get to determine the methods that assist them most, and so they set themselves up for fulfillment for the following faculty 12 months.
00:03:30 Hallie: Plus for us, as SLPs, it is an effective way for us to trace their progress informally and provides college students some possession over their objectives and their progress. And one of the best half, these actions are tremendous simple and enjoyable, and let’s be actual, low prep.
00:03:45 Hallie: So what are some enjoyable and useful actions for wrapping up the varsity 12 months? Okay? So listed here are some concepts that I like to try this, you understand, will not take quite a lot of prep, however can proceed serving to your college students goal their speech and language objectives even when their brains are and your mind, let’s be actual, already on summer time break.
00:04:01 Hallie: You may have reflection sheets. These are nice for all college students. You may have them fill out a easy worksheet and replicate on one factor they improved on this 12 months, their favourite speech remedy exercise, a technique that helped them probably the most, or one factor they wanna bear in mind for the following 12 months to maintain engaged on. And the way does this goal objectives? Nicely, their expressive language – it could possibly work on expressive language. It may possibly work on written expression, self consciousness of communication expertise. Plus, it is an effective way so that you can accumulate some information and progress monitor as you wrap up the 12 months. Okay? So simply take a bit of paper, ask them the questions. You may kind this on a easy doc. It does not have to be fancy to be efficient.
00:04:39 Hallie: One other exercise that you are able to do is a speech 12 months interview and have some dialogue prompts. You may have little dialog starters like, what’s one thing new you realized in speech this 12 months? What was your funniest second this 12 months in speech remedy? Or when you may give recommendation to subsequent 12 months’s speech college students, what would it not be? I’ve even had college students write letters to future speech college students and provides them ideas and tips on easy methods to get probably the most out of speech and easy methods to have enjoyable this 12 months and get the progress that they’ve seen. And what objectives can it goal? Nicely, you may work on sentence construction. You may work on conversational expertise, clearly, pragmatic expertise in a pure manner.
00:05:15 Hallie: You are able to do an finish of the 12 months bingo recreation. You may create a easy bingo board both on a paper, Google photos, Google slides, no matter, and put speech associated duties on it like, you understand, describe a summer time exercise utilizing three adjectives or inform a narrative about summer time trip or identify three belongings you did in speech remedy this 12 months or ask a peer a query. You may put simply various things that, you understand, evaluation their expertise, discuss summer time, or replicate on the varsity 12 months. And you’ll goal our tic carryover. You may goal vocabulary, turn-taking social expertise, something, blended teams galore.
00:05:50 Hallie: You are able to do a roll and discuss cube recreation. You may roll a cube and reply a immediate based mostly on the quantity that was rolled. So you may make a bit of cheat sheet. And for a one, in the event that they roll a one, they’ve to inform a time they felt proud this 12 months. In the event that they roll a two, they may have to make use of a particular vocabulary phrase in a sentence or their or a tic immediate in a sentence. In the event that they roll a 3, they’ve to explain a enjoyable summer time exercise utilizing no matter aim, possibly particulars, their tic right down to their a sure sentence construction, no matter their aim is. And quantity 4, they will identify one thing they realized in speech this 12 months. In the event that they roll a 5, they’ve to make use of a goal vocabulary phrase or goal speech down in a sentence. We kinda did that for quantity two. Quantity 5, you are able to do they should ask a query. And quantity six, they should ask a peer a query. You may provide you with right here simply easy examples of what you are able to do based mostly on their objectives.
00:06:38 Hallie: They may have to speak a couple of dialog that they’d in the course of the 12 months or problem that they’d this 12 months that they overcame. You may provide you with totally different prompts with the totally different numbers that they roll. So clearly, they will work on sentence formulation, their articles.. They’ve social interactions they will work on. vocabulary in a relaxed recreation like setting that actually does not take a lot time to prep. All you need to do is provide you with what does every quantity signify and provides them a cube.
00:07:07 Hallie: One other factor they will do is figure on social expertise situations, summer time version. You may give college students actual world summer time situations and position play and have discussions akin to you are at summer time camp and you do not know anybody. What might you say to begin a dialog? Or a buddy is telling you about their summer time plans, however you are undecided what to say, how would you reply? You may work on conversational expertise, perspective taking, drawback fixing, and also you make all this stuff summer time themed.
00:07:33 Hallie: You too can discover some summer time themed bamboozles and dialog starters, and would you somewhat kind video games on bamboozles totally free. Bamboozle.com is a free website. Sure. There are paid upgrades, however you do not want it, and you will discover many summer time dialog starters on there. You too can create your personal finish of 12 months reflection bamboozle recreation you could make the most of along with your college students as properly. Okay?
00:07:57 Hallie: One other factor you are able to do on prime of getting your college students writing letters to future college students, I’ve had college students write letters to themselves, particularly your college students which are graduating or going to a brand new constructing. I’ve had college students write letters to themselves reminding them of what they realized, methods, tricks to bear in mind for the brand new faculty 12 months, their hopes and desires, and reminders of how they will get there using their speech and language objectives and, you understand, methods. And I’ve truly mailed them the week earlier than faculty began in order that they really obtained it within the mail. So one, it teaches them letter writing expertise. It helps them replicate on issues after which they really get it within the mail.
00:08:35 Hallie: Have you learnt what number of college students do not know easy methods to fill out an envelope and, like, mail issues? They do not even know their addresses typically and so they could possibly be like seventh graders. So I’ve truly needed to, like, have that able to go, appeared it up. In all probability look it up on some form of pupil portal, no matter, no matter system you utilize in your IEP techniques. However then I’ve truly, like, introduced it house with me over the break and mailed it out the week earlier than faculty began, and college students have advised me that they have been so excited to get within the mail. They did not imagine me that I used to be truly going to ship it.
00:09:09 Hallie: In order that’s one other factor that you are able to do that, once more, can goal speech and language objectives and is an effective way that does not require a lot prep. Simply give them a bit of paper, possibly a gel pen, a pencil, get some envelopes. I’ve actually went to the primary workplace and gotten envelopes with the varsity return deal with. I used to be utilizing the varsity envelopes and yeah. All I needed to do was simply get some stamps since I used to be not mailing it out by means of the varsity, which I am certain you most likely might. In case you have entry, try this over the summer time and allow them to mail it out. Okay?
00:09:37 Hallie: So one other bonus concept is college students write a thanks observe to their peer or to themselves. They will write a thanks observe to you, thanking you for what they’ve realized. I imply, something is feasible. Okay? I need you to assume outdoors the field a bit of bit and that it does not have to be fancy, to be efficient at the moment of the 12 months while you’re busy writing progress notes, making an attempt to wrap up the varsity 12 months, get all of the final issues carried out, and college students are fried. It’s getting sizzling outdoors. If you happen to’re fortunate to have air con, you go, lady. You go. I’ve by no means had that. So it is at all times been sizzling and sticky and depressing.
00:10:14 Hallie: And all you wanna do is, like, be sitting outdoors with an iced espresso, however as a substitute, you gotta nonetheless hold our college students motivated. And if we’re motivated, our college students might be motivated. You will get the summer time break along with your head held excessive realizing you labored arduous and motivated them till the very finish. Alright?
00:10:34 Hallie: So SLPs, as the varsity 12 months winds down, do not let the previous couple of weeks go to waste. These reflection based mostly actions that I’ve shared right here immediately are some enjoyable and fascinating and significant methods to maintain these speech and language objectives going with out feeling like be just right for you or your college students. Plus they offer your college students a way of closure and confidence as they transition into summer time. And who is aware of? Possibly they will truly bear in mind the methods you’ve got taught them after they come again subsequent 12 months. A win win. Proper?
00:11:06 Hallie: So earlier than we wrap up, I’d at all times love to listen to from you. Which one in all these are you gonna strive? Or while you do strive them, let me know the way it goes. Ship me a DM on Instagram @speechtimefun. If you happen to’re not following me, what are you ready for? And share with me what you have got tried and let’s encourage one another. Possibly share this episode with a buddy, with a fellow SLP that might profit from some little prep remedy concepts to maintain the momentum going till the top of the 12 months.
00:11:33 Hallie: As at all times, thanks for tuning in to a different episode of SLP Espresso Speak. I prefer to hold these episodes brief, candy, and to the purpose with the jolt of inspiration you want like that cup of joe that retains you going. Simply fake prefer it’s that… you are switching to sizzling espresso to iced espresso this time of the 12 months, and I am right here to maintain bringing you actual life sensible SLP content material every week. I’ve not missed an episode since I launched this podcast in February 2020, and I’ll proceed to convey you new episodes every week.
00:12:06 Hallie: I at all times finish my episodes with a joke, so let’s, you understand, let’s do it. Why are flowers so fashionable? They’ve quite a lot of buds. Be at liberty to make use of this joke, inform it to your college students. And as at all times, SLPs hold rocking these previous couple of weeks. I’ll see you subsequent time. I’ve extra episodes coming which are gonna enable you for the rest of the 12 months and simply get you some concepts for even subsequent 12 months. So be sure you tune in. Even over the summer time, I am right here for you every week. And till subsequent week, everybody, keep out of hassle.
00:12:44 Hallie: Thanks a lot for tuning in to a different episode of SLP Espresso Speak. It means the world to me that you simply’re tuning in every week and getting the jolt of inspiration you want. You’ll find the entire hyperlinks and knowledge talked about on this episode at my web site, speechtimefun.com. Do not forget to observe the present so you do not miss any future episodes. And whilst you’re there, it might imply the world to me when you would take just a few seconds and go away me an trustworthy evaluation. See you subsequent week with one other episode stuffed with enjoyable and inspiration from one SLP to a different. Have enjoyable, guys.
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