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Literacy-Based Speech Language Therapy Activities

Chain or Circular Stories for Speech Therapy

Title Description of Story

A Chair for My Mother Plot: A family must work together with
their community to rebuild their home
Un sillón para mi mamá after a fire.

Why we like it: Plot, culture, great
opportunities for visualizing and
describing.

Knufflebunny Plot: On an errand to the laundromat,
Trixie loses her beloved stuffed bunny
El conejito Knuffle and must figure out where he’s gone.

Why we like it: Students identify with
Trixie’s struggle to express herself.

The Snowy Day Plot: A little boy plays outside in the
snow and then goes home to tell his
Un dia de nieve mom all about it.

Why we like it: Lots of opportunities
for predicting, sequencing, and talking
about the winter season.

If You Give a Mouse a Plot: When a mouse invites himself into
Cookie the house and is given a cookie, a
number of entertaining consequences
Si le das una galletita a un ensue.
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Why we like it: It’s a good way to
introduce the concept of cause and
effect and can be used for sequencing
and predicting.

If You Give a Moose a Plot: A surprise guest invites himself in
Muffin and again takes advantage of a boy’s
hospitality in an entertaining way.
Si le das un panecillo a un
alce Why we like it: Similar to its
predecessor, it’s also great for
sequencing and making predictions,
working on sentence building and
vocabulary.

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