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How to Use Storybooks in Speech Language Intervention

Narrative Development - Parts of a Story

Students benefit academically when they bridge the gap between
a story and the narrative components. These components are
taught in Kindergarten and by 3 – 5 grade students are
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annotating stories, writing original pieces and being judged for
complexity. Eventually they are tested on narrative aspects.

Pretty high-level stuff, right? We laminate the materials in this

section and display them in our classrooms. We have additionally
created a story grammar rap that is fun and helps the students
remember.

Working on story grammar is a great way to align to the curriculum. Secondly, kids are three times as
likely to remember when gestures are involved. Yes, THREE TIMES! You can see a video of the
Story Grammar Rap here: https://bilinguistics.com/speech-therapy-video-tip-story-grammar-rap/

Materials: cardstock, laminating paper, scissors, Velcro

Instructions:

 Print out the following page for your students.
 Print out the pages of narrative components and cards on cardstock or laminate.
 Print out the blank boxes and attach Velcro to the squares and to the back of the cards.
 Make sets for group therapy: This activity will work with any book and is extremely
effective in group therapy. Save time by making a set of 3 or 4 right away.

Suggestions for use:

 Have the child put the story elements in the order in which they occurred in the story (note:
the order of story elements may change based on the story).
 Have the child draw or write out the story element, using the visual cues (ex. Write, “The
turnip was gigantic” next to the picture for “Problem”).
 Retell the story using the visual representations for story elements.
 Use these visuals to have the child reproduce the story rap.
 Use these visuals to check for story comprehension while asking questions.
 Print out copies of the visuals and use them to play a game or review story elements.

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