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4. Post-Reading Activities – After the Book is Closed

The story is over after the last page, right? What could possibly be left? Students with speech-
language impairment rarely get to answer questions correctly and don't often know the answers like
their always-ambitious classmates. At this point, they have finally heard a story that they understand

and can talk about. Post-reading activities give them a chance to demonstrate their knowledge, in a
language-rich manner, and share in front of their peers. This has the added benefit of boosting their
confidence. Moreover, if you choose a book that they are reading in class, you can share what you
have been working on with teachers so that they can call on your students too and give them another

opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge.

Great Post-Reading Activities

Discussion questions
The post-reading timeframe offers us the opportunity to
share our opinion. Having an opinion requires prior

knowledge of an event or circumstance. Having an
opinion is also empowering. Children are not always

given the option to state whether they like or do not like
an activity. It is completely fair for a child to share that
she does not like a story. This also informs your
decisions on the next books you choose.

Grammar activities
Stories are most often told in the past tense and in the third person. You have just finished the story

which gives plenty of opportunities to talk about what the student just read, made, heard, or
discussed. It also presents the rare opportunity to rotate between past tense (he wrote) and past
progressive forms (he was writing). For your older students, it is a grand opportunity to dive into the

conditional tense as each student discusses what he would do if he were the main character.

Sound practice
Sounds that were targeted throughout the book reading can be added to a success wall or a
homework page that is sent home to the parents. We print simple generic parent letters in English
and Spanish that say: “This week we have been working on the _______ sound. Practice the

following words with your child.”

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