STORY TIME:
Let me tell you why we are targeting sequencing in speech so much this year.
Last year, one of my students with an intellectual disability somehow ended up getting on the wrong school bus and ended up at the wrong school.
No one at that school noticed until the END of the day that they had an extra kid 🤦🏻♀️ to this day we have no idea what he did all day because he can’t coherently tell us.
Since then I’ve really stepped up targeting sequencing in speech and story retell practice. Because I DONT want that to happen ever again.
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Even if something that dramatic has never happened to you, sequencing is a great goal to target for a lot of reasons
- STORY GRAMMAR: Basic sequences and sequencing of everyday events are a great place to start when sequencing and retelling stories seems waaaay too hard
- TARGET GRAMMAR: For readers, I type as they talk and then we work on editing, the added visual REALLY helps them. For non readers, I recast what they say
- SAFETY: If my little story time teaches us anything, its that this is a safety thing. If kiddos can’t reliable tell us WHAT happened they are way more susceptible to being taken advantage of. Just let that sink in
There are tons of ways to work on this goal, but I created a super simple sequencing for a year resource to introduce, teach, and practice this skill. It includes
- 30 basic 4 step sequences with themes for everyday, Spring, Summer, Winter, & Fall
- A story sequencing mat with visual cues and transition words
- 30 no prep, black and white sequencing worksheets for home practice or independent work.
You can grab my sequencing resource HERE
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