Self-assessments of social skills can be both valuable from an assessment perspective as well as a valuable review and goal-setting process for your students.
Icebreakers: Middle & High School Students
Why icebreakers for middle and high school students? Back to school is already a reality for many teachers. We need icebreakers to help us form relationships with our students and get off to a good start with them. Icebreakers also help our students get to know each other! Icebreakers for high school students? An effective icebreaker game for this age… Read More
Teaching Students about Detecting Sarcasm!
A critical skill: detecting sarcasm in tone of voice. Can your students do it? updated 1/2023 Are the following statements examples of sarcasm or sincerity? Yeah,….right. Wow. Well, duh! The correct answer? You don’t know. Why? Sarcasm is typically identified by tone or voice and facial expressions, neither of which you have access to when reading a blog post! Detecting… Read More
Top Ten Spring Idioms for Speech Therapy!
updated 1/2023 Spring idioms lessons are engaging ways to teach figurative language! (If you are looking for Valentine’s Day activities for older students, check here!) The first day of spring will be upon us before we know it and there’s nothing like a lesson on spring idioms to kick off the season! Students with autism and language disorders or… Read More