after school speech part 51

SJ had his weekly speech therapy session on Tuesday.  We had planned on doing his speech homework right after school.  Unfortunately, there was a bridge accident in our school district, so the buses were running behind 15 minutes.  SJ was not in the mood to complete the work when we got home, but we did manage to finish it. 



When we got to the therapy office, I told her how he handled completing the homework.  He did very well with identifying key elements in sentences worksheet.  He had a little trouble with the following directions worksheet.  I had to prompt him a few times while he completed it.  The last worksheet was on identifying associated objects.  He had some trouble with this worksheet as well.  Some of the answers were not the correct ones, but they did make sense somewhat.  For example:  horse and ________.  He should have said buggy, but he said cowboy.  Some I had to prompt him on, because he had no idea.  One of the ones that he had difficulty with was cork and __________.  He didn't know what a cork was, so I had to explain that they are in wine bottles.



During the session, she went over the ones that he had trouble with.  She said with practice he was getting it.  She said they also continued to work on identifying words from definitions.  She said he didn't always know what the answer should be.  Out of the ten they did together, he was only able to define 5 correctly.  After she explained some unfamiliar vocabulary to him, he was able to get 4 out of the 5 wrong answers correct.  She assigned the remainder as homework. 



They also worked on forming compound nouns.  He needed to select a word from column one and put it with a word from column two.  Then, he needed to write a definition.  They completed one together.  His words were tugboat, beehive and notebook.  These were his definitions.

tugboat-a kind of boat

beehive-a place where bees live

notebook-something you write in





I asked her if he told her that his birthday was coming up.  She said he did.  He told her that I was going to be making cupcakes to take in for his class on Friday.  He also told her that he was having a Lego themed party. 



She assigned him another following directions worksheet and we were to complete the compound noun worksheet.  SJ did fine with the following directions worksheet.  (He was complaining, but it was fairly simple for him.)  He needed some prompts with the remainder of the compound nouns.  His words were streetlight, dishtowel, roommate, skateboard, supermarket and campfire.  These were his definitions.

streetlight-a light to light up the street

dishtowel-a towel to wash dishes

roommate-a person to share your room

skateboard-a board with wheels

supermarket-a big market

campfire-a fire when you camp

After speech, we went to Target.  We had to get some things for SJ's birthday party.  We needed to get the plates, napkins, drinks, chips and prizes.  After we left Target, SJ was chatting away to me.  He was talking about his party and the friends who were coming.  Some of the kids hadn't officially RSVP'd yet, but they had told SJ that they were coming.  I hoped for his sake they were truly coming.  I wouldn't want him disappointed.