after school speech part 54

On Monday, SJ was to have tutoring with Mrs. Banks.  Lucky for SJ (unlucky for Mrs. Banks), Mrs. Banks had to cancel his session since she was at jury duty.  SJ was over the moon when I gave him the news at the end of Monday's school day.

Tuesday was a normal day though.  He had his after school speech session.  I didn't get a chance to talk to his therapist last week due my lateness at pick up.  I did, however, talk to her on the phone.  She said he had a good session and is getting much better at controlling his tone of voice. 

She had gone over Identifying verbs with SJ.  I had worked on this worksheet with him the previous week for homework.  The ones he had difficulty with she reviewed.  He still had trouble with a few of them.  Some he was able to answer with prompts.  Others he just couldn't answer.  An example of the ones he could get with a prompt is the following. 

To act dishonestly when playing a game- cheat

One of the ones he couldn't get even with prompting is the one below. 

To throw trash on the ground or in the street-litter

 

She also went over Identifying Words from Definitions with him.  He had a very hard time with this activity.  Most of them, he couldn't get with prompts.  An example of one is the following.

 

To walk unevenly because one leg is injured-limp

 

She acted out limping (I did as well at home) and he just kept saying "That is how Grammy walks."  (My mom has bad knees and does look as if she is limping.)  He was able to remember a few from the week before such as a petal is one of the brightly colored, leaflike parts of a flower.  She is going to continue to work on this skill. 

 

She also had him practice forming compound nouns.  He needed to match words from column 1 and 2 and write the new word.  Then, he needed to write a short definition.  Knowing the definitions of the newly formed words was very challenging for him.  I had to give him assistance when we did these for homework.  She went over the words with him and he had trouble giving her the definitions without looking at his paper.  For example:  software-computer programs, spreadsheet-a sheet of information and homepage-your start up page.  We will continue to work on this skill as well. 

 

She suggested he use an online dictionary called "Word Central Dictionary for Kids" to help him with this skill.  For homework, she assigned him a worksheet on Identifying Verbs.  I am hoping he has an easier time with this homework after practicing with her. 

 

She also was doing knock, knock jokes with him.  Here is the one they worked on this week.

 

Knock, knock

Who's There?

Barbie

Barbie Who?

Barbie Q Chicken

He loves jokes, but he doesn't alway get the punch lines.  We will keep working on these too.