Speech & Language Activities for Grades 1–3 9Amazing Grace —Vocabulary

Amazing Grace

� Vocabulary: Definitions

� Draw a line connecting each vocabulary word on the left to the correct defi nition on the right.

Group 1

1. seek

2. companion

3. audition

4. memory

5. ballet

a. a person or thing remembered

b. to look for something

c. a type of dance

d. a friend

e. a short performance by an actor

Group 2

1. ballerina

2. adventure

3. stunning

4. fortune

5. wicked

a. very bad

b. a female who dances ballet

c. very beautiful

d. an exciting experience

e. a lot of money

Bonus Vocabulary

� Grace pretends to be different characters. Draw a line connecting each name on the left to the correct description on the right.

1. Joan of Arc

2. Anansi

3. Hiawatha

4. Mowgli

5. Aladdin

a. a native American who helped join tribes

b. a fi ctional boy raised by wolves

c. a funny spider who plays tricks on others

d. a fi ctional boy with a magic lamp

e. a warrior from France

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Speech & Language Activities for Grades 1–3 115Strega Nona —Narrative Language

� Strega Nona has a pot that magically cooks pasta. Pretend that you have a magic pot too! Describe what your pot cooks and the words you say to make it start and stop cooking. Tell what would happen if your pot started cooking when you were not there to stop it. Is there anyone you would trust to tell your secret words to? Finally, how would you clean up the mess if your pot cooked enough food to fi ll the streets?

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Strega Nona

� Narrative Language: Writing Activity

Clinician checklist: food pot cooks words to start/stop pot cooking what happens when owner is absent person to give secret words to how to clean up

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Speech & Language Activities for Grades 1–3 168Where the Wild Things Are —RewardActivity

Where the Wild Things Are

Reward Activity

Makeyourownwildthing!Cutoutthepartsandchoosetheonesyouwant.Gluethebodyandfeetonaseparatesheetofpaper.Thendrawaheadonthebodyandglueontheeyes,nose,andmouth.Actoutastorywithyourwildthing.

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