Talk, Learn, Thrive: Empowering Students through Enhancing their Communication
Dana Pineda
ID-216
School Name:Golden Gate Elementary
Grant Request Grade:Pre-K K-5
Grant Request Subject:Special Needs Students
Additional Details
The purpose of my project is to provide students in Pre K through 5th grade a variety of materials to support their growth and development in both Speech and Language. Materials will be utilized in small group sessions that target a variety of areas that support their Individualized Education Plans, including but not limited to: Articulation of speech sounds, Vocabulary, Answering/asking a variety of WH questions, grammar skills, comprehension, and pragmatic skills. This grant is needed to provide a variety of content to address the aforementioned skills. My caseload includes a mixture of students on a general education curriculum as well as those on modified curriculum.
Students will engage in small group therapy sessions and use the various materials to help them learn communication skills. These skills include formulation of sentences to express their thoughts and ideas, learning new vocabulary, remediating speech errors, teaching turn-taking and back-and-forth communication, problem solving, categorization, comprehension skills which support reading comprehension, learning to describe pictures and items using a variety of vocabulary, and learning correct grammar skills.
The benefits of this project will include the following:
*improved ability to clearly articulate thoughts and ideas in the classroom (improving intelligibility supports academic achievement in the classroom and enhances reading and writing skills)
*improved grammar skills which supports academic achievement, speaking, and writing across many areas of the educational curriculum
*enhancing communication to support peer and teacher relationships and effectiveness in learning
*building overall confidence (which impacts learning) when communication skills are improved
My project includes a variety of materials from Super Duper Inc., which supplies speech and language materials. These materials will support growth in:
*language (both expressive and receptive language, including vocabulary and comprehension)
*grammar
*articulation
*pragmatic skills (turn-taking, making inferences, problem solving, topic maintenance, etc.)
Materials will support my caseload of approximately 60 students, in grades PreK through 5th grade.
736.64
Granny's Candies Board Game GBH154
34.97
Webber Photo Cards Verbs WFC022
19.98
Webber Photo Cards WH Questions WFC345
14.98
Sorting Surprise Picnic Baskets LER6810
26.99
Grammar Gumballs Board Game GB347
32.49
MagneTalk "WH" Short Stories and Activities MAGWH46
99.95
Webber Functional Communication Game GB146
79.95
Sequencing Verb Tenses CRD78
22.48
Say and Play Mini Object Set KIT890
224.95
Webber Photo Cards Pronouns in Places WFC38
19.98
Webber Auditory Memory for Short Story Scenes AMSS64
