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We use what question activities in our speech and language therapy session, because how often do students hear WH questions? EVERY DAY! How often are students required to verbally respond to WH questions? EVERY DAY! So then how often do SLPs work on WH question comprehension with students? You know it…EVERY DAY!
To help work on what questions specifically, we have a super comprehensive what question file folder activity that targets not only question comprehension, but vocabulary, pronouns, sentence expansion, and more! Keep reading to see how we used this ultimate What Question File Folder Activities for Speech Therapy to maximize our students’ progress and ramp up the fun in our speech and language therapy sessions!
Pssst! Don’t miss the WH question freebie at the end of this post! It’s a good one too…just saying! 😉
WH Question Comprehension
We know WH questions are everywhere which is why this speech and language goal is a super common target. Students encounter questions in academics, social interactions, and even play! We like these file folder activities to make WH question therapy fun and engaging to help students understand the meaning behind each question. Each themed what question file folder activity includes 16 different what questions!
Want more WH question info? Check out this blog post: Back To School Speech Therapy WH Questions
Vocabulary
With over 10 different themes, your students will be exposed to a variety of vocabulary while working on their WH question comprehension too! With colorful visuals, you can target expressive and receptive vocabulary. Perfect for those mixed goal therapy sessions! Check out the themes included:
- What’s in the Classroom?
- What’s in the Backpack?
- What’s for Lunch?
- What Do You Wear?
- What’s in the Kitchen?
- What’s in the Bathroom?
- What Do You Play With?
- What’s on the Farm?
- What Can You Ride?
- What’s at the Beach?
- What’s in the Garden?
- What’s at the Grocery Store?
- What Do You See at a Party?
- What’s in the Toolbox?
Sentence Formulation & Expansion
After you ask the what question and your student finds the correct vocabulary response, place the picture on the sentence strip visual on the bottom of the file folder. The sentence strip encourages increased mean length of utterance by creating 4-5 word sentences to answer each question with the correct vocabulary.
Even with a paired visual and a clarified question, a student still may struggle when formulating a response. After asking the question, providing a carrier phrase can help students better understand how to answer each question. For example, if the target question is “What do you sit on at school?”, a carrier phrase could be “We sit on a…” to allow the student a few more context clues and support. In addition, this provides repeated exposure to complete sentences which is always welcomed!
Pronouns & Spatial Prepositions
Another great skill to work into this what question activity is pronoun and spatial preposition usage! When placing the vocabulary concept on the picture, students can use the correct pronoun and spatial preposition to describe the scene. Ideal for mixed language groups with a variety of goals.
Carry-Over Practice
To keep the fun and practice going after your speech and language session, this what question activity includes carry-over worksheets to reinforce goals at home! Many, many parents over the years have said they really appreciate these speech and language notebooks. Not only do students get additional practice at home, but parents feel more involved and understand exactly how IEP goals are targeted in sessions.
Click here for more tips on increasing parent involvement: How To Increase Speech & Language Parent Involvement
Freebie WH Question Cut & Paste Worksheets
Grab these general WH questions worksheets to target who, what, where, when, & why all year long. Have students cut the response picture and paste under the correct question. They can color the pictures and take home for more practice with caregivers. Click the link here or the image below to snag these WH Question Cut & Paste Worksheets today!
Here is what is included to help your students increase their WH questions comprehension:
- What Questions – pg. 4
- Where Questions – pg. 5
- Who Questions – pg. 6
- When Questions – pg. 7
- Why Questions – pg. 8
- Mixed WH Questions – pg. 9
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We hope this one-stop shop for what question comprehension helps maximize your speech and language sessions! Be sure to grab this What Question File Folder Activities for Speech Therapy to target WH comprehension, vocabulary, sentence expansion, pronouns, spatial prepositions, and carry-over skills!
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Kate & Mandy
Talking Mama Bears