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using Over and Under the Wetland in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/er/ final
/w/ initial

Themes:

swamp, wetlands, marsh
exploring and observing the plants and animals in their natural habitat

Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Elementary, Late Elementary, Middle School

Over and Under the Wetland

By Kate Messner

Discover the hidden magic of the Everglades in this fascinating and beautiful exploration of the wetland habitat. Part of the acclaimed nature book series, Over and Under the Wetland, takes readers on a journey with a young girl and her grandmother into the magical and mysterious reaches of Florida’s Everglades National Park.

This beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book reveals all the fascinating creatures living just out of sight in the branches and depths over and under the wetland. It can be used in speech therapy to address tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary and figurative language concepts. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Over and Under The Wetland in speech therapy below:

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

descriptive sequence

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary
illustration study
figurative language
adjectives
verbs (action)
text features
compare and contrast
prepositional phrases
complex sentence structure

Vocabulary:

wetland, wander, curtains, darts, rustles, boardwalk, wading, secret kingdom, swoops, reeds, coils, muggy, dart, padded

Figurative Language:

personifications
onomatopoeias
sensory language

Grammar:

prepositional phrases
verbs (action)
adjectives
prepositional phrases
complex sentence structure

Text Features:

change in font size and features for onomatopoeias

If you want to see other books to use in therapy, check out the Seasonal Teaching Points Book List for a printable copy.

Listen to our 17-minute podcast episode, Dive into Kate Messner’s Over and Under Book Series for Speech Therapy, for more ideas!