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speech and language teaching concepts for bark George in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/ar/ medial
/or/ medial
/j/ initial and final “George”
/b/ initial
/m/ initial
/er/ final

Themes:

pet
dog

Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood

Bark, George

By Jules Feiffer

When George’s mother tells her son to bark, George goes “Meow,” which definitely isn’t right because George is a dog. When she asks him again, he goes “Oink.” What’s going on with George? Readers will delight at the surprise ending!

This cute and fun dog picture book can be used in speech therapy to address sequencing. It is also great for noticing character expressions and for targeting vocalic /r/ with its repetitive text! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Bark, George in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode

Narrative Concepts:

sequencing
illustration study
repetitive text
predicting

Sequencing:

order of what the vet pulled out of George

Vocabulary:

thrilled, vet, latex glove

Social/Emotional:

Notice the mother’s body language and facial expressions.

Why is George’s mother thrilled?

Text Features:

ellipsis
change in text size

Inferencing:

What do you think the vet will find inside of George? (this is in reference to the last page when George says, “hello”)

Predicting:

Why do you think George said, “             ?”
What do you think George will say?
What do you think the vet will find inside of George?