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speech and language teaching concepts for Chicks and Salsa in speech therapy​ ​
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/ar/ medial
/er/ final
/r/ initial
/st/ medial
/ch/ medial

Themes:

farm
food

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

Chicks and Salsa

By Aaron Reynolds

With whimsical illustrations by Paulette Bogan, Aaron Reynolds has created a hilarious picture book about one rooster’s quest for culinary delight. What happens at Nuthatcher Farm when the chickens get tired of the same old chicken feed? The rooster hatches a plan, of course! With a pinch of genius, a dash of resourcefulness, and a little pilfering from the farmer’s garden, the chickens whip up a scrumptious snack of chips and salsa. When the rest of the barnyard gets a whiff of the spicy smells and want to join in, it can mean only one thing . . . FIESTA! But when the big day arrives, all their spicy southwestern supplies are gone! It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Nuthatcher have caught on to the flavor craze as well, and the only thing left for the animals to do is to try a new culinary style-ooh la la!

This fun farm book can be used in speech therapy to address sequencing, predicting, and inferencing. It is also great for targeting tasty adjectives! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Chicks and Salsa in speech therapy below:

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary​
sequencing​
illustration study​
inferencing​
predicting​
adjectives​
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (irregular past tense)
text features​
phonological awareness​
repetitive text​

Sequencing:

order of animals that wanted different food and sequence of recipes

Vocabulary:

grumblings, perched, tang, spicy, enticing, aroma, delicious, sumptuous, savory, ole, fiesta, guacamole, avocado, enchilada, sombrero, tamales, crepes, satisfied

Grammar:

adjectives​
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (irregular past tense)

Text Features:

bold text
enlarged text
repetitive text

Phonological Awareness:

alliteration

Inferencing:

Why do you think they were tired of chicken feed?
What is rooster thinking when he seeing the cooking show?
Why did rooster and the chickens creep into the garden?
How did they feel eating the chips and salsa?
Why did the ducks decide they were tired of fish?
Why do you think the pigs decided they were tired of slop?
Why did rooster need to distract the farmer?
Why do the animals keep saying Ole?
How did the animals feel when they ate the food they made?
How did they feel when the supplies were gone?
How did they feel at the end?
Why is the rooster kissing his fingers like that?

Predicting:

What do you think the rooster will do to solve the problem?
What do you think they will do with the tomatoes and onions?
Where do you think they got the chips?
What do you think they will do with cilantro and garlic?
Where do you think they got the avocados?
What do you think they will make with beans and chiles?
Where do you think they got the cheese?
What do you think all these foods and good moods will lead to?
What do you think they need to do to get ready for the fiesta?
Where do you think their supplies went?
What do you think rooster will make from the french cookbook?

If you are interested in seeing other farm books to use in therapy, then check out the Themed Key Teaching Points Book List for a printable copy.