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speech and language teaching concepts for How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World in speech therapy​ ​
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/gr/ medial
/er/ final (flour, sugar, butter)

Themes:

apples

Book Details:
Diverse Characters: Yes
Age Recommendation: Elementary, Late Elementary

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

By Marjorie Priceman

Bake a delicious apple pie–and take a trip with this culinary global adventure! An apple pie is easy to make…if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This picture book takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients for a delicious apple pie. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat. Then hitch a ride to England and hijack a cow for the freshest possible milk. And, oh yes! Don’t forget to go apple picking in Vermont! A simple recipe for apple pie is included.

This fun apples book can be used in speech therapy to address countries and their staple ingredients. It is also great for predicting and for targeting describing as well as for a variety of action verbs! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World in speech therapy below:

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary​
sequencing​
illustration study​
predicting​
adjectives​
verbs (action)

Sequencing:

order of places she goes to get the ingredients

Vocabulary:

ingredients, market, Europe, Italy, harvest, semolina, coax, Sri Lanka, krurundu tree, acquaintance, English, stow, plantation, Vermont, mill, grind, evaporate, boil, persuade, churn

Grammar:

adjectives​
verbs (action)

Text Features:

map
recipe

Inferencing:

Why do you think she would go to all of these places for each specific ingredient?
Why do you think she would want the best of each ingredient?

Predicting:

What do you think she will do if the market is closed?
What do you think she will get in Italy off of her list?
What country do you think she will go to next, etc.?
What do you think she will get from the chickens?
What do you think she will get from the cows?
What do you think she will get in Jamaica?
Where do you think she will get the apples?
What do you think you could do if the market is closed and you can’t get ice cream?

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