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speech and language teaching concepts for It's Mine! in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/fr/ initial
/m/ initial
/n/ final

Themes:

pond
kindness
sharing

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

It’s Mine!

By Leo Lionni

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary
sequencing
theme/message    
predicting​
character analysis​
illustration study​
figurative language
social/emotional​
adjectives​
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (linguistic)

Sequencing:

order of items first enjoyed separately then together
order of events that leads the frogs to share nature’s beauty together

Vocabulary:

island, ferns, quarrelsome, quarreled, quibbled, dawn, dusk, earth, toad, bickering, rumble, swallowed, clung, disappear, trembling, fright, subsided, fear. Hope, recognize, swarms, joyful, peaceful

Character Analysis:

A bad storm helped the 3 frogs realize sharing things is much more fun than always fighting. They were able to grow in character in the story. After they are forced to share to escape the rain, they realize that doing things together isn’t so bad after all.

Social/Emotional:

The toads go from being greedy to learning how to share.

Should one person own all of everything?
Why is it important to share?
What things should be shared vs. not shared?
Who do you share with?

Figurative Language:

 imagery (ex: swallowed up by the rising flood)

Grammar:

adjectives​
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (linguistic)
mine vs. ours

Predicting:

Where is the toad going?
What are they going to do to get away from the rain?
What do you think they are sitting on?
What do you think they will say to the toad?
What do you think they will do together?

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