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using Pete The Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/l/ initial
/kl/ initial
/p/ initial
/k/ initial

Themes:

spring
St. Patrick’s Day
friendship
perseverance
helping others
luck

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

Pete The Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase

By James Dean

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and it’s also the grand opening of Pete the Cat’s leprechaun catching business. Pete gears up to trap a leprechaun for his friends! But catching a leprechaun is never easy—especially if it’s Clover, who’s full of tricks. Will luck be on Pete’s side? Or will Pete learn luck is actually something earned?

This playful spring and St. Patrick’s Day book can be used in speech therapy to address social/emotional issues like being there for your friends and helping others. It is also great for sequencing, problem solving and for targeting /l/, /kl/, /p/, and/k/ sounds! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Pete The Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complex structure

Narrative Concepts:

theme/message​
problem solving
vocabulary
character analysis
phonological awareness
sequencing
social/emotional
text features
prepositional phrases
adjectives
predicting
verbs (action)
verbs (present tense)
verbs (mental state)
adverbs

Sequencing:

order of attempts to catch Clover the leprechaun

Vocabulary:

peering, jaunty, recital, plot, supplies, sneaks, squat, trap, nabbing

Character Analysis:

Pete really wants to help his friends achieve their goals, so he sets out to find each one of them some luck by catching a leprechaun. He is clever and perseveres until he finally catches Clover the Leprechaun. After he catches Clover, he learns that he doesn’t need a leprechaun to help his friends because they have each other. Pete then proceeds to helping each one of his friends achieve their goals.

Social/Emotional:

Pete learns that luck doesn’t come from leprechauns but rather from friends having each other’s backs and helping each other.

Grammar:

prepositional phrases
adjectives
verbs (action)
verbs (present tense)
verbs (mental state)
adverbs

Text Features:

colored font
ALL CAPS
exclamation points

Phonological Awareness:

rhyming
alliterations

Predicting:

How do you think Pete will try to catch Clover?
Do you think it will work?
What do you think Pete will do with Clover when he catches him?

Problem Solving:

Pete tries multiple attempts to catch leprechaun so he can give others some good luck then realizes he can help his friends instead.

If you are interested in using Pete The Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase in speech therapy, then check out the book companion with the full lesson plans and activities.

If you are interested in seeing other St. Patrick’s Day books to use in therapy, then check out the Seasonal Teaching Points Book List for a printable copy.