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speech and language teaching concepts for pete the cat treat or Pete in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/sp/
/k/ medial
/p/ initial
/tr/
/b/ initial

Themes:

Halloween

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

Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete

By James Dean

Pumpkins, candy, and costumes! With flaps that reveal fun Halloween surprises, this Pete the Cat holiday story is sure to be a sweet treat for your little trick-or-treaters.

This sweet Halloween book can be used in speech therapy to target negation, for example, “not spooky.” It is also great for predicting and sequencing with its “lift the flap” feature. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode

Narrative Concepts:

text features
illustration study
sequencing
predicting
vocabulary
negation

Sequencing:

order of what Pete finds with the flashlight

Vocabulary:

spooky, rustles, strange, joins, yard, glowing, crossing guard, groovy, sweet, surprises

Figurative Language:

onomatopoeias

Grammar:

negation

Text Features:

“lift the flap” feature
animated text
text in illustrations
dialogue
exclamation points

Inferencing:

How do you think the flashlights will help Pete?

Predicting:

Do you think something spooky will happen?
What will be behind the light post?
What is moving in the tree?
What do you think is making that strange sound?
What do you think is in the yard?
Who do you think is behind the door?
What is glowing on the steps?
What is behind them?
Who is wearing the ghost costume?

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