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Frequent Speech Sounds:

/f/ initial
/r/ initial
/w/ initial
/sh/ final
/ch/ final
/l/ initial
/fl/ initial
/bl/ initial
/r/ blends
Themes:

kindness
including others
teamwork
Halloween
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary, Late Elementary
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Room on the Broom

By Julia Donaldson

The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away some of the witch’s things!  Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom.  But is there room on the broom for so many friends?  And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon?

Room on the Broom is a wonderful Halloween book that can be used to address social/emotional concepts like kindness and helping others. It is also great for targeting sequencing, rhyming, and so much more. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Room on the Broom in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode
Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary
sequencing
predicting
theme/message
problem solving
character analysis
illustration study
inferencing
social/emotional
adjectives
prepositional phrases
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (linguistic)
phonological awareness
repetitive text
Sequencing:

order of animal friends
order of items dropped
order of ingredients placed into the cauldron
Vocabulary:

ginger, cauldron, eagerly, room, bog, keen, etc.
Character Analysis:

The witch is very kind and inclusive and says “yes” to the animals needing a ride on her broom.
Social/Emotional:

friendship
kindness
inclusion
fear
bravery
teamwork
Grammar:

adjectives
prepositional phrases
verbs (regular past tense)
Text Features:

change in font size
exclamation points
dialogue
Phonological Awareness:

rhyming
alliterations
Inferencing:

How do you think the dog feels?
How do you think the witch feels?
How do you think the dragon feels?
Why did the animals grab what they grabbed for the cauldron?
What is special about the broom?
Predicting:

Who do you think will help the witch find it this time?
Who do you think will find her wand?
What do you think will happen next?
Who do you think is roaring?
Who do you think will help her?
Problem Solving:

The broom breaks in two leaving the witch alone with a hungry dragon. She goes to the ground near a bog and her friends save her by disguising themselves as a scary beast.

The broom breaks in two. The witch finds a way to make the broom big enough and strong enough from everyone.

If you are interested in using Room on the Broom in speech therapy, then check out the book companion with the full lesson plans and activities.

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