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speech and language teaching concepts for Some Smug Slug in speech therapy​
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/s/ initial
/s/ blends

Themes:

bugs

Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Elementary, Late Elementary, Middle School

Some Smug Slug

By Pamela Duncan Edwards

This hilarious read-aloud picture book tells a cautionary tells about a slug who must climb a slippery slope, in spite of the animals who are trying to stop him. Smirking and self-important, the slug keeps slithering his way up a highly suspect slope. Will the slug stop? Are the sparrow, the spider, and the swallowtail simply trying to sabotage the slug’s progress? Why is everyone screaming at the slug?

This fun sound-loaded picture book can be used in speech therapy specifically to target initial /s/ and a wide-variety of /s/ blends. It is also has great vocabulary! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Some Smug Slug in speech therapy below:

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence​

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary​
sequencing​
inferencing​
predicting​
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (linguistic)

Sequencing:

order of creatures who tried to warn the slug

Vocabulary:

slug, strolling, antenna, signal, steep, sparrow, shatter, shriek, scurry, swallowtail, saphead, shrug, swagger

Grammar:

verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (linguistic)

Inferencing:

Why did the squirrel think the slug is showing off?
Why did the stink bug say “so sad?”
Why do you think the stink bug is shivering?
What sinister signs were there?
How was the slope a sham?

Predicting:

Why do you think the ______ tried to warn the slug?
Why do you think the swallowtail called him silly?
What do you think the toad will do?

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