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speech and language teaching concepts for This is the House That Jack Built in speech therapy​ ​
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/j/ (Jack)
/s/ final
/z/ final
/ch/ initial
/k/ initial
Themes:

miscellaneous
art
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary
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This is the House That Jack Built

By Simms Taback

What happened in the house that Jack built? It all started with the cheese that lay in the house that Jack built. And then came the rat that ate the cheese and the cat who killed the rat.

This silly repetitive, /s/ and /z/ filled book can be used in speech therapy to target predicting, sequencing, and a variety of verbs. It is also great for noticing text features and illustrations! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using This is the House That Jack Built in speech therapy below:

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence
cumulative tale
Narrative Concepts:

sequencing​
illustration study​
inferencing​
figurative language​
predicting​
verbs (regular past tense)
text features​
phonological awareness​
repetitive text​
Sequencing:

order of events that reveals the man painting the picture
Vocabulary:

maiden, forlorn, judge, shorn, tattered
Figurative Language:

onomatopoeias (yee haw, cock-a-doodle-doo, hmm, pft, boo hoo, moo, ruff, meow, squeak, pee yew) 
Grammar:

verbs (regular past tense)
Text Features:

repetitive text
moving text
change in text color
change in font
change in text size
biography/information about the painting
front loading of characters before the story starts
Phonological Awareness:

rhyming
Inferencing:

Why do you think the rat ate the cheese?
Why do you think that cat killed the rat?
Why do you think the dog worried the cat?
How do you think the maiden feels?
Why do you think the man kissed the lady?
Why do you think the judge married the man and maiden?
Why did the rooster crow in the morning?
Why was the man looking for the rooster?
Why do you think the man was painting this picture?
Predicting:

Who do you think will want the cheese?
Who will come after the cat?
Who do you think will come next?
Who do you think is looking for the rooster?
Who do you think will be last?