November speech therapy lesson plans are packed with rich themes that excite children. In this post, you’ll find fun-filled lessons about squirrels, acorns, Veterans Day, pumpkins, and more. You’ll also be able to tie in Thanksgiving and silly scarecrows while connecting with skills kids need to master. Use the storytelling, vocabulary-building activities, and various themes to keep kids engaged as we head into the fall season. Continue reading to take advantage of these fun plans.
This post’s fall and Thanksgiving-themed resources will make your speech therapy prep easier during November. Use the book companions, articulation trials, and narrative notes to plan, prep, and execute without stress.
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Week 1: Squirrels and Acorns
When fall hits, add some nutty squirrels and acorns to the mix. These fall-themed November speech therapy lesson plans and activities are a fabulous way to hold students’ attention as they learn.
BOOKS
The Golden Acorn: The hunt is on for the golden acorn, but can squirrel be a team player, or will she be greedy and ruin the fun?
Because of an Acorn: Find out what happens when an acorn falls to the ground and gets buried in rich soil. It all stems from an acorn!
Scaredy Squirrel: This little squirrel is scared of everything and never leaves the tree. One day, he finds himself out of the tree and can’t take it!
ARTICULATION
Articulation- 50 Trials (Acorn theme): Track articulation goals using these cute acorn printables!
Squirrel Popper Companion: This ball-popper game is meant to be used with a squirrel-popper toy. You can find it or a similar one on Amazon or at Target. Students pop the ball out of the squirrel’s mouth at words.
Acorn Craft: This acorn craft helps students visualize their goals as they work on language and articulation. It also makes a cute bulletin board display.
LANGUAGE
Read & Review: Fall Book Companions: Use the book companions to discuss themes, vocabulary, and more from the above books. This printable is an easy way to plan and prep!
These activities are great for language and articulation, so keep them on hand!
Week 2: Veteran’s Day and Fall
These simple yet effective November speech therapy lesson plans and activities can help students commemorate Veteran’s Day and fall.
BOOKS
The Poppy Lady: Learn why the poppy symbolizes patriotism in the United States and where it all stemmed from.
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn: Join a young girl as she walks through the seasons and sees the trees and wildlife changing around her.
Animals in Fall Prepare for Winter: Find out how different animals prepare for winter each year. Kids will learn about dens, hibernation, and more.
ARTICULATION
Articulation- 50 Trials (Flag theme): Use these tracking printables to practice articulation skills and set goals. Students make a mark every time they say a target word correctly.
Articulation—50 Trials (Fall theme): This theme is perfect for the whole month or fall season.
LANGUAGE
No-Prep Autumn Language: This no-prep resource has 30 grammar pages, writing prompts, WH questions, and more!
Read & Review: Fall Book Companion: These fall book companions will simplify teaching because everything is laid out for you. All you have to do is grab the books.
Week 3: Scarecrows, Pumpkins, and Thanksgiving
It’s that time of year—when the air is cool, and pumpkins and scarecrows are everywhere. Use those themes in your November speech therapy lesson plans!
BOOKS
Bear Says Thanks: Bear wants to show his thanks by hosting a giant dinner with his friends. Everyone shows up with treats, but his cupboards are bare. How will he contribute?
Turkey Trouble: In this hilarious story, a turkey tries to avoid becoming Thanksgiving dinner. He devises unique disguises that will make the kids giggle.
Balloons Over Broadway: This beautifully illustrated book shows kids different classic parade floats they may see on Thanksgiving Day!
10 Turkeys in the Road: The farmer is trying to get down the road, but a group of circus turkeys won’t get out. One by one, they fly away, but not without a performance first.
ARTICULATION
Thanksgiving Match & Say: Celebrate the fall holiday with a matching game. Students match the words as they practice language and articulation.
Scarecrow Build-A-Face: Students roll the dice to build a face and work on their words!
Scarecrow Articulation: This is an excellent mixed-group activity where students practice their articulation goals and mark the spaces as they go.
LANGUAGE
Use the scarecrow and Thanksgiving activities to improve language and articulation skills.
Read & Review: Thanksgiving Book Companions: These book companions make teaching and planning easy!
Week 4: Scarecrows, Pumpkins, and Thanksgiving
Can’t get enough of the fall themes? Add in another week of scarecrows, pumpkins, and gratefulness!
BOOKS
The Scarecrow: This story reminds kids of the joys of friendship and how special it is to help one another.
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?: Students are tasked with figuring out how many seeds are in their pumpkins. It’s a messy job, but they learn a valuable lesson when they are done.
A Plump and Perky Turkey: The residents of Squawk Valley devise a plan to trick a turkey into coming to their Thanksgiving dinner. The turkeys are too cunning!
Turk and Runt: Turk seems to be the most talented and well-loved turkey. His little brother, Runt, knows the truth about what may happen at the end of the month.
ARTICULATION
Turkey Build-A-Face: Kids will roll the dice to build a silly turkey face to celebrate the end of November.
Thanksgiving Dice & Dot: Kids can track the words they say by rolling a dice and dotting the spaces.
Scarecrow Articulation: Use this activity for mixed group or one-on-one practice!
LANGUAGE
Utilize the Thanksgiving activities as both language and articulation activities!
Fall Narrative Notes: All the work is done for you (wh questions, vocabulary, story grammar and more!) It covers The Leaf Thief, Scaredy Squirrel, Apple Trouble, How Many Seeds In A Pumpkin?
Thanksgiving Narrative Notes: These one-page cheat sheets are perfect when you don’t need a complete book companion. Feel confident with all the speech and language targets pulled for you, including WH Questions page-by-page.
Week 5: Fall and Anticipating Winter
We’re heading into winter, so it’s time to wrap up fall with exciting books, games, activities, and lessons! Add these November speech therapy lesson plans!
BOOKS
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter: Join a boy and girl walking through the woods. They notice the changes in the sky and atmosphere in their town. Let kids take note of upcoming changes as well.
In November: Use this book to discuss things that happen in November, from changes in weather to animals going to warmer places to family gatherings!
ARTICULATION
Fall Match & Say: Kids will match and say the words on the sheet in a fun and interactive way.
Fall Dice & Dot: This dice and dot activity is an easy way to work on target words and articulation.
LANGUAGE
Fall WH Questions: WH questions are a big part of speech and language. Use these to build confidence in kids during therapy sessions.
Keep the fall activities on hand to work on language and articulation simultaneously.
I hope you love these November speech therapy lesson plans and your kids boost their language and articulation skills with them!
Check out these fall and Thanksgiving podcast episodes to help you decide which fall and Thanksgiving-themed books are best for your speech therapy sessions:
PODCAST: Our Favorite Fall Books for Using in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: Our Favorite Thanksgiving Books for Using in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: This or That: Using 10 Turkeys in the Road and Turkey Trouble in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: Deep Dive into Using The Golden Acorn in Speech Therapy
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