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January 26, 2018

Winter Books For Speech and Language

Arctic animals, snowmen, and hibernation are great winter themes to focus on in speech. I love working on language concepts with a literacy-based speech approach. In this post I’m sharing some of my favorite winter themed books to use in speech.

Winter Books for Speech Therapy

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Brave Irene by William Steig. An absolute treasure. This award-winning book is a delightful tale of a young girl determined to deliver a handmade dress for her sick mother despite a snowstorm determined to stop her.

The text complexity is demanding in all variables (especially syntactic and semantic).  The Lexile level is AD630. I would recommend using this with upper elementary, middle and even high school levels and could easily be used across multiple sessions.

How I use it:

  • Theme: (Courage and Devotion)
  • Figurative language
  • Vocabulary

Over and Under The Snow by Kate Messner. I love this book because it features really interesting animals that we don’t often discuss such as voles and shrews. I have the paperback version – in the back is a little animal glossary for all the interesting animals featured and an author’s note discussing animals in the snow (great tier 3 vocabulary). I use this book as an extension of a hibernation themed unit I often do in January or February.

How I use it:

  • Vocabulary
  • Figurative Language
  • Compare/Contrast animals

Owl Moon by Jan Yolen. This treasure is a Caldecott Medal winner. The text and illustrations are equally worth studying. I would suggest this book for students that you need to go deeper with imagery & figurative language. Although the decoding demands aren’t difficult, I would recommend it for upper elementary or middle & high school students as the syntactic and structural demands are more complex.

How I use it:

  • Figurative Language
  • Setting
  • Character analysis
  • Small moment writing prompt

A Loud Winter’s Nap by Katy Hudson. This sweet book has adorable illustrations and shorter text that will appeal to younger students. The difficulty is low in regards to semantics, decoding, and syntax. The illustrative scenes on each page offer additional opportunities for language discussion – especially when working on prepositions!

How I use it:

  • past tense regular verbs
  • story recall
  • sequencing events
  • vocabulary

Tacky The Penguin by Helen Lester. Short and clever! This book is too cute & has a great message. It’s ideal for compare/contrast and plot! The vocabulary is great but most of the text is mostly one or two syllable words. 

How I use it:

  • vocabulary
  • character analysis
  • plot sequence
  • theme: being unique may be helpful

Sneezy The Snowman by Maureen Wright. Adorable! Those 2 cardinals steal the show for me. A fun book for any age and the predictable text and rhyme are naturally engaging. EXCELLENT theme of sharing, empathy and hello: problem-solving!! Also… loaded with S-blends!!

How I use it:

  • Sequencing
  • Inferencing
  • Plot
  • Irregular Verbs
Winter Books for speech and language

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Print them out to use as you read them with your students!

Other books I love for a winter theme:

The Snowy Day – simple text, small moment, exploring something new

Sadie and the Snowman – sweet story, easy vocabulary but longer text

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  1. Corie @ Life in the Mitten says

    January 26, 2018 at 1:34 am

    I LOVE these language bookmarks! My favorite winter books are If You Were a Penguin, Love Monster, The First Day of Winter, and The Mitten!

    • Ashley says

      January 26, 2018 at 3:01 am

      I haven't heard of "If You Were A Penguin" – that sounds cute!! Love Monster is ADORABLE!! That may be in my stack for Valentine's Day Language Bookmarks!! Thanks for sharing this!

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