BIRTHDAYS: Themed Mini Unit

This resource includes seven grab-and-go worksheets that cover all goals, including:

• Reading/Listening Comprehension

• Inferential and Literal Questions

• Identifying Text Structure

• Pre/Post-Reading Strategies (KWL Chart)

• Using Context Clues

• Generating Synonyms/Antonyms

• Defining Words by Prefixes/Suffixes

• Main Idea and Summarizing

• Phonemic Awareness & Rhyming

• Articulation Practice

• Identifying Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns, & Adverbs

• Multiple Meaning Words

• Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions

• Generating Sentences with Valentine Vocabulary

• Understanding Idioms

• Creating Similes

• Editing Sentences

• Analyzing Word Forms (i.e. pack, unpack, package)

• Understanding and Explaining Jokes

• Categorizing

• Describing

• Comparing/Contrasting

…plus a birthday fact sheet!

This product for mixed groups was made with middle school speech and language students in mind (grades 5-8), but would also be appropriate for upper elementary or high school students, learning support classrooms, reading specialists, and language arts classes. Pages can be printed as no-prep worksheets or used as a PDF on laptops or tablets for distance learning or teletherapy sessions.