Brrr!!

We have had storms and cold fronts and chaos!! I'm finally able to post some projects that I've had sitting around for awhile. Gingerbread Girl Irregular Past Tense Flash Cards (Find it here) is a HUGE product with over 75 target words!!

I love these cards and how many words you can target. I'm a fan of not having to trim anything (Time saver!!) and the fold, cut, glue, laminate project doesn't take that long! I also love that they are self-correcting, which means my students can quiz each other, themselves, or me.

I also added a B&W printable that is winter themed for regular past tense verbs. I have students who ask for homework that they can make, so I made these to quickly print and send home with them! Great to practice regular past tense verbs and to make sentences. It has a word list/answer key with room to take data. :)

The cold-snap that has hit recently has been very inspiring!! I'm probably going to have a few more seasonal projects up soon!! I'm cuddled in front of the heater with a cozy blanket and my laptop. Perfect weekend activity for me!!

Sarah Stevens
The Scattered SLP

This is addicting...

I only went "live" on Teachers Pay Teachers last night... But after making a new (and, in my own opinion, AWESOME and ADORABLE) product last night, I made TWO new ones tonight.


I'm trying them out as paid products, mostly because they are much longer than the first two. You can find them here in my store.

Regular and Irregular Past Tense Verbs. Flash cards are a passion of mine, as they can be super versatile. I've used them in groups (who gets the most or says it first), one on one, to build sentences, to name past/present/future....

I've added task cards where you have to fix the verb that is in parentheses and make it the correct past tense verb.  And I added a little circle on the Halloweeny set to help with hole punching. Because I was making some today and the stupid things didn't line up like I wanted them to and it was annoying.... :) My day was annoying... So I added visuals to help with hole punching mostly for me!!


The Regular Past Tense cards are basic flash cards. I like being able to trim, fold in half,glue well, trim, and laminate. Then my kids can check their work (or each others' work) to make sure they were right. These are also good for making complete sentences.

I included color and black & white in this set to give more variety. Many of my 4th and 5th grade students would ask for their own copies. I'm discovering something similar in middle school.
It also helps for when you run out of ink!!!

:) I haven't had the brain power to really focus on making materials for "Narrative Retell" or "Stating the Main Idea" (although I will get to those... There are too many IEPs with those in them that I didn't write and aren't due anytime soon), but I will. Once I decided that "Tuesdays are the new Mondays" and went with the tired-feeling, my life was better!! So I cuddled up with my laptop and played with clip art and past tense verbs. I really need sleep, now, and to not get sucked into another project. Although it would be really easy to!!!

More to come soon!!! And: I'm taking requests! I can't promise magic, but I will take needed materials into consideration. It might spark a great idea!!

Happy Tuesday!!
Sarah

Spring!!!

Is it Spring Break yet???? 4 days left with kids, 7 with teachers, 9 if you count weekends... I'm not keeping track, or anything!!!

Life has gotten insanely busy and complicated. My husband and I both got sick March 1. We spent 2 weeks miserable and on antibiotics (we even got pink eye! It was crazy!!) and we both still have coughs and the remnants of head colds. But we're almost back to normal. Then there is my "other" job, editing an online magazine in a decidedly NOT speech genre, and while it doesn't usually take too much of my time, we launched a big edition AND I had an article in it AND I just interviewed an artist for one of the upcoming editions... And through THAT, I was asked to do some pro bono editing work for a non-profit which went from a loose timeline to a OMG WE HAVE TO LAUNCH THE UPDATED WEBSITE TONIGHT in about 4 minutes. And I did their press release. And email blurb. All outside of my speech stuff. Oh, and I've taken on about 13 kids at another school, spending one day a week there and cramming the rest of my students into 4 days, to help out an overloaded SLP. Oh, and our new SLPA started and went from 2 days with me to basically 4 (because no one else has time to train). So a little busy... I've taken to highlighting different things in my planner (I had to go back to my paper planner!!) with color coding, so I know what I'm doing when!!!!

On the speech front, I have kids making great progress!!! And kids making no progress.... And new kids who have Reputations. And old kids who have Reputations. As it always goes!!! Standardized Test Season has begun, and I've been working on Complete Sentence Usage with my 3-5th graders. I had great winter sentence mix-ups and questions from TpT (I'll update with the actual source when I'm at work and can check...), but needed spring-themed materials. So I made some today during a "Woo Hoo! THAT student is absent" break. I loved the little mushroom!! I'll make different cards with differently colored mushroom clip art, (I'm LOVING the Educlips Gnome Clip Art), but for now, please enjoy the Blue Edition!!! I've been having my students write them out on a dry-erase board or sleeve so they remember to Capitalize and use punctuation. This has the conventions in the list of words, so it is a scaffolded activity. Most of my students aren't ready for "just" a list of words without some visual cues.

Today we also broke out some Social Thinking Thought Bubbles. With 2 fourth grade boys. It was very interesting to see how THEY interpreted the activity!!!! And how very difficult it was to even get them to participate with the same STICKY NOTES, much less the SAME IDEA!!! We have a long way to go, but they are good sports!!!!

Hope Spring is showing up where you are!!!!

Sarah
The Scattered SLP

TECHNOLOGY!!!

****UPDATE!!**** I found an error in the snowmen... One had the future and past tenses flip flopped... I have updated the link and the Dropbox file. It is the "do/did" card if you have already downloaded it... Oh, brain. AND then, while using them, I realized the data sheet had a couple of typos on it. So it is updated. Again.


I had such plans for the long weekend. And, like so many plans, they were derailed! First by family emergencies, then by an amazing football game (SEAHAWKS ARE SUPER BOWL BOUND!!!!), then a date night with my husband where we took my dad to see American Sniper. And then by contractors at my grandma's house. I was also foiled by too many memory sticks and not being able to find the right one! Because I left it at work. Fail. On so many levels!!!

So here is my latest creation! Uploaded during lunch as I drink my morning coffee and eat my breakfast. It has been quite the day.... Irregular Past Tense Verbs. Snowman Style!!

You can download them here and use them all winter long! Because that is how long some of my kiddos will take to master them... :) I'm sure I'll make more. Similar words, same process, so much practice!!!

Happy Tuesday that feels like a REALLY long Monday!!!
Sarah

All in a Day's Work

As I'm sure everyone who works in a school knows: IT IS COLD SEASON!!! So I had many absences on my schedule today. I finished these flashcards up right before recess during one of these breaks. I love that I can hole punch them, put them on a ring, and know exactly what I have. And because these are line drawings, they take so much less ink!!! I also added a "cover page" and a list of the targeted words that you can put on the ring, too. And a data sheet. Oh my. Fancy?

I like to think I am getting better at creating these things... At least I'm getting faster! And I'm excited to use these next week. My students are SO tired of the old flashcards and of using the green box of verb pictures (you know the one!!)!

*Update* So I meant to publish these on Friday (12/11). Instead, I didn't save the activity to my USB Drive, I went home without it, and then got sick and was home from work Monday. So I'm finally publishing the activity today, on Tuesday (12/16). Ideal? No. Can I use them in January? Yes. Am I REALLY looking forward to 4pm on Friday? YES. Do I make a lot of sense right now? Not so much. :) But I still hope you enjoy the flashcards.

Hope you like these!!

Sarah, The Scattered SLP

An introduction to The Scattered SLP

Hello! I'm Sarah. I'm an SLP in a low-income elementary school in Northwest Washington. I am scattered. :) I love using cute materials, but am apparently picky. And short on time. I've been using materials from other awesome SLPs (Thank you, Teachers Pay Teachers!!), and I've started making my own materials. Suddenly, while making some irregular past tense flash cards with gingerbread girls on the front, I had the name "The Scattered SLP" pop into my head. It fits me well!! My conversations are often scattered, my material needs are scattered, and my office is DEFINITELY scattered!!! I have a caseload of slightly more than 50 students, with widely varying needs. I want quick and durable materials. :) And I use my own printer and ink when I want things in color. 

All of that being said, I am still learning how to make materials that follow all of the Copyright laws and am working on adding fun graphics. I love to do themes and am working on a Gingerbread Theme for the next couple of weeks as we approach Christmas. 

Here is my first (and so far only) product. I give you: a TON of Irregular Past Tense Verb Flashcards with Gingerbread Girl!

Enjoy!!

Sarah, The Scattered SLP

Download here from Dropbox

The cover page

The flashcards