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Posted by slpme on September 4, 2009, 7:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning Therapy"
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I agree completely. Use the themes, and then try to create activities that might incorporate one or more of the students' goals, but in a way that it all seems coherent or like it goes together. Example of what I mean: if the theme of the week is bears, one large group activity could involve reading a story about bears (have them identify pictures or repeat/fill in phrases with target words/grammatical structures as you go). Let's say in the group, the children have goals for understanding spatial concepts, following one- and two-step directions, and asking questions. The activity would be that the bear is very cold/hungry or something, and the children would ask the bear "Where is your clothing item/food/whatever?", and you tell them where you have hidden it in the room. So you're working on different skills, but it's not drilling each thing, it's connecting them into an activity. Depending on their level, you can give more or less support for asking questions - some might ask with pictuers, others in imitation, others with just a simple verbal cue, etc. And as Speechy16 said, you can also focus on just one or two things in a lesson, rather than plan separate activities to do everything they have written on their IEP. Hope this helps!
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