(The St Patrick’s Day edition)}
Descriptive Language
Guessing Game and Sentence Builder
Emily Richardson, M.S., CCC-SLP
Includes:
Clue cards with
matching answer
cards
Picture Choice Board
Descriptive Writing
Sentence Builder
with sentence
structure and answer
choices
Communication
Notes
2013
I can describe:
Rainbow
Shamrock
Pot of Gold
Irish Flag
Leprechaun
March
Using the
descriptive
language of:
Color
Location
Parts
(The St Patrick’s Day edition)}
Descriptive Language
Guessing Game and Sentence Builder
Emily Richardson, M.S., CCC-SLP
2013
Follow the clues to describe six items common to St Patrick’s Day. Visual structure is provided throughout the
activities. These activities promote descriptive language skills, social interaction with questioning and answers
between peers, and expanding sentence structure. It works bottom up to provide the detailed clues where
students generate the answer, as well as top down where the item is given and the student describes it with details.
The contents include:
~Clue cards with matching answer cards
•Describes six items (rainbow, shamrock, pot of gold, Irish flag, leprechaun, March) using the descriptions of
color, location, and parts. A visual picture choice board is provided if needed for answer choices.
~A poster to remind students of each category of clues (color, location, parts).
~Descriptive Writing Sentence Builder
•Each page has three sentences with supporting structure. There is also a word bank with three choices
grouped by descriptive label. Each sentence uses all three labels taught within the descriptive set.
~Communication notes to encourage carryover
Enjoy! I hope you find your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!
to answer “What am I ?”
Clue #1 color
Clue #2 location
Clue #3 parts
Clue #1 It has seven different
colors.
Clue #2 It is found in the sky.
Clue #3 It has seven bands of
colors in a specific order.
The clues tell me…
It is a rainbow.
What is it?
Clue #1 It is green.
Clue #2 It is found in a field.
Clue #3 It has 3 or 4 heart
shaped leaves and a stem.
What is it?
Clue #1 It is black.
Clue #2 It is found at the
end of a rainbow.
Clue #3 It is a big container,
with handles, and is filled
with shiny coins.
What is it?
The clues tell me…
It is a shamrock.
The clues tell me…
It is a pot of gold.
Clue #1 It is green, white, and
orange.
Clue #2 It is flown on a pole in
Ireland.
Clue #3 It is material with three
rectangular blocks .
What is it?
Clue #1 It wears green.
Clue #2 It is by a pot of gold or
in the shoemaker’s shop.
Clue #3 It has a little body,
green clothes, sometimes
an orange beard, and a hat.
What is it?
Clue #1 Green leaves and
colorful blossoms at this time.
Clue #2 In the Spring season.
Clue #3 It is made up of thirtyone days.
What is it?
The clues tell me…
It is an Irish flag.
The clues tell me…
It is a leprechaun.
The clues tell me…
It is the month of March.
I can describe using color, location, parts.
A rainbow is
A shamrock is
A pot of gold is
color
black
seven colors
green
color
color
color
,
,
,
location
location
location
, and
, and
, and
parts
parts
parts
.
.
.
location
parts
in a field
at end of a rainbow
in the sky
has handles & coins
has 3 or 4 leaves & stem
has 7 bands of color
I can describe using color, location, parts.
A leprechaun is
An Irish flag is
March is a time
,
color
color
color
,
location
location
,
location
, and
parts
, and
parts
, and
parts
color
location
parts
green, white, & orange
wearing green
with colorful blossoms
in Ireland
in spring
by a pot of gold
has 31 days
.
.
.
has 3 rectangular blocks
has a hat & beard
to answer “What am I ?”
Color - Location - Parts
rainbow
shamrock
pot of gold
Irish flag
leprechaun
March
We are learning how to “Follow the Clues” to answer questions and describe.
This unit is teaching me to follow the clues to answer “What am I?”
Clue #1 Color
Date:
Clue #2 Location Clue #3 Parts
Activity & Therapy notes:
Communication skills practiced at home:
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