MARCH 2013 SLP LINK UP

MARCH 2013 SLP LINK UP

As I was reading through Facebook, I came across a post from Carrie’s Speech Corner about an SLP Link Up.  Since I have never seen one before, I figured I would try it out!  Thanks Carrie for the post, and Laura from Oh, How Pintearesting for hosting!

Here is the graphic Laura posted, with graphics from Scrappin Doodles and Teaching in a Small Town.  The font is from The First grade Parade:

(pointing out that SLP runs down the side!)

Here is my response:

I am Happy to be on vacation!  Because of Hurricane Sandy and a blizzard, many of our days off were spent cleaning up, rather than relaxing.  Looking forward to spending time with my two kids, without rushing around every day!

I am loving my kids!  My youngest just turned three, and my oldest is 5.  I love spending time with them, watching them learn new things, and seeing how they experience life.  It is so much fun!

Finally, I am prepping for a new activity which will hopefully be up tomorrow, Spring Idioms.  It may turn into Spring Figurative Language, or have other things added to it, because I have so many ideas I want to share.  I also am about to laminate Just Wright Speech’s Springtime Multisyllabic Words.  My students who are working on phonological and reading skills will be thrilled to have something new after break!

Here are the directions:

If you have a Mac, take a screen shot by pressing Command-Shift-4. This will bring up a circle with lines, and you can use that to take the screen shot. It will sound like a camera.  The image will go to the desktop, and you can open it up. Laura's screen shot image now looks like this:

From the top toolbar, select Tools-Annotate-Add Text:

This will bring up a plus sign.  Place the plus sign where you want to add the text and a vertical line will appear.

You will need to repeat these steps for each line of type. Then, either take a screen shot or save as an image, and add it to your blog post!

For PCs, right-click the image, import in PowerPoint, and add text boxes to add text.  If this is all too complicated, just copy the image and put the answers below. You don't have to put text into the image.

There's one more step, joining the linky party. Click on the Add Your Link button at the bottom of Laura's post. Share the URL for your blog. Then, comment on four blogs total - the two before your entry and the two after.
Here are the rules:

1) Keep it clean and friendly.
2) You can mention your own items, as I did with Spring Idioms , but if you do that, please put in an items from someone else, as I did with Springtime Multisyllabic Words. The purpose is networking.
3) Give credit where credit is due - fonts, link to original ideas, TPT/Teachers Notebook stores, Pinterest, etc.
4) After submitting your blog, visit four more blogs and make comments.

Have fun linking up!