$5 - $10 1st Grade Writing Task Cards

This resource serves as a great way to teach speech language therapy students or English language learners different ways to answer WHEN questions. The explicit instruction using the word "when" to produce a compound or complex sentence is essential for children to be able to answer certain WHEN questions, while also providing opportunity for vocabulary development, sequencing, categorization, and complex sentence production. These visual aids, task cards, sentence model strips, and sorting worksheets will walk you through the instruction of WHEN questions step-by-step.

Included in this resource:

Task Cards/Flash Cards can be used to drill WHEN questions that elicit "when" being used in the answer - the sentence structure that is used to answer cause/effect relationship WHEN questions. They can also be used as memory games or paired with motivating board games. These task Cards include:

20 Sets of Cause and Effect Flash Cards - 40 Cards Total!

• oven/baking
• bandaid/cut
• bath/boy who is dirty
• sunscreen/beach
• blowing out candles/birthday
• smiling saying "cheese"/taking a picture
• mittens/cold
• flashlight/dark
• haircut/boy with long hair
• ice cream melting/hot outside
• tent/camping
• sunglasses/sunny
• doctor/sick
• suitcase/vacation
• kite/windy
• umbrella/raining
• snowman/snow
• spoon/soup
• eating/hungry
• trophy/winning race

No Prep Worksheets

• 2 Cause and effect matching worksheets - "When do you _____"
• 1 Emotions worksheet - "I feel _____ when _____"

Teaching Visuals

• Emotions page
• Sentence strips to answer Cause and Effect WHEN questions in compound sentence

Teaching Materials:

• 1-page teachable explanation of different ways to answer when questions.
• 1-page teaching script to explain how to answer when questions by using "when" in the answer

Excellent Resource for Mixed Groups

Grammar: Naturally elicit first person, second person, and third person sentences

Vocabulary: Practice labeling common objects and actions. Produce synonyms and antonyms of verbs.

Wh- questions: Ask who, what, where, when, why questions common objects and events

Sequencing: Sequencing events

Sentence production: Elicit compound and complex sentences with details using task cards and sentence visuals.

Categorization: Categorize objects and events

Following directions: Follow directions containing sequential and temporal concepts such as when and while

** Perfect resource for Teacher Observation or Speech Therapy Observation**

Answer key included!