Being an SLP, I have been using the WH- method of sentence
formulation for a while now.
WHO
WHAT DOING (or WHAT DID)
WHERE
WHEN
(WHY)
I’ve seen a few different variations of this activity in
workshops and on Pinterest. One of my
favorites from a workshop I attended involved using Post-It notes. You need 4 different Post-it pads of
different colors. Assign 1 color to each
WH word. For example:
WHO = Pink
WHAT DOING = Green
WHERE = Yellow
Next, students brainstorm responses for each category (e.g.,
WHO à
My Dog, Mrs. Manchester, My sister, etc).
Once you have a certain number of responses for each (I usually started with 5), students take one of each Post-it and arrange them into a coherent sentence:
"Who" responses |
Once you have a certain number of responses for each (I usually started with 5), students take one of each Post-it and arrange them into a coherent sentence:
I came up with another version of this activity. I found this clip art from http://nicecliparts.com. I printed the WH words on four different
birds nests and responses on the baby birds.
I then created a construction paper tree, attached it to the
inside of my closet door, and placed the nests on the tree.
Students can work in teams or independently to place birds in the appropriate nests and formulate a sentence.
close up of the nests: "A big frog crawled on the floor at the beach in the afternoon" |
They can either read the sentence orally or write the
sentence on a recording sheet.
Do you use the WH sentence formulation format in your session? If so, what’s your favorite variation?