Apples Adapted Book | Verbs Inferencing | Core Words What Do | SLP SPED Autism
Product Description
Build core word vocabulary ("what" and "do"), action words/verbs, and inferencing skills with this hands-on apples adapted book featuring a fun rhyming riddle format your students will want to read again and again.
A teacher or therapist reads each riddle aloud, and students follow along to find the correct answer piece for every page — targeting important speech, language, and AAC IEP goals while keeping students engaged in a classic fall theme.
📖 Sample Pages
Group by color. Big or small?
Find the group for one and all!
What can we do with apples?
👉 We sort them! It's true. With apples, there's a lot we do!
On your head, don't let them fall!
Hold them steady. Stand up tall!
What can we do with apples?
👉 We balance them! It's true.
With apples, there's a lot we do!
Tiny nibble, or great big bite.
Their flavor always seems just right!
What can we do with apples?
👉 We taste them! It's true!
With apples, there's a lot we do!
📦 What's Included
- 1 interactive apples adapted book with rhyming riddle prompts on every page
- Apple-themed action word/verb answer pieces
- Full-color visuals with engaging apple imagery
🎯 Skills Targeted
- Core words: "what" and "do" (high-frequency AAC vocabulary)
- Action words / verbs (sort, balance, taste, and more)
- Inferencing and clue-based reasoning
- Listening comprehension
- Receptive and expressive language
- Apple and fall vocabulary
- Following along in a book
- Answering "what" questions
- Joint attention and turn-taking
- Rhyming exposure
📚 How to Use
- Read the adapted book aloud during speech therapy sessions, circle time, small group, or 1:1 instruction
- Pause at each riddle and have students find and attach the correct answer piece
- Use as a language model for AAC users practicing core words "what" and "do"
- Pair with real apples for a hands-on multi-sensory tasting/sorting/balancing experience
- Send home with families for carryover practice of target verbs and core words
- Use as a fall thematic anchor text for an apple unit
💛 Perfect For
- Speech-language therapy sessions (SLPs)
- AAC users and core word instruction
- Special education classrooms (SPED)
- Autism classrooms and ABA programs
- Preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten
- Apple thematic units
- 1:1 work with paraprofessionals
- Homeschool language practice
- IEP goal practice and data collection
- Early childhood and ECSE
🌟 Why Teachers & SLPs Love This Resource
- Interactive and hands-on — students engage with the book, not just listen
- Targets multiple IEP goals in one activity (core words, verbs, inferencing)
- Fun rhyming riddle format keeps students engaged
- AAC-friendly — built around the core words "what" and "do"
- Reusable year after year once laminated
- Perfect for fall, but skills transfer year-round
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