Worth it Wednesay {Newspaper Companion: Speech and Language Pack for any Newspaper}

I'm sure you've heard of my friend Jenna over at Speech Room News, right? Well she has developed a great resource (not that ALL her products aren't great) called Newspaper Companion: Speech and Language Pack for any Newspaper.

This is such a great activity in that it requires virtually no planning- who doesn't love that! All you need is a newspaper. Yep, you heard me right, that's all that you need! 

This 41 page download includes 27 different activities:

Main Idea
Newscaster retelling
Perspective taking
Most/Least comparing
Opinions
Cause/effect
Current event conversations
Category sorting by type of article
Evaluating Weather
Vocabulary
Problem Solving
Synonyms/Antonyms
Multiple Meaning Words
Current event summaries
Fact/Opinion
Sequencing (recipes & comics)
Syntax (finding parts of speech)
Humor, figurative language
Inferencing from titles
Job search matching
Compare/Contrast ads/articles
Persuasive writing
Name the caption
Narrative writing
Inferencing from pictures
Perspective Taking from advice columns
Articulation

It also includes a letter to send home to parents and blank templates to make your own activities! 

What I love:

The possibilities with this product are endless! 

There are so many different activities that target endless goals. 

All you need is a newspaper-no planning required. 

I especially love that it would be a wonderful resource for older students. It's a way to keep your students interested and work with materials relevant to the world around them, all while focusing on their IEP goals. 

Thinking about buying this product yet? You can get it here. And in the meantime, follow Speech Room News on Facebook and her blog. As always, be sure to leave feedback if you download!

The preceding thoughts are solely mine and were written on my own terms, no person asked me to write this review. 

What is a product that you've purchased that you thought was worth it?