Penguin Sentence Builder Book | Action Words Verbs & Sentences | SLP SPED

Build action word (verb) identification, sentence building, and sentence comprehension with this hands-on Penguin Sentence Builder Book, "What Is Penguin Doing?" A teacher or therapist reads the story while students follow along and match the correct action to each page — targeting important speech and language IEP goals in a fun winter penguin theme.

📖 Sample Page

"What is Penguin doing? What can it be? She's… __________ (standing on a snowball) as we can plainly see."

👉 Students find and attach the action that completes the page.

📦 What's Included

• 1 interactive sentence builder book — "What Is Penguin Doing?"
• Sentence builder strips — students combine three pictures to form a complete sentence
• Sentence comprehension activity — students read (or hear) a sentence and choose the picture that best illustrates it

🎯 Skills Targeted

• Action words / verbs
• Sentence building and structure
• Sentence comprehension
• Subject + verb + detail sentence formation
• Receptive and expressive language
• Reading comprehension
• Following along in a book
• Penguin and winter vocabulary
• Listening comprehension

📚 How to Use

• Read the book aloud in small group as students match the action to each page
• Have students build sentences with the sentence builder strips (three pictures = one sentence)
• Use the sentence comprehension activity to check understanding — read the sentence, choose the matching picture
• Set up at a literacy center for independent practice of any or all activities
• Use during speech therapy to target verbs and sentence structure
• Send home for carryover practice of action words and sentences

💛 Perfect For

• Speech-language therapy sessions (SLPs)
• Special education classrooms (SPED)
• Autism classrooms and ABA programs
• Language and literacy groups
• Preschool, PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st grade
• Literacy centers and work stations
• 1:1 work with paraprofessionals
• Winter and penguin units
• Homeschool language practice
• Early childhood and ECSE

🌟 Why Teachers & SLPs Love This Resource

• Three activities in one — adapted book, sentence strips, and comprehension
• Targets multiple IEP goals (verbs, sentence structure, comprehension)
• Interactive and hands-on — students build, not just listen
• Works for whole group, small group, 1:1, and independent centers
• Reusable year after year once laminated
• Fun winter penguin theme keeps students engaged

🎁 Save with the bundle! This Sentence Builder Book is part of the Sentence Builder Books Growing Bundle — verb and sentence practice for every theme (and every future book free).

🔗 Explore the full collection: Complete Adapted Books Collection

❄️ More hands-on winter and penguin favorites:

• Hands-On Winter Activities
• Hands-On Snowmen Activities
• Hands-On Penguin Activities
• Hands-On Polar Bear Activities