Аннотация
This article discusses the solution of the problem of the development of coherent monological speech in students with intellectual disabilities using special learning tools, such as mnemonic squares and mnemonic tracks. the authors reveal various approaches to the development of these tools and their use in literacy lessons for first graders with intellectual disabilities. they offer fragments of lessons on cross-cutting topics studied in the 1st grade of a special (correctional) school of the viii type.