- Conley Elementary
- Speech
Speech Tasks
Posted by Christa Abbott on 6/1/2015 9:15:00 PM
If your child is able to produce the sound correctly, but is not yet using the sound consistently in everyday speech these ideas will help increase their awareness of their speech so they can produce their sound accurately in all situations/settings. Children need many opportunities to use a new sound throughout the day before correct sound production becomes a habit. Below is an outline of specific speech tasks for additional practice. These tasks give ideas for short, daily speech task and are sequenced in a hierarchy to allow for practice at each level as your child perfects their sound(s). Start with the first task and when your child can produce their sound accurately and quickly they are ready to move to the next task. Please try to complete a task each day.
Continue at each level until your child can consistently produce their sound accurately. Some examples are provided below using /s, z, r/ as these sounds are often difficult for students.
Say the ____ sound 20 times accurately (i.e., /s//s//s//s/; /z//z//z//z/; /r//r//r/)
Say __a & __aw 10 times each (i.e., /say & saw/; /zay & zaw/; /ray & raw/).
Say __i & __o 10 times each (i.e., /sigh & so/; /zi & zo/; /rye & row/)
Say __e & __ah 10 times each (i.e., /see & sah/; /zee & zah/; /ree & rah/)
Say __oy & __ou 10 times each
Say __er & __oo 10 times each
Say __e__i & __a__o 10 times each (i.e., /seesigh & sayso/; /reerye & rayrow/)
Say __er__i & __aw__ar 10 times each
Say __ow__o & __ar__oy 10 times each
Say __u__ah & __er__ar 10 times each
Say __e__u & __aw__ar 10 times each
Say a__ & e__ 10 times each (i.e., /ace & ees/; /air & ear/)
Say i__ & o__ 10 times each
Say oo__ & ah__ 10 times each
Say oi__ & ou__ 10 times each
Say aw__i__ & ou__oo__ 10 times each (i.e., /awsis & ousoos/; /awrir & ouroor/)
Say oy__e__ & i__o__ 10 times each
Say o__o & a__a 10 times each (i.e., /oso & aysay/; /oro & ayray/)
Say ee__e & i__i 10 times each
Say er__o & ar__i 10 times each
Say ah__oy & oo__er 10 times each
Say ou__ee-er__ou & e__aw-oo__ah (i.e., /ousee-ersou/; /ouree-erou/)
Say a__i-a__e & ar__oy-aw__ee
Name 3 foods and 3 round things that have your sound
Name 3 red things and 3 jobs that have your sound
Name 3 things you do & 3 things that are not blue that have your sound
Name 3 items in your fridge & 3 toys that have your sound
Name 3 emotions & 3 heavy things that have your sound
Say your sound in words at phrase level...
“in the ___” and “a big ___”
“going to do ___” and “beside the ___”
“next to ___” and “a dog___”
“under the ___” and “near the ___”
“over the ___” and “an old ___”
Say your sound in words at simple sentence level...
“She ___ me.” and “She gave me a ___.”
“Did you ___?” and “May I ____?”
“I love to eat ___.” and “We’re going to ___.”
“Don’t forget the ___.” and “Where is the ___?”
“David caught a __.” and “Tom gave me 9 ___.”
Say your sound in words in independent sentences...
What are 2 things you might say on a picnic?
What are 2 things you might wear in winter?
What are 2 things you might say if you broke something?
What are 2 things you would not say if you liked someone?
Say your sound in words while retelling familiar stories, songs, rhymes...
The Three Little Pigs
Happy Birthday
Jack and Jill
The Three Bears
Humpty Dumpty
Say your sound in a story or song you like
