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Initial SH by Syllables

shaving cream

sheet music

shelled pecans

shooting star

shopping cart

short story

shot putter

shuttle bus

shaving lather

shopping center

sugar berry

Medial SH by Syllables

description

distraction

frustration

accomplishment

application

cash register

celebration

combination

competition

comprehension

concentration

constitution

conversation

introduction

police station

presentation

transportation

abbreviation

articulation

communication

congratulations

cooperation

exaggeration

imagination

mathematician

multiplication

organization

participation

recommendation

refrigeration

disorganization

misinterpretation

mispronunciation

rehabilitation

uncoordination

Final SH by Syllables

cranberry bush

mulberry bush

raspberry bush

satellite dish

strawberry bush

under nourish

Initial SH Phrases and Sentences

shake hands

hair shampoo

nice to share

sharp thorn

close shave

cruise ship

plain shirt

hiking shoe

shop for food

shot in arm

sore shoulder

shovel snow

morning shower

sweet sugar

The chef made the best pasta.

It is polite to shake hands.

She bought a cut, color, and shampoo.

She is nice to share her ice cream.

Be careful the thorn is sharp.

I shave my face in the morning.

The sheep is standing in the grass.

He gives them a good shine every day.

The ship will be gone for 10 days.

He wore his gray shirt.

This type of shoe is for hiking.

I need to shop for groceries.

The doctor needs to give you a shot.

They massaged his sore shoulder.

He went to shovel his driveway.

She washes her hair in the shower.

She is shy around new people.

Don't put too much sugar in the lemonade.

Medial SH Phrases and Sentences

trimmed bushes

grocery store cashier

heavy dictionary

clean dishes

long eyelashes

fly fishing

Battery flashlight

happy graduation

hand lotion

big machine

creamy mashed potatoes

strawberry milkshake

white mushroom

talented musician

bright sunshine

soft tissue

white washer

The gardener kept the bushes trimmed.

The cashier is giving change to the customer.

Look up your word in the dictionary.

Put the dishes on the table.

She put mascara on her long eyelashes.

He tried fly fishing for the first time.

The flashlight lit up the room.

Today is their graduation day.

She put lotion on her hands.

The machine stopped working.

I need to make mashed potatoes.

I want a strawberry milkshake.

We saw a mushroom in the grass.

He wants to be a famous musician.

The ocean looks beautiful today.

Come outside and feel the sunshine.

Blow your nose with a tissue.

Put your dirty clothes in the washer.

Final SH Phrases and Sentences

handful of cash

colorful fish

flush the toilet

green mouthwash

dark mustache

new paintbrush

smash glass

wet starfish

orange toothbrush

wash with soap

She had to brush her messy hair.

He earned a lot of cash.

It was a bad car crash.

The fish was red and yellow.

Flush the toilet every time.

She held onto the dog's leash.

Mouthwash makes your mouth feel fresh.

He has grown out his mustache.

Grab a paintbrush and get started.

Can you give my car a push?

The doctor looked at her rash.

He didn't mean to smash the window.

He made a splash in the water.

He is holding the starfish.

The dentist gave her a new toothbrush.

Take the trash out today.

My clothes smell good after I wash them.

SH Reading Paragraphs

Successful chef.

Chicago has some of the best chefs in the United States. Sharon was one of those chefs. Sharon was the head chef at "Flash", a very expensive restaurant.

Like many people, she liked to shop, wash her car, and sip lemonade in the shade, but unlike many people, she was an accomplished chef. She had been a chef for over 15 years. Growing up, she loved to cook. She experimented with different combinations of ingredients to see how they would taste.

Many people thought this was childish, but even as a young girl, Sharon made food dishes that astonished her friends and family. Her biggest secret was that she only used fresh ingredients. When it came to quality, Sharon never took shortcuts.

She hand selected every ingredient and paid special attention to how they smelled in the store before she bought them. She was always cautious to avoid discounted ingredients because she knew they wouldn't taste right.

Another one of her secrets was that she had excellent communication and cooperation with her staff. She was only one person, and she needed people who would listen and follow her directions. Sharon loved what she did. She was an amazing chef.

Even though she loved working at "Flash" she wanted to open her own restaurant some day. She looked forward to the day that she would own her own restaurant.

Shane's Audition

It was time for Shane's audition. He was nervous, but this was his shot at becoming famous. He was a talented musician and singer. The audition was his chance to play at a well known nightclub in Los Angeles.

His wish was to produce his own album, but he needed this job to help him make the money to do it. Shane's type of music was unique. His music was a combination of pop and hip-hop music with an Irish twist. He had been born in Ireland and his family moved to the United States when he was very young.

Shane had practiced for many hours for his audition. He had polished and perfected the songs he would play for the nightclub owners.

He stood in front of the owners with his guitar in hand. He began to play. His songs were shaping up nicely and the owners seemed to like it. Everything was going smoothly, when all of a sudden...Crash! A shower of glass flew past him.

A large stage light had fallen and shattered on the stage he was auditioning on. For most people this would have been a huge distraction, but this was Shane's moment to shine. He kept playing and didn't miss a beat.

After finishing his songs, the owners gave him a standing ovation. They loved Shane's songs so much, they thought he planned for the light to crash during his song. Shane assured them that he had not planned it.

The owners offered him the job. "Yes!" Shane said. He started that Saturday and couldn't wait to play at the club.

Finding Shannon

Sherry looked at the map on her dashboard. She was lost. She stopped to ask for directions, but the gas station attendant's directions didn't make sense. She had thought about parking her car and using public transportation, but thought that would be even more confusing.

Sherry had never been to a city with this big of a population. She had grown up in the country. After having a conversation with her friend Shannon, Sherry decided that she wanted to visit a big city. Shannon lived in a big city by the ocean.

Shannon's description about all of the things you can do in a big city sounded like so much fun that Sherry made plans to visit her, but now she couldn't find Shannon's house. She started feeling emotional, but fought back her tears. She showed Shannon's address to a man walking by. The man said he didn't know where that address was.

After two hours of frustration, Sherry wanted to demolish something. She threw her hands up in the air and said, "Can't anyone help me find Shannon's address?"

A woman passing by had compassion on her. She asked Sherry if she would like the map on her phone to find the address. Then she told Sherry she would personally show her how to get to Shannon's house. Sherry was so happy that she didn't know what to say.

She shook the woman's hand and offered to buy her lunch. The woman agreed. Together, they hopped in Sherry's car and drove to Shannon's house to pick her up for lunch.

This list of functional words was professionally selected to be the most useful for a child or adult who has difficulty with producing the "SH" sound.

We encourage you to use this list when practicing at home.

Doing home practice will help your child make much faster progress toward correct production.

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) are only able to see students/clients 30-60 mins (or less) per week.

This is not enough time for your child to overcome an articulation disorder with the "Final TS" sound. But with high caseloads...

...it's all SLPs can do.

There's only so much time in the day.

Every day that your child goes without practice it becomes more and more difficult to correct an "Final TS" error because he/she continues to say it incorrectly.

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7 Websites for Reading Passages that SLPs Need to Know

06/06/2022 by Jenna Leave a Comment

Today I have 7 websites for reading passages that SLPs need to know about to share with you. If you work with students in upper elementary or middle school, then you may be working on reading comprehension goals with them. I’ve researched 7 different websites that are beneficial when needing reading passages to use with students.

Newsela houses real-world, leveled and standards-aligned content. There are passages for ELA, science, social studies and even social-emotional learning. In addition, it has resources for English Language Learners. There are over 10,000 texts to choose from across 20 genres. Newsela offers differentiation of passages at 5 different levels. One of the best parts is that you can join for free!

#2 Readworks

Readworks is a website with FREE reading passages for you to use! You can search by grade or lexile level. Content is available for grades K-12. In addition, there are questions that accompany each reading passage. Question types consist of multiple choice, short answer, explicit and inferential. There is also vocabulary practice included in the question sets. Readworks gives you choices of what kind of content you want to use with students. The choices offered are:

– An article a day

-Reading passages

– Paired texts

in addition, Readworks has an option called “StepReads” which is basically a less complex version of the original passage. They also have audio versions of the passages so students can listen along to the text. Finally, there are options for students in special education and English Language Learners.

#3 Commonlit

Commonlit is one of my favorite websites to use for finding reading passages. It was created by teachers for teachers and you can create an account for FREE. The passages align with Common Core State Standards and are research-based. You assign passages to your students digitally. There is ELA Curriculum for grades 6-10 as well as supplemental passages for grades 3-12. The website lets you analyze student performance using their online data.

#4 Read Theory

Read Theory is another FREE website that hosts personalized reading comprehension exercises for K-12 as well as ESL students. This program is best used to create individual profiles for your students, however. This way the program will keep track of their progress. Read Theory has worksheets to choose from for 1st grade-12 grade. Additionally, it has worksheets for adult learners, students in special education and ESL. There are typically about 10 worksheets per grade level. You can choose if you just want to print the passage, the passage with questions or the passage, questions and answers.

#5 Tween Tribune

Tween Tribune is a website with articles created for upper elementary and teens. This website was actually created by the Smithsonian. It houses tons of articles based on history and current events. Tween Tribune makes it easy to find an interesting topic to read about. Search about current world news, national news or sports. All passages are organized by Lexile level as well. This site is neat because you make an account for your class and then it encourages students to post comments about what they read. All comments have to be approved by the teacher before they are posted. They are also invited to take quizzes after the passage and the quiz results are automatically emailed to the teacher.

#6 Wonderopolis

This website is another one of my favorites because it is so neat! Wonderopolis encourages students to post questions about what they are wondering. The website then takes all the thousands of questions and compiles lessons about the topic. For example, you might wonder, “Why are flamingos pink?” Students can click on a short 1-4 minute Youtube video with the explanation. Then, there is an entire passage for students to read with hi-lighted vocabulary words to look for throughout (called Wonder Words). Each passage lists the Common Core State Standards that were covered and also has a comprehension quiz at the end. Finally, there are always 3 extension learning activities at the end that you can try at home. Students really love this website because all of the topics are so interesting! Again, this website is totally FREE!

#7 Scholastic Action

Scholastic Action is one of the few that requires a subscription in order to use the materials. However, I have found that it comes with great lesson plans that are highly relevant to SLP goals so it may be worth the cost. Scholastic Action offers ready to go teaching kits with print or digital magazines. Each magazine includes 3 levels of differentiation for students with age appropriate stories. It also allows students to use text to speech audio on the digital version. Finally, each kit has videos that accompany the magazine and leveled ELA activities.

Do you have a favorite website for reading passages?

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