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Syllable Shapes / Consonant-Vowel Combinations
Children with apraxia have difficulty putting sounds together rather than producing specific sounds in isolation. Goals should be focused on shapes of words such as, CV (e.g., “me”), VC (e.g., “up), CVC (e.g., “hat”), VCV (e.g., “okay”), CVCV (e.g., “bunny”), CVCVCV (e.g., “potato”) rather than specific sounds to teach the movements needed to put sounds together without segmenting the word or omitting/substituting sounds.
Reference links
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Reading Longer Words: Insights Into Multisyllabic Word Reading 2
Author: Lindsay Heggie and Lesly Wade-Woolley - Students with persistent reading difficulties are often especially challenged by multisyllabic words; they tend to have neither a systematic approach for reading these words nor the confidence to persevere (Archer, Gleason, & Vachon, 2003; Carlisle & Katz, 2006; Moats, 1998). This challenge is magnified by the fact that the vast majority of English words are multisyllabic and constitute an increasingly large proportion of the words in elementary school texts beginning as early as grade 3 (Hiebert, Martin, & Menon, 2005; Kerns et al., 2016). Multisyllabic words are more difficult to read simply because they are long, posing challenges for working memory capacity. In addition, syllable boundaries, word stress, vowel pronunciation ambiguities, less predictable grapheme-phoneme correspondences, and morphological complexity all contribute to long words' difficulty. Research suggests that explicit instruction in both syllabification and morphological knowledge improve poor readers' multisyllabic word reading accuracy; several examples of instructional programs involving one or both of these elements are provided.
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Activity List(s)
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- /ch/ CVC word list (initial position only) 1
- 3 syllable words 1
- 2-3 Syllable Winter Words 0
- Multi Syllabic Words (3 syllables) Back to School Edition 1
- Multi Syllabic Words - 2 syllables 0
- Multi Syllabic Words - 3 syllables 0
- Multi Syllabic Words (2 syllables) Back to School Edition 1
- Hen Rhyming Words 2
- Sheep Rhyming Words 2
- Pig Rhyming Words 2
- Thanksgiving Multisyllabic Words 1
- Donkey Rhyming Words 2
- Apraxia goal targets 1
- Cow Rhyming Words 2
- Duck Rhyming Words 2
- Halloween Multisyllabic Words 0
- Cat Rhyming Words 2
- CVC final /t/ 1
- Dog Rhyming Words 2
- Initial /p/ Words 1
Goal Bank
- Whitney will develop and expand imitation skills, moving from imitation of motor patterns to imitation of vocal patterns and speech sounds with 90% accuracy across 3 sessions as measured by clinician data and observation to increase overall expressive language skills and speech intelligibility. 3
- Rick will produce /p/ in all positions spontaneously in words, phrases and sentences with 90% accuracy across 3 therapy sessions to increase intelligibility. 2
- Marline will correctly imitate, then spontaneously produce the /r/ phoneme (including blends) in all word positions in words, phrases, sentences, and finally conversation with 80% accuracy over 3 consecutive sessions in order to improve intelligibility. 3
Resources
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Roll a Dice Game-Draw An Animal
Jessica Lenden-Holt
Roll a Dice Game/Reinforcer. Different animal bodies/body parts. Create an Animal.
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Springtime CV, VC, CVC Words For Apraxia
Sara Lowczyk
This is a gardening activity which includes planting cv, vc, cvc words. Bonus vocabulary activities and coloring pages attached.
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Ally Alligator’s Apraxia Breakfast
Sara Lowczyk
60 CV, VC, CVC breakfast cards to "feed" to the alligator of your choosing-- I made mine out of an old cascade dishwashing container. Alligator graphics also provided.
5
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Snow Globe Language and CVC Word Activities
Jessica Lenden-Holt
25 pages of reinforcer, language, and CVC word activities.
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Articulation /b/ Coloring Sheets: All Positions
Sara Lowczyk
These are all positions of /b/ in words with pictures available for coloring.
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Train Image For CVC Words or to Mark Syllables
Jessica Lenden-Holt
Train image for articulation. Visual cue to mark CVC words (or up to 4 phonemes) or to mark syllables in words up 4 syllable words.
2
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Cr /kr/ Blend
Ambiki
Articulation Resource. Speech Resource. SLP. Articulation cards for the "cr" /kr/ blend in the initial position. Each card contains one word and associated image. Words: crocodile, cricket, crow, c...
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Early Sounds - Syllable Mats
Breann Voytko
Practice early developing sounds with these fun syllable mats
2
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Articulation /b/ Flash Cards: All Positions
Sara Lowczyk
All positions of /b/ words in color. 1 page for initial, medial and final with 3 combination pages. 6 pages total.
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/d/ Articulation Cards
Breann Voytko
Articulation Cards for /d/ in all positions: Initial: 16 targets; Medial: 16 targets; Final: 16 targets
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Kiki's Holiday Breakfast Story
Bailey Morgan, MA, CCC-SLP
A story about Kiki who is planning to make breakfast for the holidays. The story focuses on planning, making lists, requesting, problem solving, following a recipe, and more.
Includes activity list5
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Story Dice For Language Building and Writing Prompts, Wh- Question Dice
Jessica Lenden-Holt
Story dice are a fun way to elicit speech, language and writing samples and to target goals in therapy or in centers! Dice include engaging images for writing prompts and conversational starters. T...
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