Additionally, you might want to use a small mirror, so the student can look at her mouth. Closing her eyes and saying the sounds is helpful to focus on the mouth position, too. Be careful about the picture/word choices you select to represent the sounds. The word egg has a very distinct initial short e sound, but the word elephant does not (too much influence from the /l/ sound). Create a mini picture-word wall on the inside of a file folder. Use pictures to help cue the student for the sounds (pictures: apple, egg, itch, octopus, umbrella). Sort CVC pictures that match the short sounds. Use the Elkonin technique for CVC words with some easy consonants (/m/, /n/, /p/, /t/, /b/) for instance. Do some word chains (Write the word /bat/. Now change /b/ to /m/. Now change /a/ to /e/.) Chain only three or four words at a time. See if you can get your hands on the book Multisensory TEaching of Basic Language Skills (Judith Birsh, editor). There's an excellent activity book (workbook for you not the student) that accompanies the book, available at Amazon. Hope this gives you some ideas. ;-) Rebecca On Feb 26, 2008, at 11:16 PM, Deidra & Jim Chandler wrote:
> You might also try using a whisper phone. I have used one with my > tutored > students before when helping with vowel sounds. They practice making > the > short vowel sound into the phone. It makes them more attentive to the > sound > they are producing and are more likely to produce an accurate sound. > Also > make sure the child has something to connect the sound to like an > object > (i.e.. short e is the beginning sound of egg, elephant,). Also, model a > distinct difference in facial and tongue position when making the > short e > sound versus the short i sound. I have mine smile for the short i and > have a > more open mouth for the short e sound. Word sorts will also help with > the > distinguishing of short vowel sounds. But most importantly, make sure > they > make the mouth position correctly to help encourage the correct sound > production. > > Deidra Chandler, NC > MA Early Childhood Ed > MA Reading > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Isabella Lucia Scivetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:59 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] vowel sounds > > >> I am currently tutoring a first grade student who is having difficulty >> with her vowel sounds, especially /e/. She sometimes confuses the /e/ >> sound with /a/ or /i/. When I ask her to spell a word like ?met? she >> would spell ?mat?, and when I asked her to sound it out she would >> sound out met. I know ?e? is one of the most difficult vowels because >> it sounds so similar to the ?a? and ?i?. Does anyone have any >> activities or suggestions of how I could help her with this? I noticed >> people have been talking about ?Words Their Way? and I think I?ll try >> out a sorting activity. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
