Question of the Week 4/23-4/27

Question:  Where should your tongue be when you say the /s/ sound?

Answer:  BEHIND your teeth!  Remember you want to keep the snake in the cage!

Question of the Week 4/16-4/20

Question:  When you describe an object using your sense of sight, what specifically are you telling about?

Answer:  1.  Color (ex:  blue, green, pink)
                2.  Shape (ex:  circle, oval, square)
                3.  Size (ex:  huge, tiny, little)
                4.  Distinctive Feature (ex:  what makes that object different from others)

So to describe an apple using your sense of sight you could say it is red, green, or yellow; it is round; it is small; and it has a core with seeds.

Question of the Week 4/10-4/13

Question:  What vowel sounds are called "smile" sounds?

Answer:  ee as in "eek", i as in "it", e as in "Ed", ae as in "ate", a as in "at", and u as in "up"

Question of the Week 3/26-3/30

Question:

Name three things in these categories:

movies

cities

musicians

Possible Answers:

3 movies=Up, Hugo, The Lorax

3 cities= Neenah, Appleton, Chicago

3 musicians= Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas

Question of the Week 3/19-3/23

Question: What speech sounds are called "Tip Tappers"?

Answer: the /t/ and /d/ sounds.

Question of the Week 3/12-3/16

Question: What question could you ask to find out:

the time

the name of the substitute teacher

the way to the park

Possible Answers:

What time is it?

What is your name?

How do you get to Washington Park?

Question of the Week 3/5-3/9

Question: What speech sounds are called "tongue coolers"?

Answer: th as in the word THumb. This /th/ sound is produced with your voice box (larynx) "off"

th as in the word THe. This /th/ sound is produced with your voice box (larynx) "on".