SH & ZH
Week 3
Read Together!
(1) For 5 minutes, focus your reading time together on your child's target sound (this could be reading from the school, reading a cereal box together, or enjoying a story together).
If they are a strong reader, have them concentrate on producing their sound correctly as they read. (It might be helpful preparation for them to first point to each word they see that contains their sound on the page and THEN read the page.)
If reading is tricky or stressful, spend some time reading TO them and together you can practice words you find that contain their sound. (Ex: "Once upon a time...hey wait! Once ends in the SSSS sound. Let's say that word together: Once.")
(2) Click HERE each day you practice to submit your homework.
If your child cannot correctly produce the words you find even with your help, switch to modeling the words while your child watches and listens (you can have them give you a thumbs up or thumbs down if you say the sound correctly to keep them engaged).
Sides of tongue touch upper back teeth (like when saying "EEE")
Air goes through a central groove in the tongue
"SH" is quiet (voice off), "ZH" is loud (voice on)
light pink = where tongue touches top of mouth for this sound
Group 1
Initial "SH"
She
Show
Sheep
Shoe
Shop
Group 2
Initial "SH"
Shut
Shape
Share
Shake
Shade
Group 3
Final "SH"
Wash
Bush
Push
Trash
Cash
Group 4
Final "SH"
Wish
Dish
Fish
Finish
Leash
Group 5
Medial "SH"
Tissue
Washing
Cashew
Ocean
Machine
Group 6
"ZH"
(Note: "ZH" is not common in English, but is included because it is a helpful target for some students!)
Asia
Vision
Genre
Measure
Treasure
Homework Tip: While practicing these words, focus on the target sound ("SH" & "ZH").
Don't worry about errors on other sounds your student can't produce yet.
For example, if they can't say "L," and they say "weash" instead of "leash," that's okay because we're focusing on "SH."