Prosody activities

Hello, everyone! Andrea here from Reading Toward the Stars to focus on an important aspect of: What is prosody? Merriam-Webster says that it is the rhythm and pattern of sounds of poetry and language. But, what does that mean when we are teaching students to read? So many times when we teach fluency, the students think we just want them to read fast, but fluency is so much more than reading fast. We want students to read at a steady pace, not too fast; not too slow; but just right. To…

A prosody speech wheel from Bjorem Speech! #speechtherapist #speechtherapy #slp #bjoremspeech #childhoodapraxia

This past Wednesday, I shared a wonderful Roll-a-Dice Freebie for writing story starters (Check it the CF2 post here if you missed it!), but there's more where that came from! Check out my blog post from yesterday Roll-a-Dice Literacy Fun which features two new freebies using dice. Additional resources are provided for those interested in incorporating dice games into your classrooms through this post! Visit my blog post or access the freebies directly but clicking the pictures or links…

“While a majority of the SLPs surveyed agreed that prosody is within their scope of practice, they also reported that their knowledge and clinical training on assessing, diagnosing, and treating pr…

Oral Motor Exercises for Children, skills refer to the appropriate functioning and use of the facial muscles lips, jaw, tongue, cheeks etc.

ARE you reading fluently?

Fluency tends to be a commonly overlooked skill, but you can change that by learning about strategies for teaching fluency with your elementary students!

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Punctuation Scavenger Hunt Anchor Chart (pair with reader's theater & reading with expression to build prosody)