/th/ Carry-Over Conversation Starters
Articulation · Grades 3–8 · 10 cards · about 15 min
Open-ended topics whose obligatory content words carry /th/, for carry-over into connected and spontaneous speech.
Tell me about your birthday. Describe everything you would want that day, from the morning through to the evening.
Say it out loud
What's in this activity
- Tell me about your birthday. Describe everything you would want that day, from the morning through to the evening.
- Explain how to brush your teeth properly. Cover the toothbrush, the timing, and everything people skip.
- Describe the weather this month compared with the weather three months ago.
- Talk about your brother, your sister, or another person in your family. Tell me three things about them.
- Describe a path or a trail you have walked. Tell me what was north of it and whether you would go there again.
- Tell me about something you think everybody should learn. Explain your thinking, and whether the school would go for it.
- Describe a math problem or a puzzle that took you thirty minutes. Talk me through how you got there.
- Talk about two things you do together with your family, and one thing you would rather do without them.
- Explain the healthiest thing you ate this week and the least healthy. Compare them.
- Describe a Thursday from beginning to end. Tell me whether it feels different from the other days.