/th/ Mixed Sentences
Short sentences loaded with voiceless th for sentence-level practice.
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How to run it
Model, repeat, then produce independently. Think about the thick thread has three targets in five words and puts two of them in clusters, so leave it until the others are stable rather than opening with it. Beth thinks about math is a good middle case — three targets in initial, medial and final position across one short sentence. Five minutes is a full pass.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentShow the card and let the student say the whole sentence on their own.Log as correct
- Visual cuePoint to your mouth, or show the mouth picture for /th/, before the student tries again.Log as cued
- Verbal modelSay the sentence at a natural pace; the student repeats it.Log as cued
- Placement cueTongue tip peeks out between your teeth. Blow air gently over it: voice off for 'think', voice on for 'this'.Log as cued
Adjust it
Drop to phrases: pull out the /th/ word with one word in front of it.
Move to conversation: ask a question about the sentence and listen for /th/ in the answer.
Matching IEP goal
Given sentence cards, Student will produce /th/ in sentences in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than a visual cue.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
Eight sentences carrying several /th/ words each: Thursday is my birthday. I brush my teeth in the bathroom. The moth flew over the path. Beth thinks about math. Both boys walked north. Timothy took a bath. My tooth fell out on Thursday. Think about the thick thread. The last one is a tongue-twister and is the hardest here by a distance.
What to listen for
Listen for position effects inside the sentence. These mix initial /th/ in Thursday and think with medial in birthday and bathroom and final in teeth and math, and most students are stronger in one position. Watch thick thread, where the /th/ sits in a cluster with /r/ and the tongue has to travel a long way quickly.
Carrying it home
One sentence a day is realistic. Thursday is my birthday is short, memorable and contains two targets, which makes it a better home sentence than the tongue-twister.
What's in this activity
- Thursday is my birthday.
- The moth flew over the path.
- Beth thinks about math.
- Both boys walked north.
- Timothy took a bath.
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Questions
- What grades is this for?
- Second through fifth, for students accurate on /th/ in single words.
- Is it free?
- Yes, all eight sentences play with no account.
- Accuracy drops here compared to word level. Is that expected?
- Entirely. The drop from word to sentence is the normal pattern and is why sentence level is a separate step. Shorten the sentence rather than going back to single words.
Use this board with your caseload
With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.
Track progress freeFree for SLPs. No card, no trial clock.