About this activity
Twelve wh-questions about a picture, each asking for the student's target sound in the answer: who is in the picture, use your best sound; what is she doing; where is the dog sitting; why is the boy running; what will happen next; what sound do you hear at the start of that word. The design combines an articulation target with a language demand, which is how conversation actually works.
How to use it in a session
Require a full-sentence answer rather than a word. The dog is sitting under the table has several opportunities for a target sound and the language structure the question was asking for; under does neither. The prediction question — what will happen next — is the hardest and produces the longest answers, which makes it the best one for carryover. Ten minutes covers several questions.
What to listen for
Listen for accuracy dropping as the language demand rises. A student accurate when naming and inaccurate when explaining is showing the real carryover picture — the sound is available when attention is free and not when it is spent on content. Watch the why questions, which produce the longest answers and the biggest drop.
Carrying it home
Any photograph works, and questions about it are a normal conversation. Asking who, what and where about a picture on a phone takes a minute and produces real sentences.
Questions
- What grades is this for?
- First through fourth, for students at the carryover stage with any target sound.
- Is it free?
- Yes, all twelve prompts play with no account.
- Why combine articulation with questions?
- Because conversation does. A sound that survives a naming task and disappears when the student has to think about content has not carried over, and this board makes that visible.