Activity #6: Basketball
Materials: *Hoop and ball from dollar store *Dollar Store container *basketball cut outs
To Play: Students say their speech sound word for the specified number of times (I have 50 paper basketballs, so I have student say words 2 times, then put a basketball in...this way in 5 minutes we will near the 100 mark!). Just before time is up, we take the paper basketballs out and the students "shoot" the actual ball 3 times.
Another "inherited" speech room cabinet find: an Essential Sounds puzzle. (This one is great because the puzzle contains many R words when finished.) The student says the word on the back of the puzzle piece, says it again (or in a sentence if at the sentence level) and puts the puzzle piece in (the word on the back of the piece will match the word written on the puzzle back). This is an easy adaptation for any artic sound, especially if you can find a picture that has several words with that articulation sound.
Activity #8: Sentence Strips
Having an envelope of sentences starters available is great! Just have the student read the sentence (oral reading practice), then finish the sentence with the card on the top of the pile. These can become pretty silly!