Idioms
What do people say when it's raining really hard outside?
It's raining cats and dogs!
I can be used to swing. I'm an animal that flies at night.
A bat
Describe the "easy start" or "easy onset" speech strategy. Read the paragraph provided using easy starts.
An easing in technique to help someone begin a word or phrase more easily, a "slowing down" at the start of a word, phrase or sentence. Read the paragraph provided using easy starts.
Tell us how you feel about snow?
Amazing!
They gived me four presents on my birthday.
given
gaved
give
gave
GAVE
What does it mean to "open a can of worms?"
Start a complicated new problem
I'm something you can put on toast. I'm something that happens in traffic or on the highway. I'm another word for stuck.
Jam
Why can slowing down our speech rate help with fluency?
It allows us to better plan what we want to say and helps our mouth catch up to our brain! Read the following passage using slow rate.
Answer a question posed by the teacher
Spectacular!
I see one goose.
I see ten _________________
Geese
Don't burn your bridges!
Don't ruin a relationship with someone
I can make you cool. If I'm famous, I have many of these.
Fan
Name one famous person that you know who stutters or who stuttered at some point in their lives.
Joe Biden
Nicole Kidman
Ed Sheeran
Tiger Woods
Read the passage provided by the teacher
SUPER!
I growed vegetables in my garden last year.
1.grew
2.grow
3. growed
4. sow
GREW
What does it mean to "knock someone's socks off!"?
To really impress someone!
I mean the same thing as glue. I grow on trees. If you try hard and don't give up, you _____________ to it.
Stick
True or False? A repetition is when you hold on to a speech sound for too long
False
Read the passage provided by the teacher
Zebra!
The wolf howled. There were five ____ in the pack.
Wolfs
wolves
wolfes
wolfed
Wolves
You better put your nose to the grindstone!
This means to work hard for a very long time
I am a flower. I'm also a woman's name. I also mean "moved up". I begin with an "r"
Rose
True or False: Speaking loudly and quickly helps you to speak more fluently.
False
Make up a few sentences about a Zebra who sleeps too much.
Zowie! You're amazing!
The shelf is broken. Actually, all five _______ are broken.
shelves