Have any ideas/activities in teaching the final /sh/ sound?

Question

there are only a few websites containing activities on sounds... if you have ideas, please tell me..this is for 5 year olds or Kinder 1

Answer 1

Phonemic awareness

1.  Teach beginning, middle and end.

2.  Teach students to listen for the /sh/ sound at the beginning of words  (i.e., shoe, ship, show, shop, shape, shake, shine,, etc.)

3.  Practice auditory discrimination by asking them to listen to pairs of words and identify which pairs start with the same sound.   (i.e., shoe/shore - yes;    ship/boat - no;  shop/star -no,   shape/same - no, etc.).  

4. When they are confident in identifying the /sh/ sound at the beginning of words, then you can tell them that you are going to ask them to tell you where they hear the /sh/ sound in other words.  (i.e.,  wish,  wash,  fish, bush,  cash, blush,  flush,  flash, rush, mash, etc.).  They should be able to tell you that they hear it at the end.

5.  Practice discriminating the /sh/ sound at the end of words like in step 3 above.  (ie., wish/kick - no; wash/gush - yes, etc.)

6.  When they can identify the /sh/ sound at the beginning and the end of words, play auditory discrimination games with them to reinforce learning.

As the other answerer suggested, you can use pictures.

Decoding /sh/.

Write the words as you say them.  Point out the sh and ask the students to tell you the sound they hear when you say the word.

Answer 2

More info would be useful.  Where are you based?  Are your classes large?  Do the learners have this sound in their own language?  Are you talking about pronunciation only, or is reading integrated in the lesson?

I teach that sound to young learners who don't have it in their language.  Luckily, the classes are small, usually less than 15 students.  Basically, I model the sound seperately.  It helps that this sound is the same as the Shhh! sound we use to tell them to be quiet, so they can do the action as well.  Because of the small class size, I can model and elicit the sound with each student individually.  The students seem to enjoy practicing the sound discretely.  After that they have to practice it in the word it came up in in the first place.

If  you want to play a game with  it, 'slap' is an option.  The kids are numbered in teams.  A selection of words that the learners are familiar with are on the board.  Some of them have the final /sh/ sound.  I use hand outlines under each word as targets.  I say the word, then call a number.  Students have to run to slap the word.  The first one there has to say it three times.  Then they get the points.  You can also do this with pictures if the kids can't read yet.

Answer 3

My children learn and practice the sound with a picture:  sh in ship. They practice while looking at the picture and the letters saying sh in ship s.h. After the drill they are able to find the letters at the beginning and end of words and hear the sound at the beginning and end of words.

Answer 4

Print these out . . .

SH Worksheets:

http://www.free-phonics-worksheets.com/h...

http://www.edhelper.com/phonics/Consonan...

http://www.edhelper.com/phonics/Consonan...

http://www.edhelper.com/phonics/Consonan...

SH Puzzles:

http://www.edhelper.com/phonics/Consonan...

http://www.edhelper.com/phonics/Consonan...