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Speech Sounds: Assessment Tip
By: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (2004)

Hearing the difference between similar sounding words such as grow and glow is easy for most children, but not for all children.

Speech Sounds: Watch & Learn
By: Reading Rockets (2004)

These four short video clips give you the chance to watch and learn effective speech sound activities. The video clips are from Reading Rockets' PBS television series Launching Young Readers. video

Speech Sounds: Suggested Activities
By: Reading Rockets (2004)

Children must understand how speech sounds work to be ready for instruction in reading and writing. There are many activities that you can do with your students to help them increase their knowledge of speech sounds and their relationship to letters.

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