Carrie+Sheehan

I used 1st through 4th graders to blog
 * __Participating Class/Students__

__Blog Project Outline__** Students would go on to my Blog page on my website, locate the sounds that they were working on, and then answered the question about their sounds, (ie. What do you need to do to say a good "s" sound?)

As a speech teacher, you remind students every day that they come what sounds they work on and what they need to remember to do to say them correctly. This was very interesting to see if students remembered their sounds and then if they also remembered what they have to do to say it correctly. I would have the students look in a small mirror as they were over at the computers and to write about what they saw the different parts of their mouth doing. Then I reviewed all the comments with each student and some students corrected wording and changed some of the tips that they had given. This was a great assessment to see how much the students have retained and use in everyday conversation.
 * __Blog Outcome and Self-Reflection__**

__Participating Class/Students__ ** 4th grade students

Taking tips from the blog, a brief skit was created to explain the tips to produce a good /s/ sound. 5 students took turns reading the skit and changing characters.
 * __Podcast Project Outline__**

It was exciting to see the students get excited about discussing their sounds. They had a lot of fun using characters to practice their sounds. It was funny because some kids had a difficult time saying their sound the wrong way for the beginning of the skit. Also, some kids then had a difficult time producing a good sound when they should have. This was a great experience and the positive response from the students has shown me that this is something that we will continue to do throughout the school year and with different grade levels. Students enjoyed making the characters and thinking of a quick skit.
 * __Podcast Outcome and Self-Reflection__**