Present Notes:
On this episode of SLP Espresso Discuss, Hallie tackles the often-overlooked ability of phrase segmentation. She discusses the challenges of instructing segmentation to older college students and supplies 5 no-prep, age-appropriate actions that hook up with their pursuits. Whether or not you are an SLP seeking to improve your remedy classes or in search of recent concepts to inspire your college students, this episode is filled with sensible methods and enjoyable approaches to make phrase segmentation related and fascinating!
Here is what we discovered:
- Phrase segmentation is crucial for decoding, spelling, and vocabulary comprehension.
- SLPs are outfitted to show segmentation as a part of their scope of follow.
- Fast, related follow might be built-in into current remedy classes with out intensive prep.
- Participating actions might be tailor-made to college students’ pursuits and real-world contexts.
- Motion and competitors can improve reminiscence and engagement in studying.
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00:00:00 Hallie: Hey. Hey. And welcome to a different episode of SLP Espresso Discuss, the podcast the place we hold speech remedy actual, sensible, and enjoyable, particularly to your older speech college students. As a result of I do know it could possibly be a problem to maintain them motivated and discover sensible assets for them. And I’m your SLP that will help you inspire these older college students.
00:00:23 Hallie: Hello. I am Hallie Sherman. And as we speak, we’re gonna be diving right into a ability that’s usually missed in center faculty and highschool and even higher elementary, however it’s so necessary. And that’s phrase segmentation. I not too long ago requested my SLP elevate members to throw me curve balls and share with me some difficult blended teams that they’ve that they are combating. And considered one of them had a phrase segmentation pupil purpose of their group.
00:00:50 Hallie: And I had a lot enjoyable arising with concepts for them that I needed to have the ability to create a complete podcast episode on this subject. So should you ever had a pupil who stumbles over longer phrases when studying aloud, misspells phrases in unpredictable methods, struggles to pronounce multisyllabic phrases precisely, or has problem understanding new vocabulary and content material areas, then phrase segmentation may be the lacking piece.
00:01:15 Hallie: However right here is the problem. We will not train it the identical manner as we’d do for our youthful speech college students. They are not going to clap out some syllables for us. Let’s be actual. Excessive, eye rolls, daggers, all that enjoyable stuff. And so they’re not gonna play with that Elkonin bins. These bins the place they’re like transferring chips into them and placing their finger on the bins. They’re gonna offer you a aspect eye. If you wish to get your center faculty and highschool college students mad, that is one option to do it. So we will not do issues the identical manner as we’d for our youthful college students.
00:01:47 Hallie: So as we speak, I am gonna cowl the way you get segmentation matches into phonological consciousness, why it’s in our scope as SLPs, the best way to inform when a pupil wants segmentation assist, why us as SLPs usually keep away from engaged on it, and a 5 no prep actions that may make it participating and straightforward and age acceptable to work on this purpose. So seize your espresso, and let’s get into it.
00:02:10 Hallie: So how does phrase segmentation match into phonological consciousness? After we consider phonological consciousness as SLPs, we frequently consider rhyming, mixing sounds, manipulating phonemes, like deleting or substituting sounds, syllable consciousness. However phrase segmentation is a key a part of this framework. It’s truly the flexibility to interrupt phrases down into their syllables or significant elements. And that’s important for our college students to have the ability to decode. Proper? For to be able to decode, they want to have the ability to break down phrases into smaller, manageable chunks for studying.
00:02:46 Hallie: In fact, if it decoding, it is also gonna influence spelling, understanding how phrases are structured. Phrase retrieval, when college students battle to recall or say multisyllabic phrases, and it can also influence morphological consciousness, understanding prefixes, suffixes, and roots. So if our college students cannot phase phrases, they may battle with studying fluency, comprehension, and even spoken language. So ding, ding, ding. That’s our scope of follow.
00:03:12 Hallie: So why us as SLPs ought to we be engaged on this? Generally we assume segmentation is the studying specialist job. And lots of the issues we work on in speech, we frequently, you recognize, surprise whose position actually is it. However us as SLPs, we are able to give attention to – we do give attention to phonological consciousness, morphology, and language processing, all of which is related to segmentation.
00:03:34 Hallie: And ASHA has made it clear that phonological consciousness, together with phrase segmentation, is inside our scope of follow. And we’re the language specialists. We’re the specialists of phonemes. Okay? So if a pupil is combating spelling, studying fluency, phrase retrieval, and even speech, you recognize, articulation with multisyllabic phrases, segmentation is a % one thing that we could possibly be engaged on.
00:04:01 Hallie: However we needn’t work on it in isolation. However we’ll get into that. How do we all know if a pupil is struggling and wishes assist with this? When you’re unsure whether or not or not we ought to be engaged on segmentation, listed below are some purple flags you’ll be able to search for. Studying and spelling struggles. Are they skipping elements of phrases once they’re studying? Are they struggling to interrupt phrases aside and spell them? Are they not producing multisyllabic phrases accurately? Are they inserting, deleting, mixing up syllables when saying multisyllabic phrases?
00:04:30 Hallie: Are they gradual and uneven when studying? Do they sound robotic or battle to decode massive phrases? There may be one thing that we are able to help the studying specialist with. And in addition, this can be a massive, massive one, vocabulary difficulties. Do they battle to grasp or keep in mind longer educational phrases? As a result of they may be combating these prefixes, suffixes, and root phrases. When you see any of those, you may wanna take into account tapping into and addressing their capability to phase phrases and serving to them break down phrases into manageable elements.
00:05:02 Hallie: Okay. So sure, the studying specialist may be engaged on it, however we are able to work on it with a special lens. So how can we – why do we frequently battle with this? Proper? We frequently battle understanding whether or not or not or the best way to train segmentation as a result of it usually feels prefer it’s a studying factor. We would really feel like we’re stepping on the studying trainer’s toes. And it isn’t as nicely often known as phoneme work. Proper? After we consider sounds, okay, that is our jam. Proper? Even simply syllables [inaudible] and another phonological consciousness stuff, it simply looks as if it ought to be extra of our factor.
00:05:36 Hallie: However we frequently give attention to phoneme degree duties, however neglect that segmenting complete phrases proper? Phrases are nonetheless language. That is nonetheless our jam. And we additionally do not have participating sufficient supplies for our older college students nonetheless to work on this ability. We frequently assume it has been addressed on the youthful ranges. It is a youthful SLP’s job. By the point they’re older, they need to have mastered this by now, however they may not have. And it is actually onerous to seek out participating supplies usually for older speech college students. Hey. That is why I began making my very own. However particularly for this ability, it is actually, actually difficult.
00:06:08 Hallie: So the actions that work for youthful college students really feel too infantile for our center faculty and excessive schoolers the place they do not see the way it’s related to them. They are not motivated by it. They’re like, “Why am I doing this?” However this is the excellent news. You do not want particular supplies only for segmentation to your older college students. You do not want elaborate, fancy, prep heavy supplies. You needn’t bust out your laminator or Velcro to have the ability to work on this ability along with your older speech college students.
00:06:36 Hallie: I am gonna share some 5 easy participating methods which you could work on this ability utilizing what you could have and simply enjoying easy, easy video games. So one, clap rap and clap segmentation. You’ll be able to select multisyllabic phrases associated to their pursuits, even and even curriculum. Sports activities, popular culture, profession associated phrases. And you may say the phrases collectively, then break it into syllables whereas tapping on a desk or making a beat. And you can also make a bit rap collectively. You’ll be able to problem them to rap or chant utilizing these segmented phrases.
00:07:07 Hallie: And it really works as a result of rhythm and motion truly enhance reminiscence and making it extra participating manner than simply saying the syllables. So, “Hey, we’re gonna make a rap collectively on, I do not know, the Tremendous Bowl that was simply on.” Or your favourite sports activities staff, we’re gonna make a wrap and faucet out the completely different syllables of the phrases. Okay. Like, that does not require any prep. It is arising with a theme, giving them a subject, and letting them jam.
00:07:33 Hallie: Exercise quantity two, hashtag it. What do you gotta do? Have college students take longer phrases and break it into syllables and switch it right into a enjoyable hashtag. You even can do it to – like, take some Google photographs and have them create hashtags on it after which faucet it out. So, that’s in #unbelievable or #motocrosschampion, no matter you’re looking an image at or they will even create hashtags about their weekend and inform about it, however then faucet it out. And why this works? Properly, it connects segmentation to social media tradition, which is making it related and fascinating.
00:08:09 Hallie: All proper. Exercise quantity three. Syllable code breaker. What do you gotta do? You’ll be able to write some multisyllabic phrases on index playing cards. Once more, easy simple prep. And you may even have college students do it for you. After which reduce them aside by syllables and blend it up. Have college students reassemble the phrases by placing the syllables so as. A bonus problem is you’ll be able to have them guess the that means of the phrases based mostly on the syllable clues.
00:08:32 Hallie: This works as a result of it gamifies segmentation and it additionally faucets into some downside fixing expertise. And should you’re struggling to provide you with some phrases, use their curriculum based mostly phrases, some vocabulary from their science or social based mostly curriculum, or popular culture, their pursuits. Allow them to have some enjoyable and have some possession of the phrases they’re deciding on. You are not simply choosing primary CBC phrases like they may have executed within the earlier grades. You are utilizing phrases which might be related to their world. Possibly Sephora, Stanley Cup, no matter you gotta do.
00:09:04 Hallie: Quantity 4. Performing it out. To play to do that exercise, you’ll be able to then give college students some multisyllabic phrases and problem them to behave out every syllable. So for instance, volcano. You’ll be able to act out vol, pretending to blow up. Cano, pretending to paddle a canoe. And this works since you’re instructing them the completely different elements of a phrase has a selected that means. And so they can look it up and study elements, prefixes, suffixes, and act it out whereas studying in regards to the completely different elements and mixing and placing all of it collectively. And this works as a result of it provides motion and makes it memorable to your kinesthetic learners.
00:09:39 Hallie: And the final exercise, online game boss ranges. What you are able to do is you’ll be able to fake every syllable is a boss in a online game and that college students must defeat it. Should say every syllable individually earlier than mixing it to win the sport. And in case your college students are players, they’re gonna love this exercise as a result of it is incorporating video video games, and it has a bit aggressive enjoyable twist whereas engaged on this ability.
00:10:04 Hallie: And your bonus exercise. If you’re an SLP Elevate member, all you gotta do is take any of the articles, any of the actions, pull out some a number of that means phrases, which might be related to the textual content that you just’re working with, put it on an index card, reduce up the syllables, and follow it earlier than studying the article. They’ll guess what the article is gonna be about. They’ll really feel extra ready and able to go when they’re attending to studying the precise story, and it is simply related to what you might be already doing.
00:10:32 Hallie: You are not making a complete separate exercise. You are simply taking the phrases out of the exercise that you just’re already doing and simply practising segmenting earlier than it. That is it. It could possibly be so simple as that. You do not essentially want – I gave you a complete bunch of enjoyable actions to follow, however you are able to do these issues rapidly after which go into the opposite exercise. You may not want a complete lesson simply on this purpose at hand. It could possibly be a blip, a fast little overview, one thing earlier than doing the complete remedy exercise. I am engaged on one thing else. Okay?
00:11:07 Hallie: I am supplying you with permission that you do not have to – like, you’ll be able to deal with one thing rapidly, simply, after which transfer on. However doing it over and over and giving that your college students the repetitive follow, constructing that routine in so that they know what is anticipated of them, however in addition they know why it’s related to their world.
00:11:24 Hallie: Phrase segmentation does not should be fancy or excessive prep. The bottom line is tying it into their actual world pursuits, making it really feel age acceptable. Be at liberty to make use of motion, downside fixing, competitors, and simply utilizing the actions that you have already got at hand. When you have older college students combating phrase breakdowns, strive a few of these no prep remedy actions that I shared with you right here as we speak.
00:11:48 Hallie: And as all the time, I would love to listen to from you. When you tried any of those actions or have one thing else that you’ve got tried, be happy to ship me a DM on Instagram at speech time enjoyable. Let me know which one you have tried. When you had any “aha” moments with this episode, perhaps simply realizing that that is one thing that we have to work on and the way it’s related to our scope of follow. I all the time love listening to from you guys how the following tips, tips, remedy concepts are inspiring and motivating you and supplying you with that jolt of inspiration that you just want.
00:12:17 Hallie: So thanks for tuning in to this week’s episode of SLP Espresso Discuss. And as all the time, I am gonna see you subsequent time. However earlier than we do, I’ve a joke as all the time. What’s the greatest time to clean your slinky? Throughout spring cleansing. All proper, everybody. Till subsequent week, keep out of hassle and have a ton of enjoyable.
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