FOR HIGH SCHOOL

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 SLOSSON ORAL READING TEST (SORT)

Purpose:
The Slosson Oral Reading Test (SORT) is designed to assess a student's level of oral word
recognition, word calling or reading level. It is a quick screening test to determine a student’s
reading level.

How to Administer:

1. Say to the student “I am going to ask you read a list of words. You may not know all the
words but it is okay to make a mistake since this will help me to see all that you have
learned and where you might still need to learn more. It is very important that you try
your very best and let me know if it is just too hard for you to keep going on.”

2. Ask the student to read the grade level list. If the student gets all 20 words correct,
continue to have the student read the next grade level lists until the student is no longer
able to read any of the words on a list (ceiling level). If the student does not get all 20
words correct at their grade level, continue backward having the student read the lower
grade level lists until s/he gets all 20 words on a list correct (basal level). Allow the
student just enough time to say the word without hesitation. Mark correct words with a (
+ ) and incorrect words with a ( / ). If a student says another word for the word on the list
attempt to write the substitution down.

3. The ceiling level is the oral reading level of that particular student. S/he should go up on
that level until reaching the appropriate level.

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 SLOSSON ORAL READING TEST (SORT)
A Brief Measure of Reading Ability

LEVEL 5 LEVEL 7 LEVEL 9 LEVEL 11

1) eye 1) harness 1) installed 1) prairies

2) pill 2) price 2) importance 2) evident
3) fat 3) flakes 3) medicine 3) nucleus
4) skin 4) silence 4) rebellion 4) antique
5) throat 5) develop 5) infected 5) twilight
6) blood 6) promptly 6) responsible 6) memorandum
7) weight 7) serious 7) liquid 7) whimsical
8) stress 8) courage 8) tremendous 8) proportional
9) death 9) forehead 9) customary 9) intangible
10) liquid 10) distant 10) malicious 10) formulated
11) disease 11) anger 11) spectacular 11) articulate
12) drug 12) vacant 12) inventory 12) deprecate
13) mouth 13) appearance 13) yearning 13) remarkably
14) bottle 14) speechless 14) imaginary 14) contrasting
15) heart 15) region 15) consequently 15) irrelevance
16) risks 16) slumber 16) excellence 16) supplement
17) diet 17) future 17) dungeon 17) inducement
18) teaspoon 18) claimed 18) detained 18) nonchalant
19) period 19) common 19) abundant 19) exuberant
20) stomach 20) dainty 20) compliments 20) grotesque

LEVEL 6 LEVEL 8 LEVEL 10 LEVEL 12

1) fever 1) cushion 1) administer 1) traverse

2) pimple 2) generally 2) tremor 2) affable
3) virus 3) extended 3) environment 3) compressible
4) calories 4) custom 4) counterfeit 4) excruciating
5) allergy 5) tailor 5) crisis 5) pandemonium
6) marijuana 6) haze 6) industrious 6) scrupulous
7) pelvic 7) gracious 7) approximate 7) primordial
8) asthma 8) dignity 8) society 8) chastisement
9) emergency 9) terrace 9) architecture 9) sojourn
10) infection 10) applause 10) malignant 10) panorama
11) exercise 11) jungle 11) pensive 11) facsimile
12) medicine 12) fragrant 12) standardize 12) auspicious
13) violence 13) interfere 13) exhausted 13) contraband
14) prevention 14) marriage 14) reminiscence 14) envisage
15) suicide 15) profitable 15) intricate 15) futility
16) depression 16) define 16) contemporary 16) enamoured
17) prescription 17) obedient 17) attentively 17) gustatory
18) abnormal 18) ambition 18) compassionate 18) decipher
19) injury 19) presence 19) complexion 19) inadequacy
20) ointment 20) merchant 20) continuously 20) simultaneous

NAME OF STUDENT: ____________________________ GRADE/SECTION: ______________________

BASAL LEVEL: __________________________________ CEILING LEVEL: ________________________
PRE-TEST: ______ POST-TEST: ______ DATE: _______________________________

NAME OF READING TEACHER: __________________________________ 4

 SLOSSON ORAL READING TEST (SORT)
EVALUATION SHEET

Name of Student: ___________________________________________________

Grade and Section: _________________________________________________

Date of First Screening Test: _________________________________________

Ceiling Level: ___________________________________
Basal Level: _____________________________________

Date of Second Screening Test: _____________________________________

Ceiling Level: ___________________________________

Date of Third Screening Test: ________________________________________

Ceiling Level: ___________________________________

Date of Fourth Screening Test: ________________________________________

Ceiling Level: ___________________________________

Date of Fifth Screening Test: ________________________________________

Ceiling Level: ___________________________________

Recommendation: (please check)

_______ The student is ready for the final reading assessment with the reading
coordinator.
_______ The student is not ready for the final reading assessment and needs
more reading practice until __________________.

____________________________________
Name and Signature of Reading Teacher

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FORT - FORM 1 – (Student Copy)

FRY ORAL READING TEST – STUDENT PASSAGES

Passage 1:

Three more cowboys tried their best to rope and tie a calf as quickly as Red, but none of
them came within ten seconds of his time. Then came the long, thin cowboy. He was the last
one to enter the contest.

Passage 2:

High in the hills they came to a wide ledge where trees grew among the rocks. Grass
grew in patches and the ground was covered with bits of wood from trees blown over a long
time ago and dried by the sun. Down in the valley it was already beginning to get dark.

Passage 3:

Businessmen from suburban areas may travel to work in helicopters, land on the roof of
an office building, and thus avoid city traffic jams. Families can spend more time at summer
homes and mountain cabins through the use of this marvelous craft. People on farms can
reach city centers quickly for medical service, shopping, entertainment, or sale of products.

Passage 4:

The President of the United States was speaking. His audience comprised two thousand
foreign-born men who had just been admitted to citizenship. They listened intently, their faces
aglow with the light of a newborn patriotism, upturned to the calm, intellectual face of the
first citizen of the country they now claimed as their own.

Passage 5:

It was a library. In the center stood a huge table covered with pamphlets, among which
some newspapers, long out of date, were visible. Electric light flooded this whole harmonious
totality, falling from four frosted half globes set in the scrollwork of the ceiling. I stared in
genuine wonderment at this room so ingeniously laid out, and I couldn't believe my eyes.

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FORT - FORM 2 – (Teacher’s Copy)

Name: ______________________________ Grade/Section: _________________

Date: _________________________ Reading Teacher: ____________________
Direction: While the student reads each passage, underline his errors (words/ punctuation
marks) on this form.

FRY ORAL READING TEST – STUDENT PASSAGES

TESTING No. _____

Passage 1:

Three more cowboys tried their best to rope and tie a calf as quickly as Red, but none of
them came within ten seconds of his time. Then came the long, thin cowboy. He was the last
one to enter the contest.

Passage 2:

High in the hills they came to a wide ledge where trees grew among the rocks. Grass
grew in patches and the ground was covered with bits of wood from trees blown over a long
time ago and dried by the sun. Down in the valley it was already beginning to get dark.

Passage 3:

Businessmen from suburban areas may travel to work in helicopters, land on the roof of
an office building, and thus avoid city traffic jams. Families can spend more time at summer
homes and mountain cabins through the use of this marvelous craft. People on farms can
reach city centers quickly for medical service, shopping, entertainment, or sale of products.

Passage 4:

The President of the United States was speaking. His audience comprised two thousand
foreign-born men who had just been admitted to citizenship. They listened intently, their faces
aglow with the light of a newborn patriotism, upturned to the calm, intellectual face of the
first citizen of the country they now claimed as their own.

Passage 5:

It was a library. In the center stood a huge table covered with pamphlets, among which
some newspapers, long out of date, were visible. Electric light flooded this whole harmonious
totality, falling from four frosted half globes set in the scrollwork of the ceiling. I stared in
genuine wonderment at this room so ingeniously laid out, and I couldn't believe my eyes.

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FORT - FORM 3 – (Record Form)

Name of Student: __________________________ Grade/ Section: _______________

FRY ORAL READING TEST - Record Form
DIRECTION: Student reads aloud from student copy. Teacher marks this copy. If student can’t read a word or
mispronounces it, just say “Go on” and count it as an error (underline word). Do not tell the
student the missed word.
PASSAGE LEVEL 1ST 2ND 3RD
TESTING TESTING TESTING
Passage 1: ERRORS
Three more cowboys tried their best to rope 0-2 Independent ___ ___ ___
and tie a calf as quickly as Red, but none of 3-4 Instructional ___ ___ ___
them came within ten seconds of his time. Then 5-6 Frustration ___ ___ ___
came the long, thin cowboy. He was the last one
to enter the contest. SPEED Fast ___ ___ ___
Average ___ ___ ___
Slow ___ ___ ___
Very Slow ___ ___ ___
Passage 2:
High in the hills they came to a wide ledge ERRORS
where trees grew among the rocks. Grass grew
in patches and the ground was covered with bits 0-2 Independent ___ ___ ___
of wood from trees blown over a long time ago 3-4 Instructional ___ ___ ___
and dried by the sun. Down in the valley it was 5-6 Frustration ___ ___ ___
already beginning to get dark.
SPEED Fast ___ ___ ___
Average ___ ___ ___
Slow ___ ___ ___
Very Slow ___ ___ ___

Passage 3: ERRORS
Businessmen from suburban areas may travel to 0-2 Independent ___ ___ ___
work in helicopters, land on the roof of an office 3-4 Instructional ___ ___ ___
building, and thus avoid city traffic jams. 5-6 Frustration ___ ___ ___
Families can spend more time at summer homes
and mountain cabins through the use of this SPEED Fast ___ ___ ___
marvelous craft. People on farms can reach city Average ___ ___ ___
centers quickly for medical service, shopping, Slow ___ ___ ___
entertainment, or sale of products. Very Slow ___ ___ ___

Passage 4:
The President of the United States was ERRORS
speaking. His audience comprised two thousand 0-2 Independent ___ ___ ___
foreign-born men who had just been admitted 3-4 Instructional ___ ___ ___
to citizenship. They listened intently, their faces 5-6 Frustration ___ ___ ___
aglow with the light of a newborn patriotism,
upturned to the calm, intellectual face of the SPEED Fast ___ ___ ___
first citizen of the country they now claimed as Average ___ ___ ___
their own. Slow ___ ___ ___
Very Slow ___ ___ ___
Passage 5:
It was a library. In the center stood a huge table ERRORS
covered with pamphlets, among which some 0-2 Independent ___ ___ ___
newspapers, long out of date, were visible. 3-4 Instructional ___ ___ ___
Electric light flooded this whole harmonious 5-6 Frustration ___ ___ ___
totality, falling from four frosted half globes set
in the scrollwork of the ceiling. I stared in SPEED Fast ___ ___ ___
genuine wonderment at this room so Average ___ ___ ___
ingeniously laid out, and I couldn't believe my Slow ___ ___ ___
eyes. Very Slow ___ ___ ___

DATE: Student’s Signature: __________________________________

1st Testing: ________________ - _______________ NAME & SIGNATURE OF READING TEACHER
2nd Testing: ________________ - _______________ Position: __________________________
3rd Testing: ________________ - _______________ Department: __________________________
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Read Aloud Worksheets
Reading aloud encourages students to practice their oral and pronunciation
skills. The student will read first the passage while the teacher is observing.
After that, the teacher will give some corrections for improvement or
he/she might demonstrate the proper way of reading.

Read Aloud Activity 1

Laptop Computers

Laptop computers are small portable computers. They weigh

from two to six pounds and are easy to carry. Most people carry

their laptop computer in a padded case that has a handle. The

case protects the laptop. A laptop computer is different from a

desktop computer. Laptops are smaller, lighter, and sometimes

they have less storage space. Laptop computers allow users to

check their email, write letters, and browse the Internet while

they are away from their home or office. Most laptops cost

from $400 to over $1,500.

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Read Aloud Activity 2

Time Change

Twice a year, people in the United States change the time on

their clocks and watches. In spring they turn their clocks

forward one hour. In fall they turn them back one hour. The

time change means that in spring people lose an hour and in fall

they gain an hour.

There is a saying to help us remember which way to turn our

clocks: “Spring forward and fall back.”

Most people change their clocks on Saturday evening before

they go to bed. Then when they wake up on Sunday, their clocks

are correct. Remember to change your clocks.

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Read Aloud Activity 3

Opera

Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe,

in which the emotional content is conveyed to the audience as
much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is
through the lyrics. By contrast, in musical theater an actor's
dramatic performance is primary, and the music plays a lesser
role. The drama in opera is presented using the primary
elements of theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting.
However, the words of the opera, or libretto, are sung rather
than spoken. The singers are accompanied by a musical ensemble
ranging from a small instrumental ensemble to a full symphonic
orchestra.

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Read Aloud Activity 4

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the

sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been
common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins,
the more we realize that their society is more complex than
people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when
they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest
in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested
that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that
they communicate with each other without needing words. Could
any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly
the most common argument in favor of man's superiority over
them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is
the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover
about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior
when we destroy them.

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Read Aloud Activity 5

Unsinkable Ship

Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but

the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic
surely should have never have happened. It was well designed
and carefully maintained. It carried the proper number of
lifeboats. It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal
voyage. Yet hours later, the Estonia rolled over and sank in a
cold, stormy night. It went down so quickly that most of those
on board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to
save themselves: Of those who managed to scramble overboard,
only 139 survived. The rest died of hypothermia before the
rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea. The final death
toll amounted to 912 souls. However, there were an unpleasant
number of questions about why the Estonia sank and why so
many survivors were men in the prime of life, while most of the
dead were women, children and the elderly.

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Read Aloud Activity 6

Erosion in America

Erosion of America's farmland by wind and water has

been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and
grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By
the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were
damaged by erosion. After 40 years of conservation
efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demands
placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years
ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes
are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's
most critical natural resource problem.

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Read Aloud Activity 7

Atmosphere of Venus

Data from the Pioneer spacecraft of NASA apparently

prove the theory that the high surface temperature of Venus is
due to an atmospheric greenhouse effect caused mainly by a
blanket of carbon dioxide. Such a greenhouse effect is created
when energy in the form of sunlight easily passes through a
planet's atmosphere, warms its surface, and is converted to
heat radiation that is then held in by the atmosphere from top
to bottom. Venus has a relatively thin atmosphere like the
Earth's, but Venus' atmosphere consists of more than ninety
percent carbon dioxide, compared to less than four percent in
that of the Earth. Because of its higher percentage of carbon
dioxide, Venus' atmosphere traps much more heat radiation
than does the Earth's. Thus, the Venus studies are believed to
be important to the understanding of possible adverse effects
on the Earth's agriculture that could result from the long-term
use of fossil fuels, which add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

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Read Aloud Activity 8

How Does Brain Work?

Theories about how brain works remain a topic of debate.

It is agreed, though, that the hippocampus, a part of the brain,
is undeniably important for memory. When we experience
something, the information is sent via our senses to the
hippocampus, where it is processed. Scientists believe that
brain cells called neurons first transform the sensory stimuli we
experience into images in our immediate memory. Then, these
images are sent to the hippocampus and stored temporarily in
short term memory. In the hippocampus information is
organized, and it is during this process that parts of the image
of our experience fade away. Finally, certain information is then
transferred to long term memory in a section in the frontal lobe
of the brain known as the cerebral cortex. Scientists think this
process may happen while we are sleeping, but exactly how the
information is transferred from one area of the brain to
another is a mystery.

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Read Aloud Activity 9

The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle occupies a disturbing and almost

unbelievable place in the world's catalog of unexplained
mysteries. More than a hundred planes and ships have vanished
in this area into the air since 1945, and more than a thousand
lives have been lost, without a single body or even a piece
wreckage from the vanishing planes or ships having been found.
Many of the planes concerned have vanished while in normal
radio contact with their base until the very moment of their
disappearance, while others have radioed the most
extraordinary messages, implying that they could not get their
instruments to function, that their compasses were spinning,
that the sky had turned yellow and hazy on a clear day, and the
ocean, which was calm nearby, didn't look right without further
clarification of what was wrong.

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Read Aloud Activity 10

Sunset

When the air is clear, the sunset will appear yellow,

because the light from the sun has passed a long distance
through air and the blue light has been scattered away. If the
air is polluted with small particles, natural or otherwise, the
sunset will be more red. Sunsets over the sea may also be
orange, due to salt particles in the air. The sky around the sun
is seen reddened, as well as the light coming directly from the
sun. This is because all light is scattered relatively well through
small angles, but blue light is then more likely to be scattered
twice over the greater distances, leaving the yellow, red and
orange colors.

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Read Aloud Activity 11

Ultralight Airplanes

An ultralight airplane is very different from a conventional

airplane. It looks like a lawn chair with wings, weighs no more
than 254 pounds, flies up to 60 miles an hour, and carries about
5 gallons of fuel. Most ultralights are sold as kits and take
about 40 hours to assemble. Flying an ultralight is so easy that
a pilot with no experience can fly one. Accidents are rarely
fatal or even serious because the ultralight lands so slowly and
gently and carries so little fuel. Some models now have
parachutes attached, while others have parachute packs which
pilots can wear.

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Read Aloud Activity 12

Practice of Medicine

Modern scientific and technological developments in the

practice of medicine and public health have drawn nursing into
new and wider fields of activity, and its functions have been
expanded accordingly. Therefore, nursing is no longer limited
mainly to activities within the hospital, or to what is called
curative nursing. It has become also a community service in
which preventive and rehabilitative functions are a vital part of
its program. The modern concept of nursing considers the
hospital, however central, as only one of many health agencies in
the community.

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Read Aloud Activity 13

Traffic Accidents

Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from

uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and
moral rights of others. So the massacre on the road may be
regarded as a social problem. Safety standards for vehicle have
been raised both at the point of manufacture and through
periodic road-worthiness inspections. In addition, speed limits
have been lowered. Due to these measures, the accident rate
has decreased. But the accident experts still worry because
there has been little or no improvement in the way drivers
behave.

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Read Aloud Activity 14

Human Developing

When early humans hunted and gathered food, they were not in
control of their environment. They could only interact with
their surroundings as lower organisms did. When humans
learned to make fire, however, they became capable of altering
their environment. To provide themselves with fuel they
stripped bark from trees, causing the trees to die. Clearings
were burned in forests to increase the growth of grass and to
provide a greater grazing area for the wild animals that humans
fed upon. This development led to farming and the
domestication of animals. Fire also provided the means for
cooking plants which had previously been inedible. Only when
the process of meeting the basic need for food reached a
certain level of sophistication was it possible for humans to
follow other pursuits such as the founding of cities.

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Read Aloud Activity 15
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Mother Tongue

First language, also known as mother tongue, is generally

the language a person learns first. However, one can have two
or more native languages thus being a native bilingual or indeed
multilingual. The order in which these languages are learned is
not necessarily the order of proficiency. Incomplete first
language skills often make learning other languages difficult.
Often a child learns the basics of his or her first language or
languages from his or her family. The term mother tongue,
however, should not be interpreted to mean that it is the
language of one's mother. For instance, in some paternal
societies, the wife moves in with the husband and thus may have
a different first language or dialect than the local language of
the husband. Yet their children usually only speak their local
language.

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Read Aloud Activity 16

The Great Hanshin Earthquake

The Great Hanshin earthquake, or the Kobe earthquake as

it is more commonly known overseas, was an earthquake in Japan
that measured 7.2 on the Japanese Scale. It occurred on
January 17, 1995 at 5:46 am 52 seconds in the southern part of
Hyogo Prefecture and lasted for approximately 20 seconds. The
epicenter of the earthquake was on the northern end of Awaji
Island, near the cosmopolitan city of Kobe with a population of
1.5 million. A total of 6,433 people, mainly in the city of Kobe,
lost their lives. Additionally, it caused approximately ten trillion
yen in damage. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as
the costliest natural disaster. It was the worst .earthquake in
Japan since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, which claimed
140,000 lives.

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Read Aloud Activity 17

Film-Making

In the 1920s, new technology allowed filmmakers to attach

to each film a soundtrack of speech, music and sound effects
synchronized with the action on the screen. These sound films
were initially distinguished by calling them talking pictures, or
talkies. The next major step in the development of cinema was
the introduction of color. While the addition of sound to film
revolutionized the medium, quickly driving out silent movies,
color was adopted more gradually. The public was relatively
indifferent to color photography as opposed to black-and-white.
But as color processes improved and became as affordable as
black-and-white film, more and more movies were filmed in
color after the end of World War II, as the industry in
America came to view color an essential to attracting audiences
in its competition with television, which remained a black-and-
white medium until the mid-60s. By the end of the 1960s, color
had become the norm for filmmakers.

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Read Aloud Activity 18

World War I

Many consider World War I to have been the first modern

war, a total war where the civilian populations were deliberately
endangered as a direct tactic of war, which has continued in all
subsequent wars. While civilians have always died in wars, World
War I made civilian casualties accepted and commonplace, from,
for example, aerial bombardment. All aspects of the societies
fighting were affected by the conflict, often causing profound
social change, even if the countries were not in the war zone.

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Read Aloud Activity 19

What is Tic?

A tic is a repeated, impulsive action, reflexive in nature,

which the actor feels powerless to control or avoid. Only when
the individual performs the tic, is tension and anxiety released
within the individual with a tic disorder. Tics can be triggered
by an emotional state or sensation, or can happen for no obvious
reason. General types of tics include verbal tics, facial tics, and
other muscular tics. Physical and psychological therapy and
medication can cause tics to go away, often permanently.
Muscular tics look something like twitches or quick grimaces,
and often affect the eyes and hands. Muscular tics can affect
multiple muscles at once. Some forms of stuttering are caused
by muscular tics in the throat, tongue, or vocal cords when
speaking or preparing to speak.

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Read Aloud Activity 20

Fears of Children

Parents teach their children to be fearful and cautious of

specific dangers, such as fire or crossing the road. Anxiety can
be useful, because it helps protect the child from harm.
However, children can be fearful of situations or objects that
adults don't consider threatening. The sources of fear may
change as the child matures; for example, a fear of the dark or
monsters under the bed may give way to fears of burglary or
violence. Tactics that don't work include teasing the child for
being afraid, or compelling them to confront fearful situations.
Helping the child to deal with fear includes taking their feelings
seriously, encouraging them to talk about their anxieties, telling
them the facts, and giving them the opportunity to confront
their fears at their own pace and with your support.

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 1
Say these words out loud (short A sound):

1) fat
2) cat
3) rat
4) dad
5) add
6) mad
7) glad
8) exam
9) back
10) marriage
11) have
12) class
13) fast
14) after
15) am
16) animal
17) fast
18) last

Now say these sentences out loud (short A sound):

1) The fat cat is chasing after the rat.

2) Dad is coming back after the party.
3) I am glad to finish this exam.
4) His first marriage made him mad. His second marriage were not so bad.
5) They have ten farm animals.
7) This class is progressing really fast.
8) The last hat I have left is black.
9) The cat and the rat are attacking a hat.
10) She has an orange bag.

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 2
Say these words out loud (long E sound):

1) see
2) meet
3) meat
4) heat
5) read
6) eat
7) key
8) free
9) leave
10) breathe
11) feet
12) please
13) sneeze
14) freeze
15) bleed
16) need
17) feel

Now say these sentences out loud (long E sound):

1) I want to see my feet.

2) I need to sneeze.
3) Read my book, please.
4) Give me the key, please.
5) They feel good when they meet.
7) We need some heat.
8) He eats all the meat.
9) We need to be free.
10) Please don't leave.
11) When I freeze I start to sneeze.

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 3
Say these words out loud (UH sound):

1) put
2) full
3) pull
4) sugar
5) bush
6) book
7) cook
8) foot
9) good
10) look
11) could
12) should
13) would
14) cookie
15) wool
16) bull
17) cookbook
18) push

Now say these sentences out loud (UH sound):

1) Put the book on your foot.

2) I want to read the full book.
3) He will pull the bull.
4) To cook with sugar is not healthy.
5) He could push his car.
7) He would eat a cookie if he could.
8) You should look at this cookbook.
9) They said they would buy some wool.
10) The bull pushed the bush.

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 4
Say these words out loud (short I sound):

1) in
2) is
3) if
4) sit
5) hit
6) click
7) spin
8) ill
9) trip
10) busy
11) minute
12) will
13) with
14) sister
15) give
16) listen
17) miss

Now say these sentences out loud (short I sound):

1) Come here and sit.

2) Kate is my sister.
3) If you stay I will stay too.
4) Try to hit that ball with your bat.
5) We will have a very nice trip.
7) I am really busy at this minute.
8) They will sit with you.
9) She will give us the bill.
10) Stay here and listen to me.
11) They miss the winter.

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 5:

Say these words out loud (short E sound):

1) bet
2) rest
3) bed
4) pen
5) said
6) spend
7) get
8) check
9) let
10) sweat
11) wet
12) yet
13) ten
14) again
15) ready
16) neck
17) head
18) when

Now say these sentences out loud (short E sound):

1) I bet you haven't slept yet.

2) Get some rest.
3) When will you be ready?
4) He spends ten dollars a day.
5) My head is on my neck.
7) The floor is wet again.
8) He said: "Could you check if you have a pen?"
9) Can you help? Sure, no sweat (=no problem)!
10) Let's pet the cat.

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 6:
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Say these words out loud (OO sound):

1) spoon
2) moon
3) food
4) too
5) blue
6) shoe
7) tool
8) igloo
9) who
10) mood
11) suit
12) balloon
13) noon
14) soon
15) clue
16) flu
17) rude
18) fool

Now say these sentences out loud (OO sound):

1) I will eat some fruit.

2) The fool bought a new suit.
3) They eat food with a spoon.
4) There is no moon at noon.
5) My right shoe is blue, and my left shoe is blue, too.
7) We need more tools to finish the igloo.
8) Who is coming soon?
9) He is in a bad mood because of the flu, so I will bring him a balloon.
10) She is so rude only because she has no clue what to do.

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 7
Say these words out loud (UH sound):

1) us
2) up
3) sun
4) gun
5) run
6) ton
7) fun
8) love
9) above
10) some
11) gum
12) cut
13) done
14) none
15) stuck
16) duck
17) butter
18) does

Now say these sentences out loud (UH sound):

1) They love us very much.

2) The sun is up in the sky.
3) The ducks will start to run.
4) Does she have some gum? I have none.
5) He is cutting the butter now.
7) I love ducks.
8) He got stuck with his truck.
9) She poured some juice from the jug into the mug.
10) We are done!

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 8
Say these words out loud (the Schwa sound):

1) a
2) the
3) about
4) around
5) present
6) father
7) banana
8) carrot
9) atlas
10) illness
11) offend
12) answer
13) letter
14) alone
15) sofa
16) system
17) supply
18) circus

Now say these sentences out loud (the Schwa sound):

1) I have a carrot and a banana.

2) The atlas contains a lot of maps.
3) He talked about his illness.
4) I will answer this letter.
5) Father went around the apartment.
7) The company will supply the telephones.
8) I was sitting alone on the sofa.
9) The performance in the circus was amazing.
10) He suggested a system.

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 9
Say these words out loud (the e sound):

1) part
2) start
3) arm
4) on
5) father
6) box
7) clock
8) not
9) top
10) rock
11) body
12) bottom
13) bottle
14) follow
15) document
16) apartment
17) possible
18) mom

Now say these sentences out loud (the e sound):

1) He took a part of the rock.

2) Let's start from the top.
3) An arm is a part of the body.
4) The fox sits on the box.
5) Father has a new clock.
7) She will not follow this dog.
8) The bottom of the document was impossible to understand.
9) My mom has got a new apartment.
10) After I have seen the opera I was in shock!

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SOUNDS PRACTICE 10
Say these words out loud (the long O sound):

1) bone
2) smoke
3) phone
4) cone
5) wrote
6) whole
7) vote
8) choke
9) rope
10) home

2. ow
Say these words out loud (the long O sound):
1) throw
2) row
3) blow
4) snow
5) bow
6) know
7) crow
8) glow
9) flow
10) show

3. oa
Say these words out loud (the long O sound):

1) boat
2) moan
3) groan
4) oat
5) loan
6) loaf
7) toad
8) soap
9) oath
10) float
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4. o (consonant / o / consonant)

Say these words out loud (the long O sound):

1) hold
2) mold
3) folk
4) bolt
5) both
6) colt
7) fold
8) roll
9) holy
10) stroll

This spelling of the long O sound usually follows the format shown below:
consonant / o / consonant
However, it also includes words that end in O such as:

1) no
2) so
3) ago
4) go
5) zero
6) bingo
7) hello
8) disco
9) video
10) pro

Now say these sentences out loud (the long O sounds):

1) Both of the colts ran home.

2) Throw the ball over the wall.
3) I will show you the video on my phone.
4) No, I will not go home with you.
5) The toad jumped on the road.
7) Hello! Do I know you?
8) Buy a loaf of bread and a bar of soap.
9) His boat will float in the ocean.
10) Please hold the rope.

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