# Speech to Print Workbook

## Language Exercises for Teachers

### Third Edition

#### Louisa Cook Moats, Ed.D.

Moats Associates Consulting, Inc. Sun Valley, Idaho and **Bruce L. Rosow, Ed.D.** Windham Central Supervisory Union Williamsville, Vermont

#### Baltimore • London • Sydney

Excerpted from Speech to Print Workbook Third Edition by Louisa Cook Moats, Ed.D. and Bruce Rosow, Ed.D.

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## Contents

About the Downloads.....ix  
About the Authors.....xi

### Chapter 1 To the Student.....1
### How to Use This Workbook.....2
### What's the Big Idea?.....3
### Preliminary Exercise: Identify Features of a Word's Linguistic Structure and Meaning.....4
### Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading.....4
### How to Use the Survey of Language Knowledge.....7
### Survey of Language Knowledge.....8
### Chapter 1 Answer Key.....10

### Chapter 2 Phonetics.....11
### Exercise 1, Phoneme Counting.....12
### Exercise 2, Why Phonemes Are Elusive.....13
### Exercise 3, Identify the Third Phoneme.....13
### Exercise 4, Rationale for Phonetic Alphabet and Transcription.....14
### Exercise 5, Distinctive Features of Phonemes.....14
### Exercise 6, Discover the Consonant Sounds of English.....15
### Exercise 7, Exploring the Glides.....17
### Exercise 8, Partner Fun with Consonant Tiles.....18
### Exercise 9, Identify First and Last Consonant Phonemes in Words.....18
### Exercise 10, Analyze Student Consonant Spelling Errors.....19
### Exercise 11, Reproduce the Vowels of American English.....20

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## EXERCISE 1: Phoneme Counting
Count the speech sounds in the following words. Draw a short line for each speech sound you can identify and, using conventional symbols as best you can, write the separate sounds in each word.

- ace: /ā/ /s/
- nose: /n/ /ō/ /z/
- say: /s/ /ā/

Highlight or underline the sounds or sequences of sounds that you are unsure of. Where do you need clarification?

## EXERCISE 2: Why Phonemes Are Elusive
1. Does the phoneme /t/ sound and feel the same or different in tag, stag, water, and passed?
2. Does the phoneme /k/ sound and feel the same or different in cat, scat, pinky, and tack?
3. Look in a mirror and say the word pairs below.

## EXERCISE 3: Identify the Third Phoneme  
MUSIC: /m/y/u/
SQUEEZE: /s/k/w/

## EXERCISE 4: Rationale for Phonetic Alphabet and Transcription
English orthography does not have a one-to-one correspondence system among sounds and letters. 
- cape, kick, chord, quit, ax, antique

## EXERCISE 5: Distinctive Features of Phonemes
1. Circle the speech sounds that you can say continuously until you run out of breath.
2. Circle the sounds that send air through the nose and resonate in the nasal cavity.
3. Circle the sounds that are unvoiced.

## EXERCISE 6: Discover the Consonant Sounds of English
|  | lips | lips/teeth | tongue between teeth | tongue behind teeth | roof of mouth | back of mouth | throat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stops |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| nasals |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| fricatives |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| affricates |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| liquids |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| glides |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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## Chapter 2 Answer Key
### EXERCISE 1, Phoneme Counting
- ace: /a/ /s/  
- nose: /n/ /o/ /z/  
- say: /s/ /a/

## About the Authors
### Louisa Cook Moats, Ed.D., President, Moats Associates Consulting, Inc.
Dr. Moats has been a teacher, psychologist, researcher, graduate school faculty member, consultant, and author of many influential scientific journal articles, books, and policy papers on the topics of reading, spelling, language, and teacher preparation.

### Bruce L. Rosow, Ed.D., Special Educator
Dr. Rosow completed his doctoral studies in educational psychology at American International College. He has been a teacher, a coauthor of a word study curriculum, and has provided remedial instruction to struggling middle and high school readers.

### Phonetics  
Exercise 1, Phoneme Counting ... 12  
Exercise 11, Reproduce the Vowels of American English ... 20

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### Appendix A Phoneme Tile Templates ... 239
### Appendix B Developmental Spelling Inventories ... 243

Excerpted from Speech to Print Workbook Third Edition by Louisa Cook Moats, Ed.D. and Bruce L. Rosow, Ed.D.