Pronunciation: Sh, Ch, J, and Y Sounds
Minimal Pairs
shoe
chew
Jew
major
mayor
etch
edge
she
chi
gee
watching
washing
witch
wish
shear
chear
jeer
year
etcher
catch
cash
ship
chip
yip
bridges
britches
leash
leech
shin
chin
gin
lashing
latches
badge
batch
shell
gel
yell
ageless
h-less
much
mush
Challenging Words
jail
chest
stranger
exchange
share
shrew
shrinking
voyager
yawn
jinks
fragile
jealousy
child
chicken
Yankee
January
sheaf
kitchen
genealogy
childishness
chief
midget
shadowy
ingeuity
yeast
yearly
Jill
yen
In Phrases
cash register
a jet engine
which is which?
Generation X
Cajun
chicken
year of the jackal
wishy-washy
a jazz musician
the
Challenger tragedy
wedge issues
yellow jacket
tragedy
New Jersey shore
place your wager
pickled jellyfish
Dialog
Q.
Which university did you go to?
A. I
want to Yale/jail.
Q. Oh
yea? Wjem dod upi gradiate/ get out?
A. I never finished the last term.
Q.
What did the genie give you?
A.
Three wishes/witches.
Q. Oh
really? What did you use/need them for?
A. A
magic ride in the night sky.
Oral Reading
Jerry and Sherry were very fond of cherry jelly.
Every year in July, they would jump in their jeep
and head for the orchard, where they would pick a
few bushels of the fruit in a jiffy. Then they would
carry their cherished treasure to Sherry's house,
where they would proceed to change the berries into
their favorite treat. They used and old-fashioned
recipe, which called for sugar, gelatin, and of
course, jillions of cherries. They stirred the
mixture in a huge aluminum pot, then gently poured
it into shallow jars. They shared a few samples with
the children, but the majority of the batch would be
saved until January or February when they could
enjoy it even more.
