Articulation Progress Monitoring

Progress monitoring for articulation was something that I struggled with for a long time.  I never felt like I was comparing like data.  I would pull out a pack of articulation cards and take data on the words that came up.  I didn't write down the words, I just had plus and minus marks on my paper.  I would get a percentage for the sound, but not much more information.

Two years ago, I started working on a system for myself to progress monitor articulation skills.  I wanted it to be easy for me to pick up and go with multiple students in a group, all working on different sounds.  I also wanted to be able to compare how students produced the same words over time.  I started with a few sounds, and it grew and grew.  With a little tweaking and putting in some fun new clipart for you, I think it is ready to share with everyone!

Here is my Articulation Progress Monitoring Kit:

This kit is really easy to put together and to use.  I started with a large three ring binder.  I think the one I have set up is a 3" binder.  You don't need one that big, but I like to keep lots of copies of the data sheets so I always have one ready when I need it.

Next, print the entire kit.  I laminated my picture pages, but this is not necessary.  I glued all of the cover pages for each sound onto tabbed dividers.  This makes it super easy for me to find the sound I am looking for in seconds.

I just flip to the section I need, grab the target pictures and a data sheet, and I am ready to take some data!

I like to keep about 10 of these data sheets in each section.

This data is so easy to collect!

If you are worried about the amount of colored ink this may take, rest assured.  You can print this in black and white, and it turns out great.  Here is an example of two identical pages.  One is printed in color and one is printed in black and white using my printer settings.  You could easily print out a set for your student and keep it in their file to pull out when you need to collect data for progress reports. You would only need to print four pages- the three picture sets plus one data sheet.  This packet is set up alphabetically, so each sound is easy to find within the file.

This kit has been so useful to me.  I actually look forward to taking my articulation data at progress report time!

As a bonus for making it this far in my post, I am offering you a FREEBIE!  You can try this packet by printing the entire set for G.  I hope you enjoy it!

You can get the entire packet for all of the sounds HERE.