Sh, Ch, J, and Y Sounds
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.