Session Three 1. The Unvoiced TH Sound 2. The Voiced TH Sound 3. THR Blends 4. Voicing the T Sound
The Unvoiced TH Sound Flat tongue protruding through your teeth. Maintain a steady air stream. Stretch out the TH sound. Example: Think of the word Thumb as having two beats Th . umb 1 2
Unvoiced TH at the beginning of words Thanks Thick Thunder Thursday Think
Unvoiced TH at the middle of words Anything Bathmat Toothpick Athletic Mouthwash
Unvoiced TH at the end of words Bath North Beneath Fourth South
The Voiced TH Sound Voiced TH at the beginning of words The (The book) That (That house) They (They came over) Them (Give them water) There (There it is) This (This is my nose) Those (Those boys are good) These (These are my parents)
Voiced TH in the middle of words Clothing Leather Mother Another Weather Northern
Voiced TH at the end of words Smooth Bathe Breathe
Practice Phrases This and that A tablecloth Winter clothing Athens, Greece That’s the one Her skin is smooth Thirty Day’s notice A famous author Here and there False teeth Thread the needle A thoughtful gift Thunder and lightening Thumbs up
Practice Sentences Thelma arrived in town last Thursday. I’m having trouble threading this needle. I need 33 thick thermometers. The thing they like best about Athens is the weather. This thrilling novel was written by a famous author. He will be through with his work at three-thirty. Now and then, she likes to buy new clothing. They thought they were going to Northern Spain. Which tablecloth shall we use for the party? That was the thirty-third theatre to open.
THR Blends Thread (thread the needle) Throw (throw the ball) Throat (my throat is sore) Thrill (a thrilling ride) Three (three more days) Threw (he threw the ball) Throne (the king sits on a throne)
Paragraph Practice Nurse Thatcher was thankful it was Thursday. She knew that on Thursday she had to deliver 33 boxes of thermometers to the North American Athletic Club. They thought that thermometers were necessary for testing the hydrotherapy baths. This was thought to benefit the athletes with arthritis. The athletic trainers required authorization to provide hydrotherapy to the youthful athletes on the three bulletin boards with thumbtacks throughout the athletic club. Rather than risk the health of the athletes, they thoroughly checked the thousands of thermometers to insure their worthiness; otherwise they needed to be thrown away.
TH Exceptions Although the following words are spelled with a ‘TH’, they are pronounced as a T. Thomas Thompson Theresa Thailand Thames Esther Thyme
Voicing the T Sound If a T falls within two voiced sounds (usually vowels), the T becomes voiced like a D. Examples: Water Wader (the whole word is voiced) Better Bedder Butter Budder
Voiced T Practice Betty bought a bit of better butter. But, said she, this butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it’ll make my batter bitter.