Speech Screener for Articulation, Language, Fluency

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A speech-language pathologist or teacher uses this single-page screening form to quickly assess a student's articulation, language, and fluency across grades 1 through 5. The clinician records student and screening details at the top, then asks the student to repeat six sentences while circling any mispronounced words, followed by an open conversation using suggested prompts about dinner, school, or hobbies to observe natural language use. Grade-banded tasks follow: students in grades 1-2 retell a picture-sequence story and answer reasoning questions about it, while students in grades 3-5 compare object pairs (such as watch/clock and bus/train) and construct sentences using given words like "behind" and "if." The form ends with an observation checklist covering vocal quality, fluency, and intelligibility for the clinician to complete.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Teaching tips

Administer the sentence-repetition task first since it requires the least setup, then move into the more open-ended conversation prompts.
For grades 1-2, have the accompanying picture-sequence page ready before starting the retelling task.
Use the observation checklist at the end to record qualitative impressions (vocal quality, fluency, intelligibility) immediately after the session while details are fresh.

Skills covered

Speech and language screening — a clinician elicits and observes a student's articulation, fluency, and language use through structured and conversational tasks.
Narrative retelling assessment — grades 1-2 students retell a picture-sequence story and answer reasoning questions to demonstrate sequencing and inferencing.
Sentence-formation assessment — grades 3-5 students produce original sentences using given target words.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Why does the screener use different tasks for grades 1-2 versus grades 3-5 within the same one-page form?

The grades 1-2 section uses a picture-sequence retelling task suited to earlier narrative skills, while the grades 3-5 section shifts to more abstract comparison and sentence-formation tasks, letting one form scale its expectations to the developmental stage of the student being screened.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

speech-language screening
articulation
language sampling

Topics

Speech Therapy Oral Communication

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