Pitch Scale

Pitch Scale

Description of Resource:

This Pitch Scale is a visual tool that reminds students to speak at a regular pitch, so that they can be more easily understood, do not strain their voice box and use an appropriate pitch when talking. It can be helpful to the student that talks in a high pitch voice or speaks with a low deep voice and, as a result, is difficult to understand and damaging their voice box. It provides a non-confrontational, systematic and visual way for prompting the student.

How would you use it?

There are many ways to use the resource. You may use it when working 1:1 with a student to give them feedback about their pitch. e.g. 'wow your voice is very high - can you say it a bit lower?' whilst pointing at the picture.

You could also use the scale with a larger group and have it displayed within the classroom to refer to, and give general feedback to the class, or during a specific lesson or project. E.g. 'I like how everyone is speaking with the right pitch. Not to high, not too low - pitch perfect.'  

How could you adapt it?

Some suggestions to personalise the resource:

1. The pictures could be changed to suit the student's personal interests. E.g. balloon, kite, bird, plane.

2. You could have an additional picture (or token) that you use to move up and down the scale to provide ongoing feedback.

3. The student could use it to self evaluate their volume and the volume of other communication partners.