/g/ Medial — Spelling
Articulation · Grades K–3 · 12 cards
Session summary (SOAP)
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Mark a card Correct, Correct with cue or Incorrect and the summary writes itself here.
How to run it
Say the word, split it into syllables aloud, then build it. Every word here is two syllables, so the syllable break is worth naming — bug-gy and wag-on divide in different places relative to the g, which is exactly the kind of thing that makes multisyllabic spelling hard. Keep asking for the production between letters.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentAfter building each word, the student says it aloud. Wait 3 seconds.Log as correct
- Visual cuePoint to your mouth, or show the mouth picture for /g/, before the student tries again.Log as cued
- Verbal modelSay the word; the student says it right after you.Log as cued
- Placement cueTongue tip down behind your bottom teeth. Lift the back of your tongue to the back of the roof of your mouth, then release it with your voice on.Log as cued
Adjust it
Drop to syllables ('gah' and 'go'), or use fewer cards.
Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /g/ in it or mix in /g/ words from another position.
Matching IEP goal
Given word cards, Student will produce /g/ in the word-medial position in single words in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than a visual cue.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
The twelve medial /g/ words — wagon, tiger, bigger, foggy, sugar, iguana, yogurt, seagull, wiggle, finger, magnet, buggy — as a spelling task. Derived from the flashcard deck, and the spellings are genuinely varied: some double the g, some do not, and finger has an n before it that changes the sound slightly without changing the letter.
What to listen for
Watch the doubling. Bigger, foggy, wiggle and buggy all double the g after a short vowel; wagon, tiger, sugar and seagull do not. That is a real and teachable pattern, and a student who spots it has something that works on words far beyond these twelve. Notice sugar, which starts with an s that sounds like /sh/ — an unrelated irregularity that will distract from the target.
Carrying it home
Ask whether a word has one g or two. Tiger against bigger is a good pair to try, and the answer follows from the vowel sound before it, which is a rule a child can actually apply.
What's in this activity
- wagon
- tiger
- bigger
- foggy
- sugar
- iguana
- yogurt
- seagull
- wiggle
- finger
- magnet
- buggy
Questions
- How is this different from the flashcards?
- Same twelve words, built from letters rather than read. The doubling pattern makes it worth doing with a student working on spelling as well as speech.
- Do I need an account?
- No, it plays free in the browser.
- When does the g double?
- After a short vowel — bigger, foggy, wiggle, buggy. After a long vowel or a different sound it stays single, as in tiger and sugar. It is a reliable enough pattern to teach directly.
Use this board with your caseload
With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.
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