/k/ Final Flashcards
Conventional word-final /k/ targets at the single-word level.
Session summary (SOAP)
Stays on this screen. Nothing is saved or sent.
Mark a card Correct, Correct with cue or Incorrect and the summary writes itself here.
How to run it
Exaggerate the release in your model. A final /k/ said with a small puff of air is much easier for a child to hear and copy than the unreleased version adults normally produce, and you can fade the exaggeration later. Ask for the word, then a two-word phrase — my book, big rock. Six minutes covers the twelve.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentShow the card and wait 3 seconds for the student to say it.Log as correct
- Visual cuePoint to your mouth, or show the mouth picture for /k/, 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 let a quiet puff pop out.Log as cued
Adjust it
Drop to syllables ('ak' and 'eek'), or use fewer cards.
Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /k/ in it or mix in /k/ words from another position.
Matching IEP goal
Given picture cards, Student will produce /k/ in the word-final 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
Twelve words ending in /k/: book, duck, rock, sock, back, lake, bike, rake, neck, pack, oak, peek. All single syllables, which keeps the load low for the young children this target usually belongs to. The final /k/ is quiet and unreleased in ordinary speech, which makes it one of the easiest consonants to drop entirely.
What to listen for
Listen for deletion rather than substitution. Boo for book is final consonant deletion, which affects many sounds at once and is a pattern rather than a single-sound error. Watch the words with long vowels — lake, bike, rake, oak — where the vowel takes up more of the word and the final consonant is proportionally quieter.
Carrying it home
Book, duck, sock and bike are frequent enough in a young child's day to notice. Asking a family to listen for the end of the word gives them something specific, which works far better than asking them to listen for a sound.
What's in this activity
- book
- duck
- rock
- sock
- back
- lake
- bike
- rake
- neck
- pack
- oak
- peek
Questions
- What ages is this for?
- Kindergarten through third grade.
- Do I need an account?
- No, all twelve cards play free.
- My child drops the last sound in lots of words, not just these. Is that different?
- Yes — that is final consonant deletion, a pattern across many sounds rather than a single-sound difficulty. It is usually addressed as a pattern, which is faster than working sound by sound.
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.
Track progress freeFree for SLPs. No card, no trial clock.