Palabras largas: tres y cuatro sílabas
Producción de palabras multisilábicas: mariposa, bicicleta, elefante, refrigerador.
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Mark a card Correct, Correct with cue or Incorrect and the summary writes itself here.
How to run it
Say it syllable by syllable, then rebuild at speed. The split is already supplied, which lets the student concentrate on producing all the syllables rather than on finding the divisions. Clapping each syllable helps a child who is dropping one — and dropping a syllable is the characteristic error here, not distorting a sound. Ten minutes covers a subset properly; fourteen long words in one session is too many.
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 cueShow the syllables as dots or taps under the word before the student tries again.Log as cued
- Verbal modelSay the word; the student says it right after you.Log as cued
- Syllable tapsTap one finger per syllable. Say each syllable slowly on its tap, then say the whole word smoothly.Log as cued
Adjust it
Tap out the syllables and say each one on its own, then two at a time, then the whole word.
Say each word in a short sentence of the student's own.
Matching IEP goal
Given picture cards, Student will produce every syllable of long words in Spanish 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
Fourteen long Spanish words shown split into syllables: ma-ri-po-sa, bi-ci-cle-ta, e-le-fan-te, re-fri-ge-ra-dor, com-pu-ta-do-ra, hos-pi-tal, te-lé-fo-no, ma-te-má-ti-cas, he-la-de-rí-a. Spanish syllable structure is regular in a way English is not, which makes multisyllabic work more predictable and no less necessary.
What to listen for
Listen for weak syllable deletion. Refrigerador becoming refrigador is a whole syllable lost, and it is a different problem from a sound produced incorrectly. Watch the stress: Spanish marks it with an accent in matemáticas, teléfono and película, and a student who moves the stress changes how the word sounds even when every syllable is present.
Carrying it home
These are ordinary household words — bicicleta, ventana, cuaderno, zanahoria. Asking for one careful production of one word beats a list, because a long word carries more practice than a short one.
What's in this activity
- ma-ri-po-sa
- bi-ci-cle-ta
- e-le-fan-te
- re-fri-ge-ra-dor
- com-pu-ta-do-ra
- hos-pi-tal
- te-lé-fo-no
- ca-la-ba-za
- pe-lí-cu-la
- ma-te-má-ti-cas
- cua-der-no
- ven-ta-na
- he-la-de-rí-a
- za-na-ho-ria
Questions
- Is this board in Spanish?
- Yes, all fourteen words are Spanish. This page is in English so an English-speaking clinician can find and evaluate it.
- Is it free?
- Yes, all the words play with no account.
- Why practise long words specifically?
- Because length is its own difficulty. A child who produces every sound correctly in short words can still drop a syllable in a five-syllable word, and that is a separate target.
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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