/s/ final de sílaba y de palabra — Spelling
Articulation · Grades 1–3 · 8 cards · Spanish-language material
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, have the student say it, then build it. The correspondence is the point — a child who omits the final s in writing is showing you the same thing their speech shows, and putting the two side by side makes it visible. Más, adiós and después carry accents, which is a separate spelling matter and worth naming rather than letting it confuse the target.
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 /s/, before the student tries again.Log as cued
- Verbal modelSay the word; the student says it right after you.Log as cued
- Placement cueTeeth close together, tongue tip just behind your top teeth without touching them, sides of the tongue against your top side teeth. Send a thin stream of air down the middle.Log as cued
Adjust it
Drop to syllables ('as' and 'os'), or use fewer cards.
Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /s/ in it or mix in /s/ words from another position.
Matching IEP goal
Given word cards, Student will produce /s/ in Spanish 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
Eight Spanish coda /s/ words — mes, más, tres, seis, gas, dos, adiós, después — as a spelling task. Derived from the flashcard deck. Spanish spelling is close to phonetic, which means a student who produces the final /s/ will usually write it, and one who drops it in speech often drops it on paper too.
What to listen for
Watch whether the final s appears in writing. A child who says do for dos and writes do has a consistent pattern; one who says do and writes dos has the letter knowledge without the production, which is a more encouraging position. Notice seis, where the s follows a diphthong and the ending is quieter still.
Carrying it home
Ask which letter these words end with. Mes, tres, dos and seis are among the first words a Spanish-speaking child writes, and the final s is the part that goes missing.
What's in this activity
- mes
- más
- tres
- seis
- gas
- dos
- adiós
- después
Questions
- How is this different from the flashcards?
- Same words, built from letters, and shorter — eight rather than sixteen. It shows whether the final sound is missing in writing as well as in speech.
- Do I need an account?
- No, it plays free in the browser.
- Why do some of these words have accents?
- Más, adiós and después carry written accents that mark stress. It is a spelling matter separate from the /s/ target, and worth naming so it does not distract.
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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