Sílabas trabadas con /l/ (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl) — Spelling
Articulation · Grades 1–3 · 14 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, name the two consonants, then build. Keep the attention on the first two letters — the vowels here are entirely regular and will look after themselves. Group the five clusters as you go so the child meets three bl words in a row rather than a mixed list, which is what makes a pattern visible.
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 /l/ clusters, before the student tries again.Log as cued
- Verbal modelSay the word; the student says it right after you.Log as cued
- Placement cueSay the first consonant, then lift the tongue tip straight to the ridge for /l/ with no vowel between: 'bla', not 'bala'.Log as cued
Adjust it
Split the cluster with a short pause ('b… la'), then close the gap until it is one sound.
Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /l/ in it.
Matching IEP goal
Given word cards, Student will produce /l/ clusters in Spanish 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 fourteen /l/ cluster words — blusa, blanco, bloque, clavo, clase, clima, flor, flaco, flecha, globo, glotón, plato, playa, pluma — as a spelling task. Derived from the flashcard deck. Spanish spelling is close to phonetic, which means a child who drops the l in speech very often drops it on paper too.
What to listen for
Watch for the l going missing in the writing. Pato written for plato is the same error the child makes in speech, and putting the two side by side makes it concrete rather than abstract. Notice playa and pluma, where the cluster is followed by a vowel that could distract — the target is still the first two letters.
Carrying it home
Ask which two letters start plato. Five seconds, no materials, and it puts the child's attention exactly where the target is — and doing it with blanco and flor as well shows them the pattern is about the second letter rather than the first.
What's in this activity
- blusa
- blanco
- bloque
- clavo
- clase
- clima
- flor
- flaco
- flecha
- globo
- glotón
- plato
- playa
- pluma
Questions
- How does this differ from the flashcards?
- Same fourteen words, built from letters. It makes the cluster visible, which helps a child who drops the second consonant in speech.
- Is it free?
- Yes, no account or card needed.
- What grades is it for?
- First through third, for Spanish-speaking students working on clusters in both speech and spelling.
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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