Sonido de la che — Spelling
Articulation · Grades K–2 · 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, clap the syllables, then build. Because the digraph never varies, the spelling work here is in the vowels and the syllable structure rather than in the target — cho-co-la-te is four syllables and mu-cha-cho is three, and building in chunks is what makes them manageable. Ask for the production between chunks.
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 /ch/, 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 and front of the tongue up on the ridge behind your top teeth. Hold, then let go with a short burst of air: 'cha'.Log as cued
Adjust it
Drop to syllables ('cha' and 'cho'), or use fewer cards.
Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /ch/ in it.
Matching IEP goal
Given word cards, Student will produce /ch/ 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 che words — chico, chile, chocolate, chaqueta, churro, coche, leche, mochila, cuchara, noche, ocho, lucha, mucho, muchacho — as a spelling task. Derived from the flashcard deck. In Spanish the sound is always written ch, with no exceptions, which makes this an unusually clean spelling set.
What to listen for
Watch whether ch is written as one unit. A child who pauses between the c and the h has two letters rather than one digraph, which matters for reading. Notice chaqueta and mochila, where the vowels are the difficulty rather than the target — a child who spells the ch correctly every time and mis-spells the vowels has the pattern this board is for.
Carrying it home
Ask which two letters make the che sound. The answer is the same in every Spanish word, which makes it one of the easiest patterns to establish and worth confirming a few times.
What's in this activity
- chico
- chile
- chocolate
- chaqueta
- churro
- coche
- leche
- mochila
- cuchara
- noche
- ocho
- lucha
- mucho
- muchacho
Questions
- How does this differ from the flashcards?
- Same fourteen words, built from letters. The digraph is completely consistent in Spanish, so the spelling work is mostly in the vowels.
- Is it free?
- Yes, no account needed.
- Is the che sound ever spelled differently in Spanish?
- No. It is always ch, which makes it one of the most reliable spelling patterns a Spanish-reading child will meet.
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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