/w/ Initial Flashcards
Conventional word-initial /w/ 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
For /w/ the lips round and push forward, as if about to blow out a candle, then open into the vowel. Starting from an oo sound helps: oo-et slides into wet. A mirror shows the rounding. Begin with the short words, wet, wig and web, and move to wagon, window and water once /w/ is steady. Six minutes covers several passes.
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 /w/, before the student tries again.Log as cued
- Verbal modelSay the word; the student says it right after you.Log as cued
- Placement cueRound your lips into a small, tight 'oo', then open them into the vowel with your voice on.Log as cued
Adjust it
Drop to syllables ('wa' and 'wee'), or use fewer cards.
Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /w/ in it or mix in /w/ words from another position.
Matching IEP goal
Given picture cards, Student will produce /w/ in the word-initial 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 word-initial /w/ targets at the single-word level: wet, wig, web, win, wing, wind, wood, wand, wake, wagon, window, water. Most are one syllable, and wagon, window and water add a second. A few, win, wing and wind, differ only at the end, which makes them easy to use together once the start is steady.
What to listen for
Listen for the start being dropped, so wet becomes et, or for a different sound replacing it, such as /b/ or /v/ for /w/, so wig sounds like big or vig. If the lips are not rounding, go back to the oo start. Window and water show whether /w/ holds in longer words, and wind and wing show whether the child can manage the ending at the same time.
Carrying it home
Water, window and wet come up every day. Ask the family to pause before handing over water, so the child names it, and to leave the correcting to the sessions.
What's in this activity
- wet
- wig
- web
- win
- wing
- wind
- wood
- wand
- wake
- wagon
- window
- water
Questions
- What cue helps with /w/?
- Rounded lips and an oo start. Saying oo then sliding into the vowel usually brings the /w/ with it.
- Is it free?
- Yes, it plays in the browser with no login. An account adds session data, goal scoring and assignment.
- What grades is this for?
- PreK through second grade.
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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