What Are Medial L Words? 

Medial L words refer to words where the letter ‘L’ appears in the middle or medial position of the word. Examples of medial L words include ‘collar,’pillow,’ salty,’ holly,’ colour,’ etc.

In your years as a teacher, chances are you have had a student or students who struggle with pronouncing words with medial L, and those students most likely attend some sort of speech therapy to help them develop the ability to articulate Medial L. You can help them even more this year with our Medial L Word list and accompanying Medial L Flash Cards!

A Variety of Words With Medial L Word Cards & List

This list of 40 Medial L words has been compiled to assist you in implementing speech or spelling instruction/intervention in your classroom. It includes a variety of words that are perfect for use with young students.

This resource download includes two components. The medial L word list can be used in numerous ways to support the diverse needs of your learners during your literacy sessions. In contrast, the illustrated flashcards can be used as homework activities, practise activities, etc. Here are some of our suggestions:

🏠Individual Medial L Word List Homework

Send the lists home so your students can work with parents or guardians to read and practise the correct articulation of each medial L Word.

👂Listen for L Medial Words

Read out words from the list and other words of your choice and have your students listen for the Medial L sound. Have them indicate whether they hear the sound in the word. This enables the teacher to identify the students needing additional support with the concept.

🏴‍☠️ Medial L Word Scavenger Hunt

Use the Medial L word cards and another set of our illustrated word cards to create a scavenger hunt where students search for objects or pictures around the room that contain Medial L words. They can say the word aloud when they find it.

Support Speech Therapy and Boost Student Spelling Skills!

Word lists aren’t the only way that you can support students in need of speech intervention or help with spelling and phonics. Activities like games, puzzles, competitions, and even color-by-code activities are great ways to support your students. Here are just a few of our favourites!

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Counting, Blending and Segmenting Syllables Interactive Activity

Practise blending, segmenting and counting syllables in words with an Interactive activity.

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Auto-Fill Customisable Spelling Activity Worksheets

Save time making custom spelling lists and spelling practise worksheets with an editable auto-fill spelling worksheet pack.

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Spelling Double Consonant Words - Word Building Cards

Practise spelling and building words that need double consonants when adding suffixes with a word-building activity.

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Phonics Sound Wall Display

Build a classroom sound wall to match your phonics programs and literacy progressions with a printable sound wall display.

Easily Download This Resource for Your Students

This resource is available as an easy-to-use Google Slides or Printable PDF Resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your preferred file format. Click print and your Medial L resources are ready to use!