Back of the tongue up to the back of the roof, same as /k/. Voice ON — /g/.
Check yourself: Hand on your throat: /g/ buzzes, /k/ does not.
Watch for: /k/.
◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.
Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.