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Beginning & EndingSounds
Reading Skills GamesReading Skills GamesReading Skills GamesReading Skills Games
15 Fun & Easy Reproducible GamesThat Build Fundamental Reading Skills
by Liane B. Onish
New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney
Mexico City New Delhi Hong Kong Buenos Aires
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Cover design by Norma Ortiz
Interior design by Gerard Fuchs
Cover illustration by Anne KennedyInterior illustration by Rusty Fletcher and Maxie Chambliss
ISBN: 0-439-46598-2
Copyright © 2004 by Liane B. Onish.
All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc.
Printed in the U.S.A.
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Hi, Mom!
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Contents
About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Bingo Tic-Tac-Toe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Go F-i-s-h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Sort It Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Bees’ Knees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Train Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
My Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
First and Last Lineup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Clue-ful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
-ing Charades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Concentrate-d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Word Jumbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vowel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
10 Months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Picture This . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Three’s Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Blank Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Games make learning fun! This book features 15 exciting, easy-to-make and easy-to-
play card games that will help children develop phonics skills, vocabulary, andreading fluency. As children learn to recognize beginning and ending sounds, they
will read with greater speed and accuracy.
Most of the games can also be played with other beginning or ending sounds not
featured on the cards. Use index cards to make additional sets of game cards to
reinforce different initial and final sounds and inflectional endings from your
curriculum. Suggestions for more challenging play and variations are included, for a
total of 34 different games.
How to Use This Book Prepare the cards for each game in advance. Introduce the games one at a time,
modeling how to play with pairs, small groups, or the whole class. Some of the games
may be fun for children to play at home. Make copies of those games for
students to take home. Games are a great way to encourage family involvement.
How to Make the CardsPhotocopy the pages onto heavy paper so that the text or pictures do not show
through the other side. Laminate if possible. Then cut apart the cards.
How to Store the CardsKeep the cards for each game in a large, resealable plastic bag. Label the bag with
the name of the game, the skill or skills it reinforces, and the number of players. For
older children or for your own reference, photocopy the directions and keep them
inside the bag.
About This Book
Who Goes First?Make a set of alphabet cards with 26 index cards. Have each player pick a card.
The player whose card is closest to A (or Z) goes first. The player with the next
closest letter goes second, and so on. You can also use children’s first, last, or
middle initials to determine order of play.
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Materials:
Players: Small groups or whole class
Object: To get three words in a row (down, across, or diagonally)
How to Play
1. Use index cards or the blank card page (page 48) to make the
letter cards. Mix up the cards and place them facedown in a pile.
2. Photocopy and distribute the Bingo Tic-Tac-Toe I game board toeach child.
3. Play as you would play Bingo. Turn over the top card and read
the letter. Children write that letter on a blank on their game
board. Continue reading the top card and setting it aside until
one player has completed three words in a row and calls
“Bingo!” (Use the pile again if needed. Players may add a sec-
ond consonant to make a blend or cluster. Players may also use
the same letter twice on one blank.)4. Repeat with the Bingo Tic-Tac-Toe II game board.
• Bingo Tic-Tac-Toe gameboards (pages 6–7)
• 14 letter cards:b, c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r,s, t, w
• Pencils
Bingo Tic-Tac-Toe
Skill: Blending consonants and vowels to make words
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Blingo
Add these digraph andblend cards: ch-, sh-, th-,bl-, cl-, f l-, gl-, pl-, sl-. Usewith both games.
Slingo
Add these -blend cards: sc-,sk-, sm-, sn-, sp-, sw-, scr-,str-, spr-, spl-. Use with gameboard I.
Bingo Clusters
Add these ending clustercards: -ft, -ld, -mp, -nd, -nt,-rd, -rk, -st, -ll. Use withgame board I.
_a_ _o_ _e_
_i_ _e_ _o_
_u_ _a_ _i_
BINGO TIC-TAC-TOE I
w l l
p t
r
b d
c n
h m
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_a_ _o_ _e_
_i_ _e_ _o_
_u_ _a_ _i_
BINGO TIC-TAC-TOE I
Name ______________________________________________ Date _______________________
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_oa_ _ee_ _oa_
_oi_ _oo_ _or_
_ou_ _ar_ _ir_
BINGO TIC-TAC-TOE II
Name ______________________________________________ Date _______________________
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Sorting Hats Races
Materials:
• 2 sets of 14 letter cards: b, c,d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, w
• 5 vowel cards: a, e, i, o, u(page 9)
• 9 optional cards: ai, ee, ea, oa,
oo, ar, ir, or, ur (pages 9–10)
Go F-i-s-h
Skill: Using letters to make words
Plus Blanks
Use several blank cards onwhich players can write a letterneeded to complete a word.
Go Fish for Fish
For younger children, use lettercards to spell out 10–12words. Make three or four setsof cards for just those words.
Go for Final e Fish
Add four cards to spell long- vowel words.
Players: Two to four
Object: To get rid of one’s cards by spelling one or more
words of four letters each
How to Play
1. Use index cards or the blank card page (page 48) to make
and cut apart two sets of 14 letter cards. Photocopy andcut apart the five vowel cards.
2. Mix up all the cards and deal six to each player. Spread
out the remaining cards facedown in a pile in the center of
the table. This is the “fish pond.”
3. Players look at their cards and arrange them to spell words.
Players remove sets of four cards that spell a word and
place them facedown in front of them.
4. Play as you would play Go Fish. The first player asks theplayer to his or her left for a specific card that would make
a word with the cards currently in his or her hand, or one
that might make a word later in the game. If the asked
player has the card, he or she gives it to the first player,
who then asks any other player for another card. The first
player’s turn continues until the asked player does not have
the card and says “Go fish.” The player then takes a card
from the fish pond.5. The player who said “Go fish” then asks the player to his
or her left for a card.
6. Continue playing until one player has used all his or her
cards to make words. That player shows the others all the
words he or she spelled.
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a e
i o
u e
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a
i
e
a
o a
o o
ar
i r
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ur
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Players: Individuals, pairs, or teams
Object: To sort all cards into the correct boxes
How to Play
Attach a picture card to the outside of each box.
Individuals:
1. Mix up all the word cards. Place the boxes within reach.2. Set the timer for one minute (or more, depending on age).
3. The player sorts the word cards by initial sound.
4. At the end of one minute, the player counts the number of
cards in each box.
Pairs:
1. Use two sets of cards. Mix up each set of cards and give one
set to each player. Place the four boxes between the players.
2. Players sort the word cards by initial sound.
3. The first player to accurately sort all his or her cards wins.
Teams:
1. Place the four boxes on a table at the front of the room.
2. Use a set of cards for each team. Mix up each set of cards
and place them facedown in a pile in front of each team.
Teams line up at the back of the room.
3. The first runner on each team takes the top card, runs to thefront of the room, and places the word card in the correct
box. Then the player runs to the back of the line and the next
player goes.
4. The first team to accurately sort all their word cards wins.
Sort It Out
Skil l: Sorting hard and soft c and g words
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More Sorts
Make additional word cards:Hard c: card, cash, coast,coil, comeSoft c: center, cereal, circus,celery, circleHard g: goat, goal, guitar,good, goneSoft g: gem, gym, germ,general, genius
Materials:
• 4 boxes to hold cards
• 4 picture cards: candy, city,girl, giraffe (page 12)
• 20 word cards:
Hard c: candy, carry, cap,can, capeSoft c: city, cell, cellar,cent, cementHard g: girl, gate, geese,get, giftSoft g: giraffe, gentle, George,giant, ginger (pages 12–14)
• Timer
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candy city
girl giraffe
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carry cap
can cape
cell cellar
cent cement
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geesegate
get gift
gentle George
gingergiant
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Materials:
Players: Two groups of eight
Object: For players to sort themselves into two groups by
ending sounds
How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart the picture and word cards.
Review picture names, emphasizing ending sounds.2. Draw a large S and a large Z with chalk on opposite sides
of the playground. Indoors, use masking tape to make the
letters on the floor or wall.
3. Mix up the cards and distribute them randomly, one
per player.
4. When you say “Go,” the player with the bees picture card
finds the others who have word cards that end in /z/. The
player with the octopus picture card finds the players withword cards that end in /s/. The picture card players round
up all the other players and take them to the space marked
S or Z. Word card players can help by finding a partner
with the same ending sound.
5. The game ends when all players are in the correct groups.
• 2 picture cards: bees,octopus (page 16)
• 7 /z/ word cards: cheese,maze, please, raise, was, cars,shoes (pages 16–17)
• 7 /s/ word cards: pass, plus, yes, miss, kiss, gas, circus(page 17)
• Chalk (for outdoor play) ormasking tape (for indoors)
The Bees’ Knees
Skill: Identifying words ending in /s/ or /z/
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Large GroupBees’ Knees
Add these words for large
groups:/s/: less, toss, us, boss, this,bus, mess, guess/z/: cookies, pennies, days,breeze, quiz, sneeze, noise, rose
Bees’ Knees Time
Time how long it takes theclass to correctly sort them-selves into two groups. Recordthe date and time. Play threeor four times over a month andcompare times.
G r e a t f or ou t d oor s or ope n s pa c e s
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cheese maze
please raise
was cars
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shoes pass
plus yes
miss kiss
gas circus
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Materials:
Train Tracks
Players: Two to four players
Object: To get rid of one’s cards by adding them to the
r -blend trains
How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart picture and word cards. Use index
cards or the blank card page (page 48) to make 24 moreword cards (see list in Materials box). Review picture names.
2. Mix up the picture cards and place them facedown in a pile.
3. Mix up the word cards and deal to players. (It’s okay if one
player has one more card than the others.)
4. Turn over the top picture card. Players take turns adding one
card at a time that begins with the same blend. Players
place their word cards next to the picture card, forming a
card train. After all players have added their cards, turnover the next picture card and repeat.
5. The first player to get rid of all his or her cards wins.
• 8 picture cards: train, bread,crown, dragon, frame, grapes,prince and princess, three(page 19)• 16 word cards:
br: bright, bringcr: crab, crayondr: dress, dreamfr: free, frecklesgr: great, gradepr: prize, pretzeltr: trade, trafficthr: throw, thread(pages 20–21)• 24 word cards:
br: bridge, broom, bragcr: crunch, crust, cross
dr: drive, drink, dropfr: friend, frozen, fruitgr: group, grip, gravitypr: program, practice, projecttr: tribe, trunk, treethr: through, throat, throne
Skill: Identifying words that begin with the same blend
Scooters
Play with -blends. Use magazine pictures of ascooter, statue, strawberries, sweater, and spoon.Use index cards to make word cards:sc: scale, scalp, scar, scold, scarf, scare, scuba,scout, scooter, score
st: stable, stage, stair, stapler, start, star, step,stick, stitch, stopstr: straight, strainer, strange, straw, stream,street, stretch, strike, stripe, strongsw: swam, swan, sway, sweep, sweet, swift, switch,swing, swallowsp: space, spark, speak, speech, spend, spike,spill, sponge, sport, spot
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bright bring
crab crayon
dress dream
free freckles
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great grade
prize pretzel
trade traffic
throw thread
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Date: ____________ Time: __________ Date: ____________ Time: __________
Materials:
My Baby
Players: One or more
Object: To sort words into two groups by ending sound, then
alphabetize each group
How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart the word cards. Make a set of
each for each player. Make a My Baby Time Card (below)for each player. Read the cards aloud to the class, focusing
on ending sounds.
2. Mix up the word cards and place them facedown in a pile.
3. Start the timer. Players turn over the cards and sort them
into two groups by ending sound.
4. When finished, players arrange each group in
alphabetical order.
5. Stop the clock when all players have alphabetized both
groups of cards.
6. Record the time on the time card. Play several times and
compare scores.
• 8 long-e word cards: baby,beauty, daddy, family, happy,mommy, sleepy, sticky(page 23)• 8 long-i word cards: by, cry,
dry, fly, my, pry, try, sky(page 24)
• Timer • Time card (below)
Skill: Discriminating between long e and long i , alphabetizing
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My Bigger Baby
Add some or all of these wordcards to the game:
Date: ____________ Time: __________ Date: ____________ Time: __________
Date: ____________ Time: __________ Date: ____________ Time: __________
Name: ______________________________ MY BABY TIME CARD
long : many, story, dirty,pretty, easy, sixtylong : spy, why, guy, fry, shy
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baby beauty
daddy family
happy mommy
sleepy sticky
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by cry
dry fly
my pry
try sky
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Materials:
• Index cards (1 per child)
• Pencils or markers
First and Last Lineup
Skill: Identifying beginning sounds, alphabetizing
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Players: Whole class
Object: To line up using the first or last sounds of
children’s names
How to Play
1. Distribute index cards. Children write their first names on
the cards.2. Guide children to line up alphabetically by the first sound in
their first name. Say, “Whose name begins with the /a/
sound?” and so on. Or have small groups of children
arrange themselves in alphabetical order and then help
the groups merge. Challenge older children to
organize themselves.
3. Repeat the game using the last sound of children’s first
names, first sound of their last names, or last sound of theirlast names.
Z to A
Start the line with Z and endwith A.
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Materials:
Clue-ful
Players: Teams of three or four players
Object: To guess all words correctly
How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart the clue cards. Put each set of clue
cards in a separate pile.
2. Divide the class into teams of three or four. Give each teama pencil and index cards or small pieces of paper.
3. Select a group of clues (for instance, “begins with z”). Say,
“The answers to the clues in this category begin with the
sound /z /.” Write the letter on the chalkboard or chart
paper.
4. Read the first clue. Teams confer quietly and record their
answers on paper. When all teams have their answers, ask
each team to read theirs aloud. Teams score five points foreach correct answer. You might give an additional point for
correct spelling.
5. Repeat with another set of clues.
6. Play until one or all teams have 20 points.
• 24 clue cards(pages 27–29)
• Chalkboard and chalk or char t paper and marker
• Pencils and paper
Skill: Identifying beginning and ending sounds
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Full of Clues
Divide the class into smallgroups and give eachgroup five or six index cards. Assign a beginningor ending letter or sound toeach group. Do not let anygroup hear what letteranother group is using. Haveeach group write clues onindex cards for their letter.When all groups have theirclues, have each one readthem to the other groups.Let the class guess whatletter or sound all the clueshave in common.
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begins with z:an animal with stripes
begins with z:nothing
begins with z:closes up a jacket
begins with z:
a place whereanimals are kept
ends with b:turn this to open
a door
ends with b:a place for a baby
ends with b:the work you do
ends with b:a scout or baby bear
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begins with v :card with a heart
begins with v :place for flowers
begins with v :what you speak with
begins with v :an ice cream flavor
ends with ch:where the sand is
ends with ch:sofa
ends with ch:12 of these make
a foot
ends with ch:noontime meal
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begins with th:November holiday
begins with th:where to see a movie
begins with th:ten minus seven
begins with th:
this may come withlightning
ends with th:take this to get clean
ends with th:12 of these make
a year
ends with th: you learn addition
and subtractionin this class
ends with th:a direction
opposite south
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Materials:
-ing Charades
Players: Groups of eight
Object: To collect the most cards
How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart the word cards. Make a set of
cards for each group. Mix up the cards and place them
facedown in a pile in the middle of each group.2. The first player in each group takes the top card and reads
it silently, without showing it to the others.
3. The player acts out the word as the group guesses the
action. The correct answer should be phrased like this:
[Child’s name] is _______ing.
4. If the answer is correct, the team helps the player spell the
-ing form of the word aloud. The player writes the word on
the line and keeps the card. (If cards are laminated, use adry-erase marker.) The teammate who correctly guessed the
action picks the next card and acts out that word for his or
her group. The team with the most cards at the end wins.
• 8 word cards: clean, grow,hop, paint, skate, sleep,swim, tickle (page 31)
Skill: Identifying the inflectional ending
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More
Use the blank card page(page 48) to make additionalword cards for the game:climb, wake, sink, run, dive,cut, freeze, stretch.
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clean
______________________________________
grow
______________________________________
hop
______________________________________
paint
______________________________________
skate______________________________________
sleep______________________________________
swim
______________________________________
tickle
______________________________________
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Materials:
Concentrate-d
Players: Two or more
Object: To collect the most word-plus-ending pairs
How to Play
1. Make two copies of the ending cards. Photocopy and cut
apart both the ending and word cards.
2. Mix up the cards. Place them facedown in a 5 by 6(plus 2) array.
3. Play as you would play Concentration. The first player turns
over two cards. If the cards show a word and an ending
that makes a new word, the player keeps the pair and turns
over two more cards. The word plus ending should be cor-
rect as is, without spelling changes. For example, bike + -d
is a pair, but bike + -ed is not. The turn ends when the two
cards do not make a word without spelling changes. Thenthe next player takes a turn.
4. The wild card is blank. When a player turns over a wild
card he or she may count it as any word or ending to make
a pair. When the game is over, the player with the wild
card can take the one remaining card. The player with the
most pairs wins.
• 8 endings cards: -ed, -d,-ing, -ly, -s, -ness, -er, -est(page 33)
• 16 word cards: bike, chain,dress, hint, kind, light, note,pack, ride, rough, sharp,smooth, sweet, tall, tame,wild card (pages 34–35)
Skill: Building words with suffixes
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Add and
Use index cards or the blankcard page (page 48) to addthese words for the ending
: lunch, bus, toss, rash,switch, box, beach, wish. Forthe ending , make cardsfor: f l, cr, dr, tr, fr, sk, d, p.
Wild CardsConcentrate-d
Use four or more wild cards.Players can write any word orending on the blank card tomake a word.
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bike chain
dress hint
kind light
note pack
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sharp smooth
sweet tall
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Materials:
Word Jumbles
Players: Two to four
Object: To use adjacent letters on the game board to spell the
most words
How to Play
1. Use the blank card page (page 48) to make the consonant
cards listed in the Materials box. For each game, usevowel, single consonants, and ending cards (28 cards).
Add one set of digraphs/blends, s-blends, or clusters. Make
a set of cards for every two groups of players.
2. Photocopy a Word Jumbles Game Board (page 37) for
each child. Give each player a Word Jumbles Scorecard
(page 38). Mix up the cards.
3. Players place one card in each box on the game board.
Set the timer for three minutes.4. Play as you would play Boggle. When you say “Go,”
players list the words they can form using the letters going
across, up, down, or diagonally.
5. At the end of three minutes, players add up their scores.
Players score one point per letter in each word: two points
for each two-letter word, three points for three-letter words,
and so on.
• Word Jumbles Game Board(page 37)
• Word Jumbles Scorecard(page 38)
• 16 vowel cards: a, e, i, o, u, e, e,
ee, ai, ea, oa, oo, ar, ir, or, ur (pages 9–10)
• 14 single letters: b, c, d, f, g, h,l, m, n, p, r, s, t, w
• 6 ending cards: -ed, -d, -ing,-ly, -s, -ness, -er, -est(page 33)
• 9 digraphs and blends: ch, sh,th, bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl
• 10 s-blends: sc, sk, sm, sn, sp,sw, scr, spl, spr, str
• 9 ending clusters: ft, ld, ll, mp,nd, nt, rd, rk, st
• Timer
• Pencils
Skill: Manipulating letters to spell words
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Word Jumbles Game Board
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Word Jumbles Scorecard
WORDS POINTS
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taming 6sea 3seat 4too 3at 2
SCORE 27
Samplegame:
Sample
scorecard:
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Name ______________________________________________ Date _______________________
Word Jumbles ScorecardWORDS POINTS
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Materials:
Players: One or two groups of 15
Object: To find all the pictures that begin with the same vowel
How to Play
1. Use index cards or the blank card page (page 48) to make
one set of Vowel Power cards.
2. Photocopy and cut apart the 15 picture cards (one set pergroup). Review picture names, focusing on initial sounds.
3. Place the Vowel Power cards at one end of the room.
Distribute picture cards facedown.
4. When you say “Go,” players turn over their picture cards and
find classmates who have pictures beginning with the same
letter. When the three players have found each other, they
can claim their Vowel Power card (you might designate one
child to give out the vowel cards).
5. The first group to claim their Vowel Power card wins.
• 15 picture cards:a: ants, airplane, applee: elf, earring, easeli: ice, igloo, instrumentso: oven, orange juice, October
u: unicycle, underwear, umpire(pages 40–41)
• 5 Vowel Power cards:a, e, i, o, u
Vowel Power
Skill: Identifying initial vowel sounds
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G r e a t f or ou t d oor s or ope n s pa c e s
Vowel Stories
Challenge children to make upa story using their three words.
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Materials:
10 Months
Players: Individuals or pairs
Object: To spell the most words using the letters of the months
How to Play
1. Use index cards or the blank card page (page 48) to make
the 66 letter cards. Put the letter cards for each month
(except June and July) in an envelope. Write the name of the month on the outside of the envelope.
2. Distribute envelopes and 10 Months Scorecards to players.
3. Players check the contents of the envelope by first using the
letter cards to spell the name of the month.
4. Players use the same letters to spell other words and record
them on paper. Older children can use the
dictionary to check spelling.
5. Score one point per letter (record on scorecard). Play again
and challenge children to beat their previous score.
• 10 envelopes
• 66 letter cards:J A N U A R Y F E B R U A R Y M A R C HA P R I LM A Y A U G U S T S E P T E M B E RO C T O B E RN O V E M B E RD E C E M B E R
• 10 Months Scorecard(page 43)
• Pencils and paper
• Dictionary
Skill: Manipulating letters to create new words
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One Envelope,One Year
Put these 26 letters in anenvelope: A, A, B, C, D, E, E, E,F, G, H, J, L, M, N, O, O, P, R, R,S, T, U, U, V, Y. Challenge
players to use them to spellthe 12 months of the year.
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10 Months Scorecard
Name ______________________________________________ Date _______________________
JANUARY FEBRUARY
MARCH APRIL
MAY AUGUST
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
NOVEMBER DECEMBER
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Materials:
Picture This
Players: Groups of three to five
Object: To illustrate the most words
How to Play
1. Photocopy and cut apart the picture cards. Review
picture names.
2. Give each group a picture card and pencils and paper.
3. Groups make two lists: words that begin with the same
sound as the first sound in the picture and words that end
in that sound.
4. Then groups use their word list to compose a drawing
incorporating as many of the words as possible.
5. Groups write labels, sentences, or a paragraph about the
picture, underlining the words that begin and end with the
same letter as the picture word.
6. The group that uses the most words in their drawing wins.
• 16 picture cards:banana, dinosaur, fence,hammer, monkey, penguin,rainbow, robot, sun, top, violin,worm, hand, leaf, pig, nickel(pages 45–46)
• Pencils and paper
• Large sheets of drawingpaper for each group
• Drawing materials
Skil l: Brainstorming lists of words by beginning and ending sounds
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Picture: ___________________________
Begins with the ___sound:
__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
Ends with the ___sound:
__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
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Dinosaur
Dad
dogdesk
dime
door
D D
red
madsad
bud
mud
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Fours & Fives
Replace some consonants withblends and digraphs: ch, sh, th,bl, cl, f l, gl, pl, sl, sc, sk, sm,sn, sp, sw, scr, spl, spr, str.
Materials:
Three’s Company
Players: Groups of four to six players
Object: To get rid of all one’s letter cards by spelling words
How to Play
1. Use index cards to make a deck of 62 letter cards. Make
one deck for each group of players.
2. Mix up the cards well. For four players, deal each playerseven cards. For five or six players, deal six cards. Place the
rest of the cards facedown in a pile in the center of the table.
This is the stock pile. Turn over the top card and place it next
to the pile. This is the discard pile.
3. Players organize the cards in their hands to spell words of
three or more letters.
4. Play as you would play Rummy. The first player takes the top
card from the stock pile, or the faceup card from the discardpile. Then the player places the cards that form one or more
three-letter words on the table (as many words as possible).
To end the turn, the player discards an unwanted card by
placing it faceup on the discard pile.
5. The next player takes a card from either the stock pile or the
discard pile. If the player has a three-letter word, he or she
puts it down on the table. The player may also get rid of a
card or cards by adding a letter to a word already on thetable. Each turn ends with the player discarding a card.
6. The first player to get rid of all his or her cards wins.
62 index cards:
• 2 sets of letters a to z
• 5 vowels: a, e, i, o, u
• 5 e’s: e, e, e, e, e
Skill: Spelling words with three or more letters
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Use this page to make letter and word cards for the games and variations.