Go Fish

Like I've said before I think I live on teacherspayteachers. This is the most wonderful thing they could have ever come up with. I've been working with a girl that can teach me how to make my own materials. This might save me some money too!

I remember growing up and loving to play Go Fish. Well, I came across this game just like when I found Old Maid. It was the same concept as the original game, but it was using sight words.

The Go Fish game started with pre-primar and went up from there to 3rd grade I believe. I didn't want to print them in color, because it would use a lot of ink. So, I printed them out in black and white then made copies of them using different colored paper so I knew which levels were what. My students love playing the game! It's really wonderful to help the students work on sight words along with those students who just need to bre refreshed.

 

Each student get's five cards and the rest go in the middle all mixed up. When they are given the cards the go through and see how many matches they can make first.

 

Happy Learning!

Shannon

 

Sight Word Bowling

Here is a fun game for any student. It brings the sport of bowling and learning all at the same time. You are not actually bowling, but the picture are of a bowling ball, the scoring sheets are an actual score sheet you would see at a bowling alley. There are different levels of this game, so if you have students at different levels they do not feel hesitant when having to practice saying a word. This game also includes math. The object of this game is to get the most points at the end of the game. Each time you pull out a bowling ball, you say the word. If you get it correct, you count the points on the bowling ball. If you are unable to say the word you would score a 0 also known as a "gutter ball."

The way I set this game, is with different containers that have the different level of sight words. I also clipped the bag I stored to cards to the inside of the container so that way the students can see which level it is. Also, after they are done with the card they are to put that card back in the correct container.

With the worksheets, each worksheet has different amount of players along with how many innings they want to play. My students enjoy this game and it's one of the first games they pick when they are moving from one activity to another and have a little down time.

 

You can see in this picture the numbers in the corner of the letters. The squares remind me of playing scrabble.

 

Happy Learning!

Shannon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whale Watch Game

I always love being able to find games to play with my students. Going through college, I was always taught not to load the students down with worksheets. Make it fun for the students and then they don't look and learning as something hard. With this game, you have fish, sharks and octopuses. The sharks and the octopuses have different things the students have to do with the cards they already have. When they pull out a fish, they have to read the word. In my room I never take the card away, I always help them sound it out. Here are a few pictures if the game in action.

 

 

 

 

Happy Learning,

Shannon