Word Family Game Boards: Word Building with the Top 36 Word Families

By Lorrie L. Birchall

Word families are fun & easy to teach with Word Family Game Boards!

8.5" x 11" trim size85 pagesAges 3 and up

Contains game boards for the following top 36 word families:

ack, ail, ain, ake, ame, an, ank, ap, ash, at, ate, aw, ayeat, ell, estice, ick, ide, ight, ill, in, ine, ing, ink, ip, itock, oke, op, ore, ot, owuck, ump, ug

Word building games for kids teach and reinforce valuable skills:

reading (especially phonics, word building, sight word recognition)spelling skillswriting skills

These word family game boards are played just like the game of Boggle, they have some differences.

Quiet: The Word Family Game Boards are pre-printed, so there are aren't any noisy letter pieces!Targeted Word Practice: Each Word Family Game Board is strategically embedded with word family words to help students recognize word patterns.BONUS: Sight Word Practice: In addition to finding word family words, students also reinforce reading, writing and spelling high frequency words (sight words). Complex Words: Word building helps students build more complex words containing blends, digraphs and words with prefixes and suffixes.Flexible for Groups: The Word Family Game Boards can flex to be used by individuals, pairs, or large classroom groups. The boards are ideal for grades K-3, but are appropriate to teach word families to older students or English Language Learners (ELL). Differentiated Learning: The game boards are adaptable to meet the diverse individual learning styles and abilities of all students.Time Flexible: The game boards can flex from a quick five minute activity to an open-ended one.Educational Snatches of Time: Perfect for a quiet inside recess activity, sub plans, homework skill reinforcement, early finishers, waiting in line for recess, etc.Fun: When word families are presented in a game format, kids don't even realize they're learning!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985781610
• ISBN13: 9780985781613
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Llama Press
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"