Four In a Row Games - Digraphs, Combinations, NK

Price: 299 points or $2.99 USD

Subjects: articulation,phonology,readingSkills

Grades: 2,3,4,5

Description: 2-4 players take turns using dice (not included) to determine which sound pattern they need to find. The numbers that go with each sound are listed on the game board. Whoever gets four in a row first is the winner. This game goes with the decodable book, HANK THE TANK: ANIMAL IN THE SPOTLIGHT from Level 2 of the HOT ROD Series. The book is not needed to play the games but is extremely beneficial for continued reading, decoding, and articulation practice. See related Boom Card Activities as well as the HANK THE TANKActivity Guide. Find out more at www.wordtravelpress.com This game includes four different game boards to work on reading and speech sound production as follows: GAME 1-Initial Digraphs and Combinations (1= sh, 2 = ch, 3 = th, 4 = wh, 5 = qu, 6 = FREE) GAME 2- Final nk and ng (1=ang, 2 = ing, 3 = ong, 4 = ank, 5 = ink, 6 = unk GAME 3- Final /k/ (1=k, 2=c, 3=ck) and Final /ch/ (4=ch, 5=tch, 6= FREE) After completing this game, instruct students look at the words to identify spelling patterns. See below: K - comes after consonants C - comes after a closed (short) vowel in a two or more syllable word. CK – comes after a closed (short) vowel in a one syllable word. Look at the CK word chart in the book to see if there are words that break this rule (note: compound words like flapjack do not follow this rule. CH – comes after consonants TCH – comes after a closed (short) vowel. GAME 4 - Final Digraph and Trigraph Non-Words (1=sh, 2=th, 3=ck, 4= ch, 5= tch,6= ng)