Is it vowle, vowal, or vowel? These -ER, -OR, and -AR spelling games teach students that the schwa sound in the final syllable /ər/ can be spelled several ways, as in other, color, and dollar. Students practice choosing the correct ending in a board game and a word building activity.
The games are aligned to Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers (3rd Edition), Unit 6, Sort 33, but they work alongside any word study program. They're designed for students in the middle of the Syllables and Affixes stage who rely on sound alone in unaccented syllables, spelling words like battle, dollar, or human as "battel," "doller," or "humin."
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Take Cover From The Weather Board Game (Partner Game)
Students draw a card and match it to a word on the game board, adding the correct final syllable to move along the path. The recording sheet shows at a glance which spellings students chose.
- Teacher directions
- Take Cover From The Weather game board
- Game cards
- Student-friendly directions
- Recording sheet
- Answer key
Layer On! (Independent Activity)
Played much like a popular letter tile game, students spin an unaccented final syllable and match it to a word card. Then they write or build the word and connect it to the growing word tower, trying to "layer on" as many words as they can.
- Teacher directions
- Word building mat
- Word cards
- Spinner with student-friendly directions
- Letter tiles for building words
- Recording sheet
- Answer key
ALSO INCLUDED
- Black and white and color versions of everything
- Word list of all included words
- Answer keys for both activities
HOW THIS RESOURCE HELPS YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS
- Gives students two engaging ways to practice the same final syllable patterns
- Works for partner centers, small groups, early finishers, and independent practice
- Recording sheets build in accountability and quick assessment
- Uses the same game formats as the rest of Unit 6, so students don't have to learn new rules each week
- Letter tiles and the word building mat let students build each word syllable by syllable
- Ready to print and use with no extra prep beyond cutting cards
Want every game in this unit? This game set is included in the Unaccented Final Syllables Unit 6 Syllables Affixes Games Bundle | Schwa Sound Activities | Consonant LE Ending | Comparative Endings, so you can get all of the Unit 6 games together and save.
ABOUT THE SYLLABLES AND AFFIXES STAGE
This stage is where students move from studying single-syllable words to examining what happens where syllables meet. Students at this level are secure with vowel patterns in one-syllable words and are ready to study inflected endings, syllable juncture and division, open and closed syllables, accented and unaccented syllables, and the first prefixes and suffixes. Instruction focuses on the spelling changes that happen when endings are added and on where to divide a longer word. By analyzing multisyllabic words, students strengthen spelling while preparing for the meaning-based word study ahead.
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See the Syllables and Affixes Printable Bundle (contains all 4 resources)
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