Looking for engaging ways to teach words with IE and EI? These I Before E Except After C games help students apply the generalization "I before E except after C, or when sounded like A as in neighbor and weigh" to spell words like niece, weird, deceive, and sleigh.
The games are aligned to Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers (3rd Edition), Unit 9, Sort 58, but they work alongside any word study program. They were developed with 3rd-5th graders in mind (and can be used with younger students in small groups with teacher guidance) and fit students in the late Syllables and Affixes stage who are getting ready for the vocabulary focus of the Derivational Relations stage.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Seize the Thief Board Game (Partner Game)
Students draw a spelling pattern or hint card and match it to a word on the game board to move along the path. The recording sheet makes it easy to check that students chose the right spelling pattern.
- Teacher directions
- Seize the Thief 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 for a spelling pattern and match it with a word card to make a word. Then they write or build the word and "layer it on" to a growing word tower, adding 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 IE and EI spelling patterns
- Works for partner centers, small groups, early finishers, and independent practice
- Recording sheets build in accountability and quick assessment
- Uses game formats similar to the rest of Unit 9, so students don't have to learn new rules each week
- Letter tiles let students physically build each word as they add it to the word tower
- 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 Compound Words, Homophones, & Homographs Unit 9 Syllables Affixes Games Bundle | I Before E, so you can get all of the Unit 9 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.
NEED PRINTABLES FOR THE ENTIRE SYLLABLES AND AFFIXES LEVEL?
See the Syllables and Affixes Printable Bundle (contains all 4 resources)
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Copyright © Tammy Roose, Tarheelstate Teacher.
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