FISH FOR WORDS GAME ©

       Game 2   

Game 2  "FISH FOR WORDS GAME"

This game gives students practice in dividing the alphabet into sections and recognizing letters in the alphabet within a range. The children taught me that it can be played as a cooperative game, too.

MATERIALS

1. Magnetized plastic alphabet letters in a box. Be sure all letters are in the box. Use a set with multiples of letters.
2. Food words in 4 containers marked A-F, G-L, M-R, S-Z. All food words are face down in the container. (Glue words to heavy paper and laminate.) I use empty square tissue boxes.
3. Below is a set of food words and a set of animal words.
4. 1 "fishing pole" with magnet on the end.
5. My Second Picture Dictionary (1 copy per student).

DIRECTIONS

Players: 2-4

1. Players who goes first is the one whose first name starts with the letter closest to the letter K.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

2. Player 1 fishes in the alphabet box until s/he lands a letter. Then s/he selects the box from which to choose a word card with a first letter match. Player 1 selects a word card.
3. If the first letter matches, the player places the letter and the word together in front of him/her as a match. If it does not match, player separates word and letter alphabetically to make a match later.
4. Players 2, 3, 4 then repeat the play.
5. The first player to get 5 matches wins the game.
6. The children can play cooperatively in this game. They can help each other find their five matches and when they each have five the game is over. Provide a small treat (sticker, hard candy) for their good work.

   WORDS

   Food Words: Cut out each square with paper cutter; glue to tag board and laminate.

   ice cream	lemon	hot	fish
   ice	lemonade	hungry	food
   jar	lettuce	farm	flour
   juice	liquid	farmer	fork
   kitchen	lobster	feast	date
   dish	lamb	grow	dessert
   kumquat	garden	hamburger	dinner
   lunch lunches	glass glasses	half halves	knife knives
   grapefruit	grocer	hay	eat
   grapes	grocery	honey	egg

    

    

   fresh	dish	cabbage	candy
   fruit	cake	can	cantaloupe
   carrot	cattle	cauliflower	cone
   cookie	corn	celery	cheese
   cherry	chocolate	clean	cow
   cream	crop	cucumber	cup
   chicken	bake	barn	basket
   beans	beet	bush	butter
   bite	bottle	bowl	bought
   bread	breakfast	bunch	buy

    

    

    

   okra	onion	peas	spinach
   pepper	squash	potato	tomato
   pumpkin	turnip	apple	blackberry
   blueberry	apricot	banana	peach
   pear	pineapple	plum	raspberry
   strawberry	squash	pasture	orchard
   watermelon	spinach	milk	mouth
   meat	clam	cheese	meal
   salt	duck	cereal	pie
   pepper	bread	grain	plate
   pig	pour	plate	quart
   pound	rain	sweet	sheep
   seed	shopping	stove	soup
   shake	sugar	stir	supper
   shell	table	taste	teeth
   tree	tooth	vegetable	warm
   watermelon	weigh	whip	whole
   turkey	piece	asparagus	broccoli
   thirsty	tomato	tractor	truck
   pan	wheat	picnic	plant

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   Animal Words: Cut out each square with paper cutter; glue to tag board and laminate.

   Alligator	Aardvark	Asp	Auk
   Baboon	Bunting	Bobcat	Beetle
   Cat	Curlew	Chipmunk	Catbird
   Dog	Deer	Dugong	Donkey
   Eagle	Elephant	Eel	Elk
   Frog	Fly	Ferret	Fox
   Gnu	Goat	Grass - hopper	Gnat
   Hawk	Hippo – potamus	Harp Seal	Hare
   Jay	Jackal	Junco	Jaguar
   Kangaroo	Koala	King Snake	Kestral
   Lemur	Lemming	Lion	Ladybug

    

    

   Meerkat	Mongoose	Manatee	Marlin
   Numbat	Narwhal	Notoris	Needlefish
   Owl	Orca	Ocelot	Otter
   Parrot	Pig	Panda	Piranha
   Quagga Extinct	Quail	Quatzel	Q
   Raccoon	Rat	Raven	Rattle-snake
   Stoat	Swallow	Spider	Snake
   Tiger	Tapir	Toad	Tody
   Umbrella Bird	Urus
   Viper	Vole	Vicuna	Vampire Bat

    

    

    

   Walrus	Whale	Wallaby	Wasp
   X-ray fish	EXTINCT ANIMAL DINOSAUR	EXTINCT ANIMAL PASSENGER PIGEON	EXTINCT ANIMAL DODO BIRD
   Yak	Yellow hammer	Yapok	Yellow jacket
   Zebra	Zebra fish	Zebra finch	Zebu

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