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Say and Spell Vowel Digraph Board Game by Chris Gunn
Vowel digraphs are combinations of letters that make a single sound (like in the words toad, rain, and sheep). This game lets teachers review spelling for words with vowel digraphs. The game should be self explanatory just be looking at the board. At any rate, teachers can decide the mechanics of each board square.
In this game kids role the dice and land on pictures of words that have vowel digraphs. They have to say the word then spell it or go back. All of the words come from the vowel digraph card game: bee, leaf, boat, food, rain, boot, eel, goal, train, tea, roof, sheep, soap, tail, zoo, teeth, team, toad, sail, tooth, pail, road, seed, read, loaf, queen, tool, teach, mail, goat, jeep, pool, peach, moon, chain, beach, brain, coat, and feet.
There are also 'word skill' card squares that emphasize word skills such as rhyme, beginning sounds, and ending sounds. When students land on these squares they have to answer a question or go back.
Finally, there are instruction squares where students have to follow the instructions written in the squares. The first one to the finish is the winner.
*Note: I usually have to print the board at 97% to fit it onto A4 paper. You should be able to do this if you hit options and paper layout when you print. Also, some teachers don't like the Free Candy square. If this is the case, just cut and paste one of the Word Skills squares into the spots occupied by Free Candy.
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Other Vowel Digraph
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Vowel Digraph Activities and Worksheets
Here is a selection of worksheets available for teaching phonics:
Initial Sounds | Final sounds | Select Patterns | Vowel combinations | Phonics Monsters Cards
Young Learners | ABC Cards | ABC Mazes | Connect-the-Dots | First Words | Alpha Trains
Little Letters | Big Letters | Opposites | Flashcards | Holiday Worksheets
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