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Get Rid of It! templatetsl TEACHER SUBMITTED LESSON PLAN: HEADLINE: Get Rid of It! TAGLINE: *** Which word has two syllables? Get rid of it! LuAnn Lawhon, a teacher at Most Pure Heart of Mary School in Topeka, Kansas submitted this week's lesson, a phonics matching game that can be adapted and used in many subject areas. [NOTE TO PATTY/NANCY: TEXT OF LESSON APPEARS BELOW. THIS IS COPY-EDITED TEXT, SO IT NEEDS TO REPLACE ANY PREVIOUSLY POSTED TEXT.] Title: Get Rid of It! Subjects: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies Grade Levels: K-2, 3-5 Brief Description: Get Rid of It! is a matching game that can be played with the entire class. The sample game provides drill in phonics, but the game format can be used in any subject area. Objectives: Students will practice vocabulary skills while playing a quick and easy matching game. Key Concepts: games, matching, phonics Materials Needed: note cards in two colors, a paper bag Lesson Plan: The following activity is an example of a phonics game that might be used at the beginning of second grade. Once students have learned how to play Get Rid of It, however, the game can be adapted and used in any subject area. Preparation: Use white 3 x 5 note cards to make a set of word cards. Write one word on each card. The words for this game are: field, pie, by, night, cry, copy, nice, piece, tree, bee, reply, decide, recite, wide, heater, cider, sea, see, space, crazy, place, happen, sudden, happy, hope, rode, funny, silly, over, candy, baby, babies, lady, bitter, climb, find, wind, center, circus, ape, ate, make, cake, fight, flying, tiger, bacon, ice, cane, baseball, playground, witness, stripes, camp, need, circle, square, enter, desire, scout. Use light blue note cards to make a set of questions. The questions for this game are: Which word contains a long i sound? Which word contains a long e sound? In which word does the letter c make an s sound? Which word contains two syllables? In which word does the letter c make a k sound? Which word contains a silent e? Place the question cards in a large bag. Playing the Game: Pass out an equal number of word cards to each student. Three works well for the first game. Have students spread the cards out on their desks so that they can read them easily. Shake the bag of question cards, draw a card, and read the question. Students who have a word card that fits the description, hold up the card. The card must be right side up and facing the teacher. The first student who holds up a correct card 'gets rid of' the card by giving it to the teacher. If the first student's answer is incorrect, the student receives an extra card as a penalty card. The first student to 'get rid of' all of his or her cards is the winner. Play can continue until several students have won. Game Tips: There are two basic systems for matching: exact one-to-one matches, such as states and capitals. If this system is used, once an answer has been given, the answer card and the description card are both discarded. a limited number of question cards and a wide variety of answer cards. For example, the question cards contain the names of the systems in the human body (circulatory, respiratory, etc.) and the answer cards contain the names of the various organs. In that case, only the answer card is discarded. The question cards go back in the bag and are used over and over. Variations: Make the game last longer by adding more cards. Duplicate answer cards work fine. Arrange students in teams of three or four. This works especially well if there is a wide range of abilities. Let the student who gets rid of all cards first become the caller in place of the teacher. When another student wins, the caller becomes a judge and can help determine who has raised their hand first and whether the answer is correct. Pass out a larger number of answer cards, and accept all correct answers instead of just the first correct answer. (This variation can also be used to speed up the game. Use the "Get Rid of It" format to match cards in other subject areas: math problems and answers; science vocabulary words and definitions; base words and prefixes or suffixes; words and parts of speech, guide words and entry words, and so on. Assessment: Students are evaluated based on their participation in the game and the correctness of their responses. Lesson Plan Source: LuAnn Lawhon, Most Pure Heart of Mary School, Topeka, Kansas [LuAnn Lawhon: [email protected]]

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