spell phonically regular words  

Materials

Sheet of paper, filled in as a 'board'

A dice

Different coloured pens

Preparing the board

Create a landscape page with 6 columns and 7 rows.

On the first row number each column from 1-6.

Select the short vowels (e.g. a, e, i, o, u, y) or vowel digraphs (e.g. ay, ai, ee, ea, oi, oy) that the children need to reinforce.

Next to each number write a different vowel or vowel digraph that the children need to reinforce.

1. Establish the sound of each vowel (or vowel digraph) with the players.

2. Give each player a different coloured pen.

3. The first player rolls the dice and chooses any of the empty boxes in the column that corresponds to the number on the dice.

4. They write a word containing whichever short vowel or vowel digraph is at the head of that column. For example, if they throw a 3 and the 3 column is 'ee' they could write the word see. They write it in their own colour, underline the vowel or vowel digraph and read the word out loud.

5. No one else can now use that box.

6. Each player has one throw per turn.

7. If one of the columns becomes full and the player throws that number they are allowed one more throw. If it's still the same number they cannot write a word during that go.

8. The winner is the first person to get 4 words in a row either horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

9. If there is a time issue it can be 2 or 3 in a row.