Academic Language Monopoly
I made a game and tried it on my kids and they loved it! This has so many options and ways it can be played. I think an awesome way would be to use regular sight words.
Students start with $300 (all money could be adjusted however!) and roll the die. They move that number of spaces. They can land on a space that pays them more money, a space that makes them pay the bank, or a word. If it's a word, they read it and then can buy it. When they buy it, they put their piece on the space. This way if another player lands on the space that has been marked, they must pay the owner $20. I was the banker and facilitated the game. Once they had read most of the words, I started having them tell me what the words meant before they could purchase.
There are also some random boxes where they get paid or have to pay the bank.
I made a game and tried it on my kids and they loved it! This has so many options and ways it can be played. I think an awesome way would be to use regular sight words.
Students start with $300 (all money could be adjusted however!) and roll the die. They move that number of spaces. They can land on a space that pays them more money, a space that makes them pay the bank, or a word. If it's a word, they read it and then can buy it. When they buy it, they put their piece on the space. This way if another player lands on the space that has been marked, they must pay the owner $20. I was the banker and facilitated the game. Once they had read most of the words, I started having them tell me what the words meant before they could purchase.
There are also some random boxes where they get paid or have to pay the bank.
Play continues until you call time or all of the properties have been purchased. The winner is the student with the most properties. A tie-breaker could be who has the most money.
The words I used on the game board came from the 5th and 6th grade STAAR tests but are also words I feel like are used a lot but not understood a lot.
Words:
approximate
organization
convey
illustrate
demonstrate
support
conclude
infer
conclusion
presented
solution
logical
climax
compare
contrast
Below are the rules as well as the money.
The words I used on the game board came from the 5th and 6th grade STAAR tests but are also words I feel like are used a lot but not understood a lot.
Words:
approximate
organization
convey
illustrate
demonstrate
support
conclude
infer
conclusion
presented
solution
logical
climax
compare
contrast
Below are the rules as well as the money.
academic_language_monopoly.docx |
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