Match it: Vocabulary

Purpose: To develop word attack skills increase vocabulary simultaneously.

Description: Each item includes decks made up of word cards and matching picture cards. Phrase & Sentence Board Games (SB1-SB6) reinforce Match It: Vocabulary (MV1, 2, 3, 4, 9). This allows the opportunity for additional exposures to word meanings.

Activities: As word attack skills are presented, the meanings of words containing these elements are discussed. Picture cards are used to illustrated meanings and provide opportunities for practice. included in Match It: Vocabulary will be helpful in the process. Picture cards can also be used to discover word relationships and to stimulate oral and written language production.

Match It: Pictures are spread out on the table, face up. Students read word cards and place them on corresponding picture cards.

Memory (Concentration): When students become proficient in matching activities they can play memory. Sort the pictures and word cards. Turn the pictures , face down, on one side of the table and turn the words, face down, on the other side. Students take turns turning over a picture and a word to make a pair. They may take another turn if they have been successful in forming a pair. When all cards have been matched, the winner is the student with the most pairs.