Comments on: Chunks – A Word Building Game http://buytoypets.com/chunks-a-word-building-game.html Buy Zhu Zhu Pets Online Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:42:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: James Guilford http://buytoypets.com/chunks-a-word-building-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-44 James Guilford Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:15:46 +0000 http://buytoypets.com/chunks-a-word-building-game.html#comment-44 I really like playing with Chunks with my [...] son. We learn to make silly words and real words and at the same time learn some needed skills for reading. Chunks are easily sorted into easy word groups and harder word groups (blends).By having the beginning sound(s) separate from the ending, you can work on rhyming as well. Rating: 5 / 5 I really like playing with Chunks with my [...] son. We learn to make silly words and real words and at the same time learn some needed skills for reading. Chunks are easily sorted into easy word groups and harder word groups (blends).By having the beginning sound(s) separate from the ending, you can work on rhyming as well.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Jessie - Teacher http://buytoypets.com/chunks-a-word-building-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-43 Jessie - Teacher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:17 +0000 http://buytoypets.com/chunks-a-word-building-game.html#comment-43 This game is fantastic! I use this game with my special education students 1-4th grade. It is fun, rules are simple, and the students are excited to play the game. <br /> <br />The tiles are divided in to Onsets and Rimes (beginning and ending sounds). Students draw an Onset and Rime tile. If they make a word, they keep the tiles. Next turn, the students continue to draw two tiles but can also use the tiles they have won to form new words. If they can form a new word with the tiles, then they can keep them. Student with the most tiles wins. Game play is very simple and straight forward. This would make an excellent center for reading time. I highly recommend this game to every elementary teacher that teaches reading. <br /> Rating: 5 / 5 This game is fantastic! I use this game with my special education students 1-4th grade. It is fun, rules are simple, and the students are excited to play the game.

The tiles are divided in to Onsets and Rimes (beginning and ending sounds). Students draw an Onset and Rime tile. If they make a word, they keep the tiles. Next turn, the students continue to draw two tiles but can also use the tiles they have won to form new words. If they can form a new word with the tiles, then they can keep them. Student with the most tiles wins. Game play is very simple and straight forward. This would make an excellent center for reading time. I highly recommend this game to every elementary teacher that teaches reading.

Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Aaron Garner http://buytoypets.com/chunks-a-word-building-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-42 Aaron Garner Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:39:59 +0000 http://buytoypets.com/chunks-a-word-building-game.html#comment-42 I homeschool my 3 children, one is a beginning reader, the second is a struggling reader and my third is fantastic reader, but awful in spelling, so finding an educational game that they can all play is always a challenge. This game works for all 3 children! My beginner reader is learning beginning AND advance phonics, my struggling reader is continuing to work on his skills and improving rapidly the more we play, and my advance reader must read the word, then turn the word over and spell it to keep the word! On top of those benefits, we often keep the computer nearby and "look-up" any potential words that we don't think are actual words, but turns out that they are ... so then we get a vocabulary lesson as well! Needless to say - I LOVE this game and highly recommend!! Rating: 5 / 5 I homeschool my 3 children, one is a beginning reader, the second is a struggling reader and my third is fantastic reader, but awful in spelling, so finding an educational game that they can all play is always a challenge. This game works for all 3 children! My beginner reader is learning beginning AND advance phonics, my struggling reader is continuing to work on his skills and improving rapidly the more we play, and my advance reader must read the word, then turn the word over and spell it to keep the word! On top of those benefits, we often keep the computer nearby and “look-up” any potential words that we don’t think are actual words, but turns out that they are … so then we get a vocabulary lesson as well! Needless to say – I LOVE this game and highly recommend!!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Neil B. Taylor http://buytoypets.com/chunks-a-word-building-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-41 Neil B. Taylor Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:24:48 +0000 http://buytoypets.com/chunks-a-word-building-game.html#comment-41 I used the game as a tool in helping my dyslexic child to identify chunks of sounds in words. We had fun at the same time helping him improve his sounding out abilities. Rating: 5 / 5 I used the game as a tool in helping my dyslexic child to identify chunks of sounds in words. We had fun at the same time helping him improve his sounding out abilities.
Rating: 5 / 5

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