Purpose: To learn vowel sounds
Materials: Flash cards with the following written on them
| Short a | Long a | R-controlled a |
| Short e | Long e | R-controlled e |
| Short i | Long i | R-controlled i |
| Short o | Long o | R-controlled o |
| Short u | Long u | R-controlled u |
Procedure:
Have the two students who are playing tic-tac-toe draw a flash card. Then, instead of marking each square with X or O, the student writes words that have the sound on her card. If, for example, the first student gets short o and the second gets long a, then the first must write a word with short o when it is her turn to play, and the second must write a word with long a when it is her turn to play. An example of a partially finished game is shown in the following illustration.
Partially finished game:
Variation:
This is also a good learning device if the two participants have to draw a new flash card before each move. When playing the game this way, use two different colors of chalk or pencil to help remember which words belong to each player.
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