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Additive Blending Word List

Organized by word length

2024 Post In-Service Handout

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Roll Pick a Letter Build a Word – variation 2 (video)

Roll Pick a Letter Build a Word – variation 1 (video)

Roll Pick a Letter Build a Word (video)

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks: Word Race

Level: K+
Skills: Creating 3-letter words, ending sounds, middle sounds
Goal: To make words by combining a rolled letter with a phonogram

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks: Vowel Crosswords

Level: Grade 3+
Skills: Spelling simple, three-letter words
Goal: To complete the most crosswords on the Vowel Crossword game board before the “garbage” is full

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks: Sight Word Stackers

Level: Grade 1+
Skills: Spelling simple, three-letter words
Goal: To have the “last word”, by being the last player who is able to complete a word using the letter tiles and the yellow consonant cards

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks: Match Five

Level: K-4
Skills: Short Vowels
Goal: Be the player with the most red vowel cards once the deck has been depleted.

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks: Beginners and Enders

Level: 1+
Skills: Creating 3-letter words, beginning sounds, ending sounds
Goal: To complete three words in a row: horizontally, vertically or diagonally (like BINGO)