Volunteer Resources

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)

One Minute Activities – Beginnings and Endings

Teaching children about onsets (i.e., the first sound in a word) helps them recognize common chunks within words. This can help students learn about word families, decode new words when reading, and spell words when writing.

What are Dolch Words

Dolch words are words that are most commonly used in the English language which are grouped by grade level.

Reading Level Correlation Chart

Go Fish (Video)

Snowman (Video)