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9 Editable Ocean Word Games

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9 Editable Ocean Word Games

{At the beach} Building Sand Castles Page 4 Crabs in a Bucket Page 9 Mixed Up Sunglasses Page 16 Shell Writing Page 21 {In the ocean} The Green Submarine Page 28 Ocean Diving Page 34 The Great Cover Up Page 38

Jumping Jellyfish Page 42 Roll a Sea Creature Page 49

Getting Started Directions: Type 18 sight words in the spaces below. The PDF will automatically plug those words into all of the games. Click “Save As” and give the file a new name. For example, you might call it “Week One” or “Blue Group – List Two”. When you’re ready to make a new set of games, just type the next set of words below and click “Save As” to create a new file. Enjoy!

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Teacher/Parent Instructions for

BUILDING SAND CASTLES

1. Cut out the sand castle cards and glue each one to the side of a different clear disposable cup.

2.Give the stack of sand

cups to a small group of students.

3. Have the kids stack the cups to build a sand castle.

4.When all of the cups have been stacked, have students write the words they used on their record sheet.

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Name ____________________________________

Building Sand Castles

Directions: Use the sand buckets to build a sandcastle. Then write the words you used on the lines below.

Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the crabs on cardstock and laminate.

1. Before your students join you, cut along the dotted lines to separate the crabs.

2. Place the crabs in a sand bucket.

3. Explain that you have collected a bucket of crabs along the beach. Students will reach into the bucket and pick them out one at a time. They will read the word, spell it out loud and read it again. For example, “AND. A-N-D. AND.”

4. Play continues until all crabs have been pulled from the bucket.

5. Then have students write the words on their record sheet when they are finished.


CRABS IN A BUCKET







Name ____________________________________

Crabs in a Bucket

Directions: Each time that you pull a new crab out of the bucket, write it on the lines below.

Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate.

There are two versions of this game:

1. In version one, a solo player looks at the sunglass pieces and matches them by color {red to red, orange to orange, etc.} When he is finished, he writes the two words that are written on each pair on his record sheet.

2. In version two of the game, two players mix up the cards and spread them out face down on a flat surface. Player One turns over two cards and reads the words out loud. If the sunglass pieces are the same color, he keeps the pair and turns over two more cards. If they are not the same color, he flips the cards back over and it becomes Player Two’s turn to flip over two cards. Play continues until all cards have been matched up. Players then write the matching pairs on their own record sheets.


Mixed Up Sunglasses





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Mixed Up Sunglasses

Directions: What pairs of sunglasses did you match up? Write the pairs of words below.

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Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the shells on cardstock and laminate. 1. Place the shells in a plastic bucket.

2. Explain that you combed the beach gathering shells. Each shell has a different word

on it.

3. {Optional} Pulling out one shell at a time, have your students read the words out loud as a group.

4. Return the shells to the pail and ask the first player to pull out a shell, read it, spell it

and read it again. For example, “ARE. A-R-E. ARE.” 5. Have the child write the word in the sand. 6. {Optional} Once the

child has written all of the words in the sand, ask him to write them a second time on his record sheet.


SHElL WRITING







Name ____________________________________

Shell Writing

Directions: Each time that you pull a new shell out of the bucket, write the word that is written on it in the sand. Then write it again on the lines below.

Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate or slide into a sheet protector. Have children write on the submarine with dry erase markers for easy clean up.

1. Give each player a word die, a submarine and a dry erase marker.

2. Have players roll their die and write the word that lands on top on their submarine.

3. Play continues until all 20 spots are filled.

4. {Optional} Have children write the words on their record sheet so that they can take it home.


THE GREEN SUBMARINE


The Green Submarine

Directions: Roll the word die. Then write the words you land on below.

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The Green Submarine

Directions: Roll the word die. Then write the words you land on below.

Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate. To make game pieces, cut out the sea creatures and clip them with small binder clips. Then squeeze the metal tabs to detach them from the clip like this:

3. There are two versions of this game. In version one, the player will place his token on the starting line. When you say, “go”, he will move his token along the path, reading each word in order. You will time him to see how long it takes to read all 18 words. The goal is to read the words faster and faster each time he completes the race.

4. In version two of the game, two players place their tokens on the starting line. Player One rolls the die and moves his token to the corresponding space on the mat. He reads the word out loud, then spells it and writes it on his record sheet.

Player Two then rolls the die, moves his token to the matching spot and reads and writes the word. Players continue taking turns rolling and reading. The first player to land on finish is the winner.


OCEAN DIVING

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{Playing Pieces} Optional: Cut out the playing pieces below and stand them up using a binder clip. Invite players to use one of the pieces to mark their spot on the game board as they play. {Note that there are 8 sets of game pieces included so that you can set up 8 simultaneous literacy centers.


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Ocean Diving

Directions: Place your player on start. Roll your die and move that number of spaces. Read the word you land on, spell it and write it on a line below. The first player to land on finish wins the game.

Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the game on cardstock and laminate.

1. Place the word cards in a pile face down next to the Cover Up game board. Add a bowl of at least 18 glass rocks, pennies or other counters.

2. Invite a child to turn over the top card and read it out loud.

3. Have her find the word on her game board and cover it with a counter.

4. Play continues until all words have been covered.

5. The child then writes the words on her record sheet.


THE GREAT COVER UP

THE GREAT COVER UP

Directions: Turn over the top card in your pile. Read and spell the word you see. Cover up the matching word below. Continue playing until all words are covered.


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The Great Cover Up

Directions: Turn over the top card in your pile. Read it out loud, spell it and then use a token to cover up that word on your playing mat. Continue play until all of your words are covered. Then write the words below.

Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the jellyfish on cardstock and laminate.

1. Before children join you, cut apart the jellyfish and spread them out in a long line, making a jellyfish trail. You’ll want about one foot of space between each jellyfish.

2. Explain that jellyfish sting when their tentacles touch skin so students must be very careful not to touch them on their journey from one side of the room to the other.

3. Invite a child to start at one end of the trail and read the first word out loud, spell it loud, read it again and then hop over it. For instance, he might say “The. T-H-E. The” and then hop over the jellyfish.

4.Players continue reading, spelling and hopping along the trail until they make it to the other side.

5. {Optional} Have children write the sight words on their record sheet.


JuMPING JELLYFISH







Name ____________________________________

Jumping Jellyfish

Directions: After jumping through the jellyfish trail, write the words on the lines below.

Assembly tip: For extra durability, print the dies on cardstock.

1. Give each player a sea creature die, a word die, a record sheet and a pencil.

2.The player will roll both dice and write the word that lands on top in the sea creature column that matches the die. In the example below, he would write {how} in the fish column.

3.Play continues until a column is full.


ROLL A SEA CREATURE


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Roll a Sea Creature

Directions: Roll the sea creature and word dice. Read and spell the word that lands on top. Then write it in the column that matches the sea creature you rolled.

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