Give the Dog a Bone Game
- Year levels
- Pre-school (Early Years), Foundation–Year 1
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Phonics, Language Development, English
- Topic
- 3 Letter Words, Initial Sounds
- Resource types
- Games
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9EFLY12 — write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by… AC9EFLY14 — read
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About this resource
Read the word on the bone. If you get it right feed it to the dog. Woof! Woof! A fun game to reinforce reading.
Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme.
How to prepare
Cut out the dog’s head, body and tail. Glue the head and body together and attach to a box (shoebox). Stick the tail to the other end of the box, so it can be seen just above the box.
How to play:
Muddle up and divide the bones equally between the number of children playing. Each child takes a turn to read a word from their pile. If they read the word correctly, everyone shouts “WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!” and the child slots it through the dog’s mouth. However, if they read the word incorrectly, everyone shouts “Grrrr....” and the word bone has to go to the bottom of the child’s pile. The first child to feed all their bones to the dog is the winner.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Decode three- and four-letter short-vowel words
Read common sight words such as the, she and they
Teaching tips
Building the dog takes thick cardboard, glue and a box such as a shoebox, with the head at one end and the tail at the other, so assemble it before the first game.
Skills covered
Decoding CVC words — each player reads the word on a bone aloud before feeding it to the dog
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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9EFLY12 — write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC words
- AC9EFLY14 — read and write some high-frequency words and other familiar words
Core concepts
Core concepts
CVC words
Short vowels
Sight words
Decoding
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