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Letter Y Games

Students roll, move and cover matching pictures on a letter Y gameboard, following the printed goal of covering every picture.
Grades
Preschool–2, Elementary
Pages
4
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Nov 28, 2023

Subject
ELA, Phonics
Topic
Alphabet Activities, Alphabet Games
Resource types
Games, Activities
Preparation
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Product description

From the author

This letter Y beginning sound game is an interactive way for students to work on words that begin with the letter Y. This alphabet game provides students with a fun and engaging way to practice on the initial sound of the letter Y. This game focuses on the most common sound of the initial /y/ sound.

What is Included:

  • One gameboard in color

  • One gameboard in black and white


What do you need to play:

  • One of the gameboards

  • A die

  • Something to mark the inner spaces with

  • A player piece to move around the edge of the board

This game can be a single player game or a two player game. To play, each student will need one gameboard, one die, 20 objects to mark the inner part of the game board, and a game piece for each student playing. First, a student will roll the die and move his game piece around the outside of the gameboard. The student will then cover the corresponding picture in the middle of the gameboard. The winner or end of game can be determined by one of the following rules below, depending on if the student is playing alone or with a partner.

This can be a single player game using the following rules:

  • The player tries to get 4 pictures covered in a row to win

  • The player tries to cover all the spaces in a set time limit

This can be a two player game by using the following rules:

  • Who can cover the most spaces in a specific time limit

  • Who can cover half (10 spaces) of the board first


When to Use:

  • Literacy Center

  • Small Group Activity

  • Morning Tubs or Baskets

  • Individual Activity

  • Early Finisher Game

  • File Folder Game

  • Partner Activity


Skills Assessed:

  • Beginning Sound of the Letter Y

  • Counting

  • Following Directions

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Follow a printed three-step game rule in order: roll the die, move around the board, cover the matching picture

  • Match each landing space to its picture on the board and mark it with a counter

  • Sustain a complete game to its finish condition — every picture on the board covered

Teaching tips

  • Read the printed rule aloud once before the first game; after that, pre-readers can run rounds on their own from the pictures

  • Laminate one copy of the board for a permanent literacy-center set and keep the second copy for a file-folder game or take-home version

  • Landing on a Roll Again space gives an extra roll — establish before play whether the extra roll must be taken immediately

Skills covered

  • Following game directions — each board prints a three-step rule (roll the dice, move around the board, cover the matching picture) that players carry out in order.

  • Picture matching — players find and cover the board picture that corresponds to where their piece lands.

  • Turn-based play — Roll Again spaces insert extra rolls, so players track whose turn it is and where each piece sits.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How does the game end?

The printed directions say to roll, move around the board and cover the matching picture. The goal is to cover all the pictures.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • CCSS.RF.K.3.a — Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

Core concepts

  • Letter Y

  • Beginning sounds

  • Picture matching

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