Is it vowle, vowal, or vowel? Are your students struggling to know which spelling pattern to choose when spelling words with unaccented final or initial syllables? You're in luck! These Unaccented Final Syllables -ER, -AR, -OR Agents and Comparative Endings games can transform your students into more accurate and confident spellers in the Syllables and Affixes stage! With the I'm Out! card game and Four In A Row word board activity, you'll be sure to increase student engagement and personal teaching joy during word study, spelling, or word work. These schwa sound activities focus on teaching students that comparative adjectives are always spelled with -er in words like bigger, faster, and longer and agents can be spelled using the patterns -er, -ar, and -or in words like dancer, actor, and beggar. Aligned to Words Their Way Spelling Lists for Syllables and Affixes Spellers Sort 34.

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Whether you're looking for hands-on, engaging activities students can complete independently, partner games, centers, or ideas to spice up your small group lessons, these activities covering Unaccented Final Syllables -ER, -AR, -OR Agents and Comparatives have done the creative thinking and planning for you! With all of the activities in the Unit 6 bundle utilizing games with similar formats, you'll have versatility AND consistency built right in for you and you won’t have to teach students how to play with each new word sort!

While these games and activities are aligned to Words Their Way, they can be used to complement any word study program or focus with your students. See the preview for detailed lists of the included words!

★ Partner Game ★

In the I'm Out card game, students play a shredding game with word and picture cards. Their goal is to match as many word or picture cards with a draw card (featuring final unaccented syllables, comparative adjectives and agents, and assorted wild cards) in order to get rid of all their cards and win the game.

✔ Teacher Directions

✔ Word and Picture Playing Cards

✔ Student-Friendly Directions

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

★ Independent Activity ★

In Four In A Row, students spin a spinner and find a word or image depicting a word on the game board that follows the final syllable pattern they spun. They must cover the word or image, write the word on a white board (optional), and record it on their recording sheet. Their goal is to cover four words/images in a row (vertically, horizontally, or diagonally).

✔ Teacher Directions

✔ 4 Word Boards

✔ 2 Spinners with Student Friendly Directions Versions

✔ Letter Tiles for Building Words

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

* Everything comes in black and white and color versions!

Who are these games and activities for?

> > > These games and activities are designed for students in the middle of the Syllables and Affixes stage. These students often make spelling errors in the final unaccented syllables, showing that they are solely relying on sound instead of learning the patterns that represent those schwa sounds. For example, they may spell BATTEL for "battle", DOLLER for "dollar", or HUMIN for "human".

These activities provide a great way to add meaningful variety to your word study routine, keeping it fresh and interesting for students. With these activities, your word study block will be a time that students look forward to as they work to master these key spelling and word study concepts!