Does your word study block need an energy boost? These Contractions Matching games make word study more engaging for our students in the Within Word Pattern stage! With the fun Lock and Key board game and the Match It Up independent activity, you’ll be sure to increase student engagement and personal teaching joy during word study, spelling, or word work. These spelling games printable activities focus on contractions with NOT, contractions with IS, contractions with HAVE, and contractions with WILL and their expanded form with words like does not, doesn't, you'll, you will, I've, and I have. (Aligned to Words Their Way Spelling Lists for Within Word Pattern Spellers Sort 56)

→ → This activity set is included in the UNACCENTED SYLLABLES, CONTRACTIONS, INFLECTED ENDINGS, & IRREGULAR VERBS GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR WITHIN WORD PATTERNS SPELLERS Unit 8 Bundle. Save 33% with the Unit 8 Bundle or save 50% with the Within Word Patterns Mega Bundle of Units 1-8.

Whether you’re looking for hands-on, engaging word study activities for students to complete independently, partner games, centers, or resources to spice up your small group lessons, the creative thinking and planning is done for you with these activities for Contractions! Versatility and consistency (not an oxymoron!) are built right in for you with most of the activities in the Unit 8 bundle having the same format, you won’t have to teach students how to play with each new word sort!

While these games 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 Lock and Key board game, students take turns drawing a card that display a contraction and trying to match it with the expanded form of the contraction on the game board.

✔ Teacher Directions

✔ Sorting Game Board

✔ Word Cards

✔ Student-Friendly Directions

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

Independent Activity:

In the “Memory Match!” card game, students match contractions with their expanded form.

✔ Teacher Directions

✔ Word Cards

✔ Student-Friendly Directions

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

* Everything comes in black and white and color versions!

Who are these games and activities for?

> > > These resources were developed with 3rd - 5th graders in mind, but could successfully be used in lower grades within small group lessons and with teacher guidance.

> > > These games and activities are designed for students in the late stages of Within Word Pattern who are reading and writing many words with inflectional endings. Typically these students have already shown success with CVCe & CVVC long vowel patterns, less common long vowel patterns, r-controlled vowel patterns, dipthongs and ambiguous vowel patterns, beginning & ending complex consonants, and homophones.

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!

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