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Lesson Plan
Spelling Patterns "Go Fish" Card Game
| Grades | 4 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Four 45-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Berkeley, California |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- A set of 52 small index cards (or card stock cut into card-sized rectangles) for each group of about four students
- Colored pencils
PRINTOUTS
- Spelling "Go Fish" Card Game Instructions
- Spelling Patterns Chart
- Spelling Patterns "Go Fish" Self-Evaluation
PREPARATION
| 1. | Make a copy for each student of the Spelling "Go Fish" Card Game Instructions, Spelling Patterns Chart, and Spelling Patterns "Go Fish" Self-Evaluation. |
| 2. | Make a seating chart organizing your students into heterogeneous groups of four, with a variety of social and academic skills in each group. Having two boys and two girls in each group, if possible, often works well. |
| 3. | Write the following warm-up activity on the board before class starts.
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