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1-2-3 FLIP It! {a Short Vowel Review Game}

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1-2-3 FLIP IT! {a FREE Short Vowel Review Game} | This Reading MamaNJoy has really taken off with his reading this past summer. He enjoys picking up a book {any book} and trying to read it, looking mostly for those sight words he knows from Reading the Alphabet. I love his enthusiasm. He’s also interested in sounding out those short vowel CVC words when he finds them, too. To give him a little more practice on these short vowel words, I created a card game for him called 1-2-3 FLIP It! It isn’t too fast-paced when he plays it with me {we’ll get there}, but if you play with a child who has a solid grasp on sounding out CVC words, you could really make it a fast-paced game!

1-2-3 FLIP IT! is super simple to play.  The game board always starts with cat. Each person gets a stack of cards {we played with 10 cards each}. Players take turns flipping over their top card from their deck. They look at the number on the bottom of the card and put it in either the 1, 2, or 3 spot on the game board. Then, the player reads the new word he made {real or silly}.

Making a Silly Short Vowel Word | This Reading MamaWe created some silly words

Flipit-realand some real words.

A few words may be tricky like was or has and that’s okay. For example, after he sounded out w-a-s, I simply told him what the word really said. {This only happened to us a handful of times in all the times we’ve played the game.}

Because I wanted the words to resemble real patterns that kids find in reading, you won’t find any q‘s {because q needs u}.  There also aren’t any, j‘s, c‘s or k‘s in the 3rd position.  Letters like w, r, and l {that usually color the vowels} will only be found in the 1st position. I also made a note in the directions that c and g need to keep their hard sounds in the game, especially if you’re playing with younger kids. Directions also include modifications of the game!

You can download the directions, game board, and all the letter cards HERE!  It’s FREE! Also, see my FREE 1-2-3 SPELL IT! for a short vowel challenge game.

 

Phonics Card Games - Flip It and Spell It -tpt
Is your child ready for more spelling games? Then, you may want to purchase my 1-2-3 FLIP IT! / 1-2-3 SPELL IT! Pack. In this 47-page pack are FLIP IT! and SPELL IT! game boards and cards for:

    • Short Vowel Words
    • Short Vowel with Blends and Digraphs (such as stop, clam, or black)
    • Long Vowel with Silent e (such as name, home, or bike)
    • Long Vowel Digraphs (such as road, bead, or rain)
    • R-Controlled Vowels (such as bird, turn, or herd)

1-2-3 FLIP IT! ~ SPELL IT! Pack Download {Click “Add to Cart” below}

$3.00Add to cart

 

 

~Becky

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Comments

  1. Anna@The Measured Mom says

    September 13, 2013 at 7:37 am

    Wow — great job, Becky! We’ll definitely be playing this one 🙂

    Reply
  2. toddnlaura says

    September 14, 2013 at 10:15 am

    What a great idea! Thanks for the free download! I will be printing this to use with my just-beginning-to-learn-to-read “special needs” daughter. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Jodie @ Growing Book by Book says

    September 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    What a fun and easy game to practice reading with young readers. Just pinned it. Love all the ideas you come up with!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      September 17, 2013 at 4:16 pm

      Thank you, Jodie. 🙂

      Reply
  4. kewkew says

    September 24, 2013 at 6:52 pm

    Thanks for sharing this. Looks like fun!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      September 24, 2013 at 9:03 pm

      You’re welcome.

      Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      September 24, 2013 at 9:03 pm

      You’re very welcome.

      Reply
  5. Gulmira says

    September 30, 2013 at 7:19 am

    I played this game with my student, he loved it so much. I think we can play it with our second level of phonics book which is long vowels, we’ll just place “e” in the end. Thank you a lot for sharing!

    Reply
  6. EC85 says

    May 8, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    I played this with some of my students, and it went great! I’m a Peace Corps Volunteer in the country of Dominica in the Eastern Caribbean. My primary assignment is teaching remedial literacy classes at the primary school in the village, where everyone speaks English, but many people cannot read. I don’t have any background in literacy education, so I rely a lot on websites such as this one for ideas. I’ve found that many activities use a lot of paper–a luxury at my school, which does not even have access to a laminating machine. I really liked this activity because I could create it simply by writing on some index cards. I would love more suggestions for similar activities that can be made using minimal materials. Thank you!

    Reply
  7. Jen Haar says

    January 9, 2015 at 1:29 pm

    I would like to purchase this game, but it’s not letting me. Any suggestions?

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      January 9, 2015 at 1:33 pm

      Sorry about that. Try this link instead–> https://thisreadingmama.com/product/1-2-3-flip-spell-pack/
      I just changed from ejunkie to an in-house store and I’m in the process of finding all those links that are dead. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Teresa Libera says

    January 3, 2016 at 1:37 pm

    I love the Flip it game! I plan to use it with my refugee kids that I am teaching!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      January 4, 2016 at 2:34 pm

      Yay! I’m so blessed to know you can use it in your teaching.

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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