Word game emphasizing English grammar targeted to 1st and 2nd grade students.Dr. Tamara O'Callaghan - Faculty Sponso

Bluford, Lauren

Darby, Kendra

Dreyer, Autumn

Heiert, Danielle

Pipes, Rachel

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Word WorldMaking Grammar FunDanielle Heiert, Kendra Darby, Lauren Bluford, Rachel Pipes, and Autumn DreyerHow to Play:• Players roll dice to move around game board, visiting Noun Town, Verb Ville, Preposition Plaza, Adjective Avenue, and more along the way.• Players collect parts of speech from each area while moving around board to create complete and correct sentences. • As players advance, sentences become more complex, adding subordinate clauses, relative clauses, etc. • Game designed for two or more players.Faculty Sponsor Dr. Tamara O’Callaghan (English)Game Concept:• Designed to help players learn to construct complete sentences, as well as learning proper word order and functions of each of the parts of speech, which will further the development of communication skills.• Game board is designed to look like train tracks.• Players create sentences that will resemble a train as it grows along the tracks. Grammar Challenge:• Grammar learned through playing games is essential to communication skills children use throughout their lives.• Games give children an entertaining and competitive way to learn grammar more successfully than traditional classroom settings.• Targeted toward 1st and 2nd grade students who are able to read and learning proper grammar principles.Source: Deposit PhotosSource: Danielle HeiertSource: Consumer Affairs---- -- -- ------------- --,.-------,...- - -· --------.. !....--- ---------..;;r-- - ------lJ--:!-------------- --------,,,,,,,,# "'''''*" ~-• II • II "''''''# ftttllll# - .. r di - --- • . . . . . . . . . . ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Word World: Making Grammar Fun

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