Educational Insights Grammar 500 Product Instructions

Brand
Educational Insights
Model
Grammar 500
Category
Skill games
Type
Product Instructions
EI-2935
Ages 7+
Grades 2+
Developed in Southern California by Educational Insights.
© Educational Insights, Inc., Gardena, CA (U.S.A.). All rights reserved. Learning
Resources Ltd., King’s Lynn, Norfolk (U.K.). Please retain this information.
Made in China.
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Insights.com
Here’s What’s Included
• Gameboard
• 100Self-checkingquestioncards
• 4“Pitstop”answercards
• 4Tireanswermarkers
• 4Racecargamepawnsandstands
• Die
• Teacher’sGuide
Sentences
Cards60–61 Completesentencesandsentencefragments
Cards62–63 SubjectsandPredicates
Parts of Speech
Cards64–69 Nounsandverbs
Cards70–73 Adverbsandadjectives
Usage
Cards74–77 Verbtense–regularverbs
Cards78–81 Verbtense–irregularverbs
Cards82–89 Subject-verbagreement
Cards90–94 Comparatives
Cards95–97 Subjectpronouns
Cards98–100 Objectpronouns
Scope and Sequence of Skills
(continued)
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Studentswillbeontracktowardchampionshipgrammarskillswith
Grammar500™!SeetheScopeandSequenceofSkillsinthisguidefor
adetailedsummaryoftheskillsstudentswillreview.
Object of the Game
Playersracearoundthetrackbycorrectlyansweringquestionsonthe
cards.Therstplayertocrossthenishlineisthewinner.
Start Your Engines!
• Eachplayerchoosesaracecarpawnandplacesitinitsstand.
PlayersputtheirracecarsonStart.
• Playerstakea“pitstop”answercardandtireanswermarker.
• Onepersonshuesthequestioncardsanddealstencardstoeach
player.Placetheremainingcardsinastackwiththequestionside
faceup.Playersdrawfromthestackiftheyrunoutofcardsbefore
thegameisover.
• Playersstacktheircardsontheirpitstopwiththequestionside
faceup.
GO!
1. Oneplayercalls“Go.”
2.Allplayersreadtheirtopcardsilently.
3.PlayersputatireontheA,B,orCspot
ontheirpitstoptochoosetheiranswer.
4.Playerstaketurnsreadingtheirquestions
aloudandcheckingthebacksoftheir
cardsfortheanswerandabriefexplanationofwhyitiscorrect.
5.Whenallplayershaveanswered,aplayerrollsthedie.(Playerscan
taketurnsrollingthedie.)
Players who answered correctly,moveaheadonthegameboard
thenumberofspacesthatwererolledonthedie.
Players who answered incorrectly,donotmove.
Dierentiated Instruction
Directplayerstoputasideincorrectlyansweredquestioncards.
Usethecardstoinformdierentiatedskillreview.
SPECIAL SPACES
Whenaplayerlandsononeofthespeciallymarkedspaces,he
orshefollowsthedirectiononthespace—eitherzoomingahead
orfallingback.
6.Playcontinues,withplayerstakingturnscalling“Go”androlling
thedie.
The WINNER!
Therstplayertocirclethetrackandwhizacrossthenishlineis
thewinner!
Variation
Grammar500™canalsobeplayedlikeatraditionalboardgame.
Stackthecardsinthecenterofthegameboardquestionsidefaceup.
Playerstaketurnsdrawingacard,readingitaloud,sayingtheanswer,
andcheckingitonthebackofthecard.Iftheyarecorrect,theyrollthe
dieandmoveontheboard.Therstplayertocrossthenishlinewins.
Thepitstopcardsandtiremarkersarenotusedinthisgamevariation.
Scope and Sequence of Skills
Capitalization
Cards1–5 Namesandtitlesofpeople
Cards6–9 Namesofdays,months,andholidays
Cards10–19 Namesofplacesandregions
Cards20–21 Booktitles
Cards22–23 Firstwordinaquotation
Punctuation
Cards24–26 Endpunctuation
Cards27–28 Comma–dates
Cards29–30 Period–initialsandabbreviations
Cards31–34 Comma–separateitemsinaseries
Cards35–36 Comma–betweencityandstate
Cards37–40 Comma–inquotationsanddirectaddress
Cards41–42 Apostrophe–contractions
Cards43–48 Apostrophe–possessiveforms
Cards49–50 Underliningofbooktitles
Cards51–53 Quotationmarks–directquotations
Cards54-55 Quotationmarks–titlesofsongsandpoems
Cards 56–59 Colon–tellingtime,introducingalist
(continuedonback)
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Educational Insights Grammar 500 Product Instructions

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Model
Grammar 500
Category
Skill games
Type
Product Instructions
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