Contractions - Snap! Game, embed knowledge of contracted and expanded forms

Contraction Snap!

We developed this game of Snap! for our children to play against one another using 35 different contraction and extended form words. We found that whilst our children could often name the words and their shortened form, they did not recognise the spelling and did not apply the spellings accurately in their writing.

This game encourages just that. By playing the game, the children are continuously looking at the words, and looking at them critically in order to recognise a match and call snap.

The game is simple. Purchase, download, print, laminate and cut up the 70 word cards and sort into the two coloured piles. One pile is made up of extended words (yellow), the second pile is made up of contracted form cards (green).

As the children lay down their cards one at a time, one after each other, they must watch to see if the yellow word card matches the contracted form on the green classification card. The first person to spot the match shouts "Snap!" and wins the cards. The winning player is the first person to win all of the cards.

Our children love this game, and it has enabled them to embed the knowledge of contracted forms, and their spellings into their writing. If you are in a UK school this has also supported preparation for the SPAG assessment in Y6.

We hope that you enjoy this resource. Provides a valuable activity for Literacy Centers.

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INSPIREducation