Whole Class Small Group Independent Hi | fruity Checkers . ave students work in pairs. Give each pair a reproducible, a bag of cereal, and a set of word cards. Have pairs place the cards facedown in a pile. Invite each partiier to choose a cereal color and then place his or her twelve pieces of cereal on the dark squares in the first three rows on his or her side of the game board. Explain that students are going to play Fruity Checkers a game similar to checkers. Have player A draw a word card reproducible and read it to player B. If player B correctly spells the word, (page 46) he or she moves one “game piece” ina diagonal direction w fruit ring cereal cone space. If player B gives an incorrect response, player A small resealable correctly spells the word and places the word card at the plastic bags ean bottom of the pile and player B's turn is over. When a player “jumps over’ and captures an opponent's game piece, he or she should remove that piece from the game board. Have students continue to take turns spelling words until one player has captured all of his or her partner’s cereal pieces. For each pair of students: Copy the reproducible. v Place twelve each of two different colors of cereal ina plastic bag. V Write 20 word wall words on separate index Write antonyms or synonyms on the index cards. Challenge students to say a matching antonym or synonym of the word in order to move a game piece. 45fruity Checkers SEO o> > COB OSHO Making You Word Wat More acve 2001 Crate Teac Pres