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== Material ==
== Material ==
===Make Your Own===
===Make Your Own===
Cards can be cut from card-stock in the appropriate color and words written with white a gel-pen (a white-out pen did not work well).<br>
Cards can be cut from card-stock in the appropriate color and words written with white a gel-pen (a white-out pen did not work nearly as well).<br>
2 inches by 2.5 inches seems to be about right.
1.5 inches by 2.5 inches is an okay size.  Larger is fine.  It doesn't really matter that much as long as they are all the same.


===Where to Buy===
===Where to Buy===
see [[Grammar Symbols#Where to Buy|Grammar Symbols]]
see [[Grammar Symbols#Where to Buy|Grammar Symbols]]

Revision as of 04:16, 21 July 2014

Logical Adjective Game
Language - Grammar
Logical Adjective Game 5.JPG
LevelPrimary
Age5.5 +
PrerequisitesAdjective
Materialscards with adjectives written in blue
cards with nouns written in black
Grammar Symbols set

In this activity the child matches cards with adjectives to cards with nouns in ways that make sense. There is more than one correct way to match up the cards.

Presentation

  1. Take the material to a mat or table.
    Logical Adjective Game 1.JPG
  2. Take the noun cards and read them as you line them up in the middle of the workspace.
    Logical Adjective Game 2.JPG
  3. Take the first adjective card and read it. Hold it to the left of the first noun card to see if it makes sense.
    Logical Adjective Game 3.JPG
  4. If it doesn't make sense, move the adjective down until you find one you like.
    Logical Adjective Game 4.JPG
  5. Continue matching adjective to nouns until you are out of cards.
    Logical Adjective Game 5.JPG
  6. Add the appropriate grammar symbols.
    Logical Adjective Game 6.JPG

Points of Interest

Control of Error

Variations and Extensions

  • On another occasion the child can choose a noun and then go through the adjectives to see how many work with the noun and make sense.
    Adj-1.jpg Adj-2.JPG

Material

Make Your Own

Cards can be cut from card-stock in the appropriate color and words written with white a gel-pen (a white-out pen did not work nearly as well).
1.5 inches by 2.5 inches is an okay size. Larger is fine. It doesn't really matter that much as long as they are all the same.

Where to Buy

see Grammar Symbols