About Word Shark

About Word Shark
Created by
Natalie Atkinson, M.A. CCC-SLP
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Game idea adapted from:
Scholastic Vocabulary Building Card Games – Grade 3

Click the right arrow to have the shark reveal the gameboard
Write down all the words you find
At the end of the minute, the shark will reappear hiding the gameboard again.
Count all the letters in the words you found
Each letter = 1 point
The person with the most points wins!
How to play

You will have 1 minute to write down as many words as you can find on the board.
Your words must have a root word and one prefix or suffix.
You can only make words using circles that are next to or diagonal to each other.
Go to the next slide to see some examples and practice
How to play

Example
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Practice…
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Ready to play?

over-
pay
-er
pre-
view
-ing
-y
chew
-able

re-
clean
play
check
-er
-ed
-able
read
sign

flex
-able
do
check
re-
grow
visit
play
-s

y-
-ing
spend
check
sleep
-able
pre-
-ed
stay

re-
read
-able
jump
-ing
wear
-er
freeze
-ed

break
-able
fix
drink
-er
-ed
-s
paint
work

paint
re-
-er
turn
-ing
call
view
over-
sign

dis-
appoint
re-
kind
-ed
cover
-est
un-
pack

fair
un-
do
-est
fold
-ing
small
re-
paint

-able
measure
-s
accept
un-
protect
-ing
safe
-er

order
-ed
-er
re-
test
comfort
apply
heat
-able