Changing Y to I Spelling Games include Go Fish, Bingo, and Wipe Out games. Students learn which suffixes will cause the Y to change to I and which will not. During the games, students spell aloud, recognizing how the suffixing rule works. They love it because it’s a game and they have a fair chance of beating you. You love it because they’re learning and smiling!
Changing Y to I Spelling Games reinforce this suffixing rule. Ask your students: “Would you rather do a worksheet or play a game to practice spelling?”
The games are played using word sum cards. Word sums help students see the word parts (morphemes) and make sense of the spelling. The structure of each word is visible and identifiable in the word sum. Students practice recognizing and verbalizing the reasons to change a Y to I and the reasons not to change it.
Use the word sum sheet included or a wipe-off board to record their word sums. At the end of the game, they can read all the words they made for additional practice. Add some bonus learning by asking players to come up with creative sentences they say or write using the words they made during the game. Use the Changing Y to I Spelling Games to encourage students to build a word family from one of the cards they used during the game. They add other suffixes to the base creating a word family. cry + ed, cry + ing, cry + es, and so on.
When students can consistently explain their reasoning for changing Y to I or not changing it, this understanding becomes their own. They’ll be able to apply it independently.
What is suffixing?
It’s adding a suffix to a base word and following one of three suffixing rules about doubling a final consonant letter, changing Y to I, or replacing a final, single, non-syllabic (silent) E.
What is the Changing Y to I suffixing rule?
When adding a suffix to a base or adding a suffix to a previous suffix that ends with y, change y to i. Note that this suffixing rule is applied regardless of whether a vowel suffix or a consonant suffix is added. But we do not change Y to an I in the following circumstances:
<y> is part of a vowel digraph (<ay> <ey> <oy> <uy>
replacing <y> will result in double <i>
creating compound words and the <y> is internal (Adding a base is not the same as adding a suffix–no suffixing is taking place.)
What are the games?
Go Fish, Bingo, and Wipe Out card games. Word sums are used to help students visualize what happens when a suffix is added to the simple base word.
Included:
60 pairs of Word Sum Cards & Complete Word Cards
4 Replacing Final Bingo Boards (color and black & white)
Instructions for Bingo, Go Fish, and Wipe-Out Games
10 blank game cards
A Word Sum recording sheet
Students can practice in small groups or centers. Perfect for tutors and home school families.
How do you play Wipe Out?
Write “wipe out” on several included blank cards. Shuffle those into a group of word sum cards. Each player takes turns completing the word sum cards, trying to collect as many cards as possible without getting a dreaded Wipe Out card. They keep the cards they read. But if they draw a Wipe Out card, they lose all the cards completed on that turn. The winner is the player with the most cards at the end. Wipe Out is the absolute favorite game students request over and over.
Words used in these games: cries, spied, driest, bodies, tinier, reliable, busily, angrily, craziness, furious, crying, replying, babyish, flying, dizzying, grayish, playable, buyer, says, stayed, frayed, joyful, obeyed, anybody, everyone, ladybug, babysit, plywood, skydive, and ponytail.
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